MINUTES OF An extraordinary meeting of the Regional Council

Date:                          Wednesday 20 April 2016

Time:                          8.30am

Venue:

Council Chamber Hawke's Bay Regional Council 159 Dalton Street NAPIER

Present:                     F Wilson - Chairman

R Barker

P Beaven

T Belford

A J Dick

R Graham

D Pipe

C Scott

In Attendance:          M Mohi – Chairman – Maori Committee

E Lambert – Chief Executive

L Hooper – Governance & Corporate Administration Manager

1. Welcome/Prayer/Apologies/Notices 

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and offered the prayer.

Resolution

RC36/16       That the apology for absence from Cr Debbie Hewitt is accepted.

Wilson/Barker

CARRIED

2. Conflict of Interest Declarations

There were no conflict of interest declarations.

3.       Confirmation of Minutes of the Regional Council Meeting Held on 30 March 2016

Minutes of the Regional Council Meeting held on Wednesday 30 March 2016, will be confirmed at the 27 April 2016 Regional Council meeting..

4.

Recommendation from the Corporate and Strategic Committee

RC37/16

Resolution

GENERAL SUBJECT OF THE ITEM TO BE CONSIDERED	REASON FOR PASSING THIS RESOLUTION	GROUNDS UNDER SECTION 48(1) FOR THE PASSING OF THE RESOLUTION
Recommendation from the Corporate and Strategic Committee	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).	The Council is specified, in the First Schedule to this Act, as a body to which the Act applies.

Scott/Pipe

CARRIED

The meeting went into public excluded session at 8.33am and out of public excluded session at 8.36am

Closure:

There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 8.36am on Wednesday 20 April 2016.

Signed as a true and correct record.

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