Minutes of an Emergency meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council

Date:                                    22 March 2023

Time:                                    11.20am

Venue:

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

Present:                              Cr H Ormsby, Chair

Cr W Foley, Deputy Chair

Cr X Harding

Cr T Hokianga

K Kawana (Māori Committee Co-chair) (online)

Cr Neil Kirton (from 11.26am)

Cr C Lambert (online)

Cr J Mackintosh

M Paku (Māori Committee Co-chair)

Cr D Roadley

Cr S Siers

Cr M Williams (online)

In Attendance:                 P Munro – Interim Chief Executive

S Young – Group Manager Corporate Services

K Brunton – Group Manager Policy and Regulation

C Dolley – Group Manager Asset Management

I Maxwell – Group Manager Integrated Catchment Management

L Hooper – Team Leader Governance

1. Welcome/Karakia/Apologies

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Resolution

RC23/23   That the apologies for absence Jerf van Beek and for late arrival from Neil Kirton be accepted.

Siers/Hokianga

CARRIED

2. Conflict of interest declarations

There were no conflicts of interest declared.

4.	Appointment of Interim Chief Executive
	Susie Young introduced the item, and advised that LGFA solicitors require a formal resolution of the Regional Council before HBRC can draw down a loan. Neil Kirton arrived at 11.26am
RC24/23	Resolution That Hawke’s Bay Regional Council excludes the public from this section of the meeting. 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 are: s7(2)(a) 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 protect the privacy of natural persons. Williams/Harding CARRIED
	Discussions covered the effective date and duration of the Interim CE role.
RC25/23	Resolution That Hawke’s Bay Regional Council moves out of Public Excluded session. Harding/Ormsby CARRIED
RC26/23	Resolutions That Hawke’s Bay Regional Council: 1.      Agrees that the decisions to be made are not significant under the criteria contained in Council’s adopted Significance and Engagement Policy, and that Council can exercise its discretion 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. 2.      Appoints Pieri Munro as Interim Chief Executive for the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to undertake all the responsibilities, duties and powers of a Chief Executive under the Local Government Act 2002 and any other enactment. Such appointment shall take effect from 5pm 10 February 2023 and expire on further resolution of the Council. Williams/Harding CARRIED

The meeting went into public excluded session at 11.26am and out of public excluded session at 11.30am

Closure:

There being no further business the Chair declared the meeting closed at 11.31am on Wednesday, 22 March 2023.

Signed as a true and correct record.

Date: 29 March 2023 by HBRC Resolution                  Chair: Hinewai Ormsby