Meeting of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council
Date: Wednesday 1 May 2013
Time: 9.00am
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Venue:
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Council Chamber
Hawke's Bay Regional Council
159 Dalton Street
NAPIER
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Agenda
Item Subject Page
1. Welcome/Prayer/Apologies/Notices
2. Conflict of Interest Declarations
3. Confirmation of Minutes of the
Regional Council Meeting held on 24 April 2013
4. Matters Arising from Minutes of the Regional Council
Meeting held on 24 April 2013
Decision Items
5. Alternative Local Government Reorganisation Proposal for
Local Government Commission Consideration
Public Excluded Decision Items
6. Confirmation
of the Public Excluded Minutes of the Regional Council Meeting held on 24 April
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HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL
Wednesday 01 May 2013
SUBJECT: Alternative Local Government Reorganisation Proposal for
Local Government Commission Consideration
Reason for Report
1. At the Regional Council
meeting on 24 April 2013, Council resolved:
1.1. To submit an alternative proposal to
the Local Government Commission, based upon the following features:
1.1.1. Explores the opportunity of an East
Coast Regional Council [from Wharerata Range to Palliser Bay and (for clarity)
including Wairoa District, Napier City, Hastings District, Central Hawke’s Bay
District; Tararua District (within Horizons Region); Masterton, South
Wairarapa, and Carterton districts (parts of Greater Wellington RC) and parts
of Taupo and Rangitikei districts]
1.1.2. Has no view on the structure
necessary to deliver TLA functions.
2. The draft of the
Alternative Proposal will be considered at today’s meeting and will be pre-circulated
ahead of today’s meeting as soon as it is completed.
Decision Making
Process
3. Council is required to
make a decision in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Act
2002 (the Act). Staff have assessed the requirements contained in Part 6 Sub
Part 1 of the Act in relation to this item and have concluded the following:
3.1. The decision does not
significantly alter the service provision or affect a strategic asset.
3.2. The use of the
special consultative procedure is not prescribed by legislation.
3.3. The decision does not
fall within the definition of Council’s policy on significance.
3.4. The persons affected
by this decision are the ratepayers in the region.
3.5. Options that have
been considered are canvassed in the proposal.
3.6. The decision is not
inconsistent with an existing policy or plan.
3.7. Given the nature and
significance of the issue to be considered and decided, and also the persons
likely to be affected by, or have an interest in the decisions made, Council
can exercise its discretion and make a decision without consulting directly
with the community or others having an interest in the decision.
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Recommendations
That Council:
1. Agrees
that the decisions to be made are not significant under the criteria
contained in Council’s adopted policy on significance and that Council can
exercise its discretion under Sections 79(1)(a) and 82(3) of the Local
Government Act 2002 and make decisions on this issue without conferring
directly with the community and persons likely to be affected by or to have
an interest in the decision due to the nature and
significance of the issue to be considered and decided.
2. Adopts the
Draft Alternative Proposal for the Re-organisation of Local Government in
Hawke’s Bay, subject to any amendments made at the meeting, and lodges it
with the Local Government Commission on or prior to 3 May 2013.
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Liz Lambert
General
Manager (Operations)
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Attachment/s
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1View
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Draft East
Coast Regional Council Proposal
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HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL
Wednesday 1 May 2013
SUBJECT: CONFIRMATION OF THE pUBLIC eXCLUDED mINUTES OF THE REGIONAL
COUNCIL MEETING HELD 24 APRIL 2013
That Council excludes the public
from this section of the meeting, being Agenda Item 6 Confirmation of the
Public Excluded Minutes of the Regional Council Meeting Held 24 April 2013 with
the general subject of the item to be considered while the public is excluded;
the reasons for passing the resolution and the specific grounds under Section
48 (1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for
the passing of this resolution being as follows:
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GENERAL SUBJECT OF THE ITEM TO BE
CONSIDERED
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REASON FOR PASSING THIS RESOLUTION
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GROUNDS UNDER SECTION 48(1)
FOR THE PASSING OF THE RESOLUTION
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Confirmation of the Public Excluded Minutes of the Regional
Council Meeting Held 24 April 2013
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7(2)(i) That the public
conduct of this agenda item would be likely to result in the disclosure of
information where the withholding of the information is necessary to enable
the local authority holding the information to carry out, without prejudice
or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial
negotiations).
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The Council is specified, in
the First Schedule to this Act, as a body to which the Act applies.
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Leeanne Hooper
governance
and corporate administration manager
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