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Jessica Ellerm introduced the item,
noting that Audit delays have been caused by resourcing issues at Audit NZ. Queries
and discussions highlighted:
· No sanctions for Council
adopting the Annual Report late, however required to include a note in the Report
itself stating adopted late and can include reason(s) why
· Expecting an unmodified
Audit Opinion however still fielding queries in relation to the ACC
adjustment from the Audit technical team
· Reporting
councillors’ meeting attendance is optional and can be included in the
2021-22 Annual Report at Council’s discretion
· Until water quality
limits have been set in Kotahi and those implemented on the ground Council
cannot say that there’s an improving trend in water quality and that
the 2050 target is on track to be met, so the narrative is intended to signal
to the community that there is a lot of work still to be done.
· This annual report is for
the last year of the 2018-28 long term plan
· 23 strategic outcome
measures come from the non-statutory Strategic Plan and the level of service
statements, measures and targets are set by the Long Term Plan and adopted by
Council every 3 years
· Leave entitlements and
liabilities for the Council and for the Group to be confirmed
· Flood protection level of
service measures are fit for purpose for rural areas and assessed as having
been achieved. Work being undertaken on the urban schemes, particularly in
Napier, to rewrite measures to better reflect performance capacity of those
as differing from rural schemes.
· A request was made for comparatives
between the old and new (2021-2022) flood protection scheme performance
measures and targets to be provided to councillors.
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