MINUTES OF An extraordinary meeting of the Regional Council

 

 

Date:                          Thursday 13 October 2016

Time:                          10.00am

Venue:

Council Chamber

Hawke's Bay Regional Council

159 Dalton Street

NAPIER

 

Present:                     F Wilson - Chairman

R Barker

T Belford

A J Dick

R Graham

D Hewitt

D Pipe

 

In Attendance:          E Lambert – Chief Executive

P Drury – Group Manager Corporate Services

L Hooper – Governance & Corporate Administration Manager

 


1.       Welcome/Prayer/Apologies/Notices 

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

Resolution

RC6/16       That the apologies for absence from Councillors Christine Scott and Peter Beaven be accepted.

Dick/Pipe

CARRIED

2.       Conflict of Interest Declarations

There were no conflict of interest declarations.

 

3.

Adoption of the Audited 2015-16 Annual Report

 

Mr Paul Drury introduced the item, outlining the sequence of events leading up to receiving the Auditor’s qualified opinion for the 2015-16 Annual Report.

Outstanding issues were clarification of a performance measure relating to the Callaghan Business Partner funding and the HBRIC Ltd 2015-16 Financial Statements including impairment of development costs for RWSS as an intangible asset.

Queries and discussions traversed:

·      Resolution of the impairment will result in reporting and financials for the 2016-17 Annual Report

·      Dollar value of the possible impairment inclusive of all costs

·      Events after balance date to be reflected in the 2016-17 financials

RC7/16

Resolution

That Council adopts the audited 2015-16 Annual Report, under Section 98 of the Local Government Act 2002, and authorises the Chairman and Chief Executive to sign the Annual Report on behalf of Council.

Barker/Dick

CARRIED

 

In closing the meeting, councillors thanked the Chairman for his Chairmanship, leadership, and humour throughout the last triennium.

 

Closure:

There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 10.30am on Thursday 13 October 2016.

 

Signed as a true and correct record.

 

 

 

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