Meeting of the HB
Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Joint Committee
Date: 27 November 2023
Time: 1.30pm
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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 Title Page
1. Welcome/Karakia/
Apologies
2. Conflict
of Interest Declarations
3. Confirmation of Minutes of
the HB Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Joint Committee meeting held on
28 August 2023
Decision
Items
4. Emergency
Management Bill: Group Submission 3
Information
or Performance Monitoring
5. NEMA
update 9
6. Regional
Recovery Agency - Cyclone Gabrielle recovery update 11
7. CDEM
Group Manager's Monitoring and Performance Report 15
8. Update
on the independent review into Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency
Management Group’s response to Cyclone Gabrielle 21
Decision
Items (Public Excluded)
9. Amendments
to the Hawke's Bay CDEM Group Plan: Controller and Recovery Manager
appointments 23
10. Confirmation
of the Public excluded Minutes of a meeting held on 28 August 2023 25
HB
CDEM Group Joint Committee
27
November 2023
Subject: Emergency Management Bill:
Group Submission
Reason
for Report
1. The purpose of this report
is to provide the Joint Committee with a copy of a submission made recently on
the proposed Emergency Management Bill (EMB) and to seek endorsement of the
submission.
Background
/Discussion
2. The EMB was introduced to
Parliament in July 2023. Submissions closed on 3 November 2023.
3. A draft submission was
distributed and discussed with committee members.
4. The submission has now been
lodged and it is asked that the Joint Committee now formally endorse this
submission.
5. With the current change in
Parliament, the EMB is now considered lapsed, and indications are that any
probable new Government will seek to make changes to it. If this is the case
further submissions will be called for and there will be an opportunity to
raise any additional matters.
6. In any event the Group has
reserved the right to make a submission in person to the Select Committee.
Financial
and resource implications
7. There are no significant
financial or resource implications arising from this decision.
Decision Making Process
8. Council and its committees
are required to make every decision in accordance with the requirements of the
Local Government Act 2002 (the Act). Staff have assessed the requirements in
relation to this item and have concluded:
8.1. The decision does not
significantly alter the service provision or affect a strategic asset, nor is
it inconsistent with an existing policy or plan.
8.2. The use of the special
consultative procedure is not prescribed by legislation.
Recommendations
That the Hawke’s Bay Civil
Defence Emergency Management Group Joint Committee:
1. Receives and considers the Submission
to Emergency Management Bill: Direction Endorsement report.
2. Endorses the HB CDEM Group
submission to the Emergency Management Bill as proposed.
Authored and Approved by:
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Ian Macdonald
HB CDEM Group Controller / Manager
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Attachment/s
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HBCDEM Group Submission to EM Bill
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HBCDEM Group Submission to EM Bill
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Attachment
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HB
CDEM Group Joint Committee
27
November 2023
Subject: NEMA update
Reason for report
1. This item introduces the
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) update.
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Recommendation
That
the HB CDEM Group Joint Committee receives and notes the NEMA update.
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Authored and Approved by:
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Ian Macdonald
HB CDEM Group Controller / Manager
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Attachment/s
There are no attachments for this
report.
HB
CDEM Group Joint Committee
27
November 2023
Subject: Regional Recovery Agency -
Cyclone Gabrielle recovery update
Reason for report
1. This report provides an
update to the Joint Committee on recovery activity post Cyclone Gabrielle.
Context
2. In February 2023, Cyclone
Gabrielle inflicted significant loss and damage to the HB region along with
other parts of the country: tragic loss of lives and livelihoods, displacement
of whānau, and damage to the economy, infrastructure, businesses, homes
and the environment. A major recovery effort faced HB following the event.
3. In line with national
guidelines, the approach taken to Cyclone Gabrielle Recovery is “Locally
led, Regionally coordinated, Nationally supported.” Within that
context, organisations across region are engaged in recovery activities in the
wake of Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023. The region, through the Matariki
Governance Group (MGG), established the Hawke’s Bay Regional Recovery
Agency (RRA) to coordinate recovery efforts across the region and with
Government. While the RRA reports to an Oversight Board and MGG to ensure wide
regional engagement, recovery activity also falls within the purview of the
CDEM Joint Committee as part of the broader CDEM framework.
4. It is noted that members of
the Joint Committee also sit on the MGG.
Recovery
planning, restoration progress and government engagement
5. The first iteration
Regional Recovery Plan was submitted to Government on behalf of the region at
the end of June 2023. This was followed up with a more detailed Action Plan.
The first iteration plan was built ‘bottom up’ setting out detailed
recovery actions and priorities signalled by MGG partner organisations. The
Plan and associated documents are available on the HB Recovery website www.hawkesbayrecovery.nz/regional-recovery-plan/ and is attached to
this update report.
6. Subsequently, discussions
were held with the Government’s Cyclone Recovery Unit and departments to
assist in gaining support for regional actions and priorities. A range of
significant Government support has been provided to the region’s recovery
linked to the needs outlined in the Plan. However, not all of the support
requested has been able to be provided, not least because of the Government
current fiscal position. A summary of support provided to the region to date is
included in the plan documents available on the website.
7. A broad programme of
recovery coordination and engagement has been carried out across the region,
utilising a pou structure comprising Whānau and Community, Economic,
Primary Sector, Environment and Infrastructure. There has been significant
local leadership by councils, NKII, PSGE, taiwhenua, marae and other mana
whenua organisations, businesses, sector groups, Government agencies and NGOs,
delivering for the needs of their communities and stakeholders. These
organisations have been driving their own/local recovery, assisted by regional
coordination and advocacy where necessary, and Government assistance where
available.
8. The region’s councils
and other partner organisations are working very effectively together to pursue
recovery needs and aspirations.
Future
of Severely Affected Land (FoSAL) update
9. A key early piece of work
in regional recovery efforts was addressing with Government the FoSAL and
support for affected homeowners. This work included the application of a land
categorisation system developed by Government, and negotiations with Government
on cost-sharing arrangements to support property buyouts, flood protection
works and other Government infrastructure support to assist councils to manage
recovery costs.
Funding
arrangements
10. The Crown has appointed
Crown Infrastructure Partners (CIP) as its agent for administering funding and
related arrangements under the North Island Weather Events 2023 –
Hawke’s Bay Crown Funding Agreement between the Crown and Councils.
Work has commenced on putting work programmes, programme management and
monitoring requirements, and funding and administrative arrangements required
under the agreement in place.
Land
Categorisation and Flood Protection works
11. Hawke’s Bay Regional
Council (HBRC) has completed the major elements of work required on land
categorisation. It continues to carry out further work linked to its work on
flood protection concept design. The initial phase of concept design work is expected
to be completed prior to Christmas, with work programmes to be developed beyond
that. Regulatory relief for the consenting processes required for the work
programme will be a key area of focus for HBRC and the RRA.
12. In recent weeks, HBRC has
signalled to the Crown, Hastings District Council (HDC) and residents that land
originally categorised as 2A at Tangoio Beach would be moving to Category 3.
Design work and engagement carried for Whirinaki/Pohutukawa Drive has indicated
that a design solution is feasible in the area, and Pohutukawa Drive residents
have been advised they are moving from Category 2A to 2C (and eventually to
Category 1 when the solution has been advanced/built). Similarly, a number of
sites at Ohiti Road have been shifted from 2A to 2C.
Category
3 property buyouts
13. HDC, together with Napier
City Council, has established the property buyout office and programme to
complete the buyout offer process for Category 3 homeowners. Meetings with the
first tranche of Category 3 homeowners are underway and are progressing well.
The team is hoping to have the first transactions completed prior to Christmas
2023.
14. One constraint raised by
the programme office is the amount of valuation capacity available to the
programme, with many local valuers preferring to work for property owners
rather than Councils. The programme team is working toward solutions to address
this constraint.
Transport
projects
15. The Hastings, Wairoa and
Central Hawke’s Bay District Councils are well advanced with their
programme planning for transport projects funded under the FoSAL Funding
Agreement. Meetings with CIP are taking place to lock in programmes and funding
forecasts and arrangements. It is noted that the vast bulk of the transport
programme funded under the FoSAL agreement sits with HDC.
Silt
and debris
16. The removal of silt and
debris from productive land and affected residential areas has been a
significant area of focus for the HBRC and councils, and for affected
landowners. Large areas of land have been returned to productive use.
Significant Government assistance for this work has been provided following
coordinated advocacy efforts. Work in this area is likely to remain an area of
focus over the next few months.
Transition
to resilience and opportunity capture
17. There is still significant
restoration phase work to be done. However, strong progress has been and is
being made and focus is increasingly turning to ensuring the rebuild happens in
a way that adds resilience to the region’s infrastructure and systems and
enables the region to capture opportunities as this work is carried out. Key
questions as part of this work are:
17.1. How to we ensure what we rebuild and
restore is resilient?
17.2. How do we ensure recovery investment
is directed to capture opportunities and improvements?
17.3. How do we best channel investment
expenditure so that it maximises benefits to our regional businesses,
communities, whānau and citizens?
18. Engagement with key
infrastructure and systems owners is underway with respect to the first two
questions, and links between those that will fund and deliver recovery work and
key regional stakeholders are being forged with respect to the third so that
practical initiatives can be developed and pursued.
19. Government support in these
phases of recovery will be vital. The RRA has coordinated development of a
regional Briefing to Incoming Ministers (BIM) and is developing Regional
Recovery Plan 2.0 to help the incoming Government understand key regional
recovery investment needs for rebuild and resilience. The BIM will open the
door to engagement with the new Government on recovery priorities, while Plan
2.0 will inform the Budget 2024 four-year budget cycle. The work is being
developed with engagement across the region based on the MGG framework.
Decision-making process
20. Staff have assessed the
requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have
concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making provisions
do not apply.
Recommendation
That the HB Civil Defence Emergency Group
Joint Committee receives and notes the Regional Recovery Agency update
– Cyclone Gabrielle recovery report.
Authored and Approved by:
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Ross McLeod
Chief Executive
Hawke’s Bay Regional Recovery Agency
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Attachment/s
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Hawke's Bay Regional Recovery Plan
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Under Separate Cover
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HB
CDEM Group Joint Committee
27
November 2023
Subject: CDEM Group Manager's
Monitoring and Performance Report
Reason for Report
1. This report provides the Joint
Committee with an update on progress being made to implement the Group’s
work programme.
Background
2. The Group plan is based on
the 4 Rs and this is implemented through the Group work programme which is
approved by the Coordinating Executives Group (CEG). The Group Work Programme
for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 was approved in November 2022. This can be found on
the Group webpage at Group Work Programme
2022-2024
and a copy is attached.
3. Given the impact of the
Cyclone Gabrielle response on the work programme, the CEG agreed to the
following priorities at a strategic level:
3.1. People capability of
Emergency Management (EM) staff (recruitment and retention)
3.2. Supporting the
inquiry/reviews and corrective action processes
3.3. Operational readiness
activities/projects
3.4. Community engagement
supporting recovery activities (community led response)
3.5. Funding and resources
review.
4. This report will focus on
work directly relating to projects in the existing Group work programme
approved late last year. This report has been themed by the five workstreams
(4 Rs and Governance) in the work programme and associated Priority 1
projects. This links directly to the Group Plan.
Discussion
5. All of the project/program
areas below are part of the Group Work Programme. The Work Programme
specifically links each project to the relevant strategic goal and outcome in
the Group Plan.
6. Due to the Cyclone
Gabrielle response and ongoing support and reprioritisation of work, the
current work programme has not been progressed as quickly as envisaged when
approved late last year. This is compounded by a number of staff
vacancies, in particular the Team Leader Operational Readiness. Staff
involvement and support to various reviews and recovery, has also needed to be
prioritised.
7. Some progress has been
made, and this is outlined below. With replacement staff and hopefully new
resourcing in the new year it is hoped that the Work Programme can be put back
on track.
8. Assuming progress on the
future resourcing of the Group through the HBRC LTP 2024 process, the extra
resources will go a long way towards the implementation of the work programme.
Risk
Reduction
9. Hazard Research. Progress has been made in
many areas, often in collaboration with CRI research partners and others,
working collaboratively in supporting and directing their research projects. In
house, a number of initiatives are underway to review of the HB Natural Hazards
Risk Register in conjunction with the councils and key partners.
10. Information Dissemination. A new initiative, the Risk Library, is
due to be launched in Q2 of FY23-24. This is an indexed database of current
research and documentation (currently close to 1,000 documents) relevant to
regional hazards. It will be internally accessible with the goal of making it
available to TLAs and other stakeholders in the future.
10.1. The HB Hazard Portal
Steering Group held its first meeting for over 18 months in September where a
number of issues were addressed. The underlying technology for the portal
will need to be updated and the funding for this from existing budgets will
need to be managed over the next two financial years.
11. Tsunami Risk Reduction
Programme.
Work on
resuming this project has begun but needs to be carefully managed given council
staff workloads and priorities post Cyclone Gabrielle. For those
communities not badly impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle, tsunami remains top of
mind. At this stage priority remains with supporting Cyclone Gabrielle
recovery. It is anticipated that new inundation maps (level 3 modelling
and at current sea levels) will be available on the HB Hazard Portal by the end
of 2023.
11.1. New tsunami evacuation
zones will be determined by late Q3 of FY23-24 and community engagement and
education can commence.
11.2. The CDEM Group office has
been working in the National Tsunami Working Group and new national standards
for tsunami maps and signage are being developed.
11.3. A feasibility study into
the use of vertical evacuation structures (VES) to mitigate the risk of tsunami
inundation has recently commenced. This includes the suitability of using silt
(remnants of Cyclone Gabrielle) to construct VES-mounds (similar to the site at
Papamoa, BoP).
12. Local Government Long Term
Risk Reduction Support.
While the
review of the HBRC Regional Policy Statement is on hold, involvement with other
long term strategy groups continues including the Coastal Hazards TAG, Coastal Interests
Group, Rural Advisory Group, Lifelines Group, Hazard Advisory Group, and
Climate Action TAG.
Community
Readiness
13. Community Resilience Plans. Using a multi-agency approach the
community emergency hub model is being delivered into communities by CDEM Group
members. Group Office staff along with Council and Emergency Services staff
attended Martinborough community emergency hub workshops in September.
13.1. The success of these
workshops has confirmed the importance of adopting this model in our own
region. WREMO staff provided training for Group office/council facilitators in
late October. Delivery of workshops will be rolled out to communities has
commenced. A Hub Guide and revised Community Resilience Plan have been
completed and are supported with online resources.
13.2. Feedback from the Emergency
HUB Coordinators and community champions involved, has been positive.
14. Public Education. Emergency preparedness
meetings are underway/completed with EMAs supporting community workshops in
Rongomaiwahine, Glenbrook (Wairoa) WestShore, Maraenui (Napier) and Porangahau,
Tikokino (CHB). Group office staff are also supporting delivery of emergency
preparedness plans to ten Hastings communities; made possible with community
resilience funding from MPI.
15. Public Information. A new EMA-Public Information and
Education started earlier this month and has been adept in picking up a number
of PIM projects including the coordination of the Community Emergency Hub Guide
online information, support for the ShakeOut campaign and promotional support
of upcoming projects and community events.
Operational
Readiness
16. Emergency Communications
Plan. This project covers
internal communications such as radios and satellite. Beyond some initial
maintenance of the existing systems, and review of processes post Cyclone Gabrielle,
this project has not progressed significantly due to a lack of resourcing and
vacancies. With the appointment of the new Team Leader for Operational
Readiness this will be given priority in the new year.
17. Shared Information Systems
and Intelligence Products Development. Some good progress has been made on
this project. At a national level the 16 Group managers have agreed to a
common system (SharePoint/Office 365) and the development a common
platform. Work continues on this with NEMA.
17.1. In the meantime, we have
been working with the Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office (WREMO)
and have developed a SharePoint GECC Response Site using their system as a
base. This has been incorporated in foundation training being developed
and both the system and training is being trialled with the GECC and HBRC IMT.
17.2. A snapshot of the front
screen is below.
17.3. The platform is being
socialised with the councils with the intent of deploying this wider across the
Group. Further work is ongoing in developing the tools and processes in
the background, but this is taking time with existing staff being stretched
thinly.
17.4. Work is still ongoing to
further developing the common operating picture (GIS), but it is intended this
will be integrated within this platform.
18. Welfare Arrangements
Revision. A new EMA (Welfare) has
recently been appointed and his work programme is being developed with the Team
Leader Community Engagement who is the Group Welfare Manager and the Welfare
Coordination Group (WCG).
18.1. Some work has started to
reinvigorate the welfare network of networks and the further development of the
welfare needs assessment tool.
19. Workforce Capability
Review. There has also been good progress
in this project area with a level of agreement being reached at a national
level between the 16 Groups. This new capability and development training
pathway for staff is modelled on the existing WREMO model.
19.1. The Foundation Course has
been reviewed in the context of the Hawke’s Bay CDEM Group and some trial
courses conducted. Work has also commenced to adapt the function specific
advanced courses to Hawke’s Bay. As part of this work the new
shared information systems as discussed above, need to be integrated into the
training packages.
19.2. In consultation with the
councils and the CEG, a training strategy has been agreed to in principle with
development pathways using the new courses. The Group office is currently
working on a training calendar for next year and a communications plan to
Council staff.
19.3. Work with councils has also
commenced, to identify staffing and training requirements for their incident
management plans.
Recovery
20. Building Hawke’s
Bay’s Recovery Capacity. The
Group EMA (Recovery and Lifelines) is currently on secondment for half his time
with the Regional Recovery Agency. This is due to cease in
December. At this time, he can then use his experiences to commence work
in this project.
Governance
and Management
21. Group Plan Review. This is a high priority in this
workstream and is part of the requested additional LTP funding for 2024-25.
This will allow for a project manager to be engaged to help manage this
process.
22. Partnering with Māori
in Emergency Management.
Another high
priority that is part of the resourcing request to the LTP 2024. The Group
office staff are totally committed to this but have no resourcing to implement
in a meaningful and comprehensive way. This resourcing is one of the
priorities in the request to the LTP 2024.
22.1. Some progress has been made
through the Cyclone Gabrielle recovery process at a Marae and Hapu level in
conjunction with local authorities. However, this is at an operational
level. With the proposed changes in the Emergency management Bill
requiring representation at the Joint Committee and CEG level, plus planning
with and recognising and enhancing the role of Māori in emergency
management, further resourcing will be required to help achieve this.
23. Review of Group Resourcing. This has largely been completed with
proposals being developed and submitted as part of the LTP process to HBRC.
Decision-making process
24. Staff have assessed the
requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have
concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision-making
provisions do not apply.
Recommendation
That the Hawke’s Bay CDEM Group Joint
Committee receives and notes the Group Manager’s monitoring and
performance report.
Authored and Approved by:
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Ian Macdonald
HB CDEM Group Controller / Manager
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Attachment/s
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HB CDEM Group Work Programme
2022-2024
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Under Separate Cover
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HB
CDEM Group Joint Committee
27
November 2023
Subject: Update on the independent
review into Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group’s
response to Cyclone Gabrielle
Reason for Report
1. This report provides an
update on the processes and activities undertaken for the independent review into Hawke’s
Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group’s response to Cyclone
Gabrielle.
Background
2. Bush Consulting
International Limited were engaged on 24 August 2023 to undertake the independent review into Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence
Emergency Management Group’s response to Cyclone Gabrielle.
3. The purpose of
this Independent Review is to assess the operational performance of the Hawkes
Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group’s (the Group) response to
Cyclone Gabrielle, with a particular emphasis on the systems and processes,
roles and responsibilities of Group members and partners, and to what extent
the implementation of pre-existing arrangements contributed to an effective
management of the response for mana whenua and the community.
4. Review outcomes
will focus on improving resilience and ensuring that the Hawke’s Bay CDEM
Group has robust emergency management capability and capacity before, during
and after an emergency that supports better emergency management outcomes for
HB communities. The Review outcomes are detailed in the Review Terms of
Reference[1].
Review
update
5. Significant
progress has continued with the Review to ensure that there is rigour in processes and dedicated project management and
communications specialists to support the Review team.
6. Support
from communications specialists has enabled immediate support to the Review
team and public-facing messaging. This messaging is important given this Review
is one of three reviews currently underway and engaging with key stakeholders
and communities in the HB region[2].
7. The technical
Review interviews in accordance the Review Framework and Engagement Map[3]
are near completion. The Review data-set collection with reference to agency
data and reports is complete.
Community
Survey and Engagement
8. The
Review team launched a short and simple online survey[4]
to capture the experiences and opinions of HB communities and mana whenua. The
survey was launched on 16 November 2023 and will remain open for three weeks,
closing 7 December 2023.
9. Planning is in
progress for targeted community engagement activities in each Territorial Local Authority area (Wairoa
District Council, Napier City Council, Hastings District Council, Central
Hawke’s Bay District Council).
Partnership
and engagement with mana whenua
10. To ensure
partnership with mana whenua is achieved through the review, the Review team
will be engaging with Te Kāhui Ōhanga
(TKO) members. Engagement at the next TKO hui is scheduled for 20 November
2023. Leon Symes in guiding the Review team in the approach to best hear the
voice of mana whenua.
11. The Review team
has now reached an important stage where guidance to support engagement with
mana whenua to learn about experiences is required, and the role of mana whenua
in current and future emergency events needs to be discussed.
Timelines
12. There are no changes to the
timelines for the Review.
13. A final Review report is
scheduled for completion in January 2024.
Financial
and Resource Implications
14. Additional resources
through external contractors have been engaged to support the Review team in
the October-November 2023 period with project management, communications
specialists and a survey provider now involved.
Recommendation
That the HB CDEM Group Joint Committee
receives and notes the Update on the independent review into
Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group’s response to
Cyclone Gabrielle.
Authored by:
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Mike Bush
Bush International
Consulting Ltd
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Approved by:
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Doug Tate
CHBDC Chief Executive
Chair, HB CDEM Coordinating Executives Group
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Attachment/s
There are no attachments for this
report.
HB
CDEM Group Joint Committee
27
November 2023
Subject: Amendments to the Hawke's Bay
CDEM Group Plan: Controller and Recovery Manager appointments
That
the Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Group Joint Committee excludes
the public from this section of the meeting, being Agenda Item 9 Amendments to
the Hawke's Bay CDEM Group Plan: Controller and Recovery Manager appointments
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 are:
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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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Amendments to the Hawke's
Bay CDEM Group Plan: Controller and Recovery Manager appointments
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7(2)(f)(ii) The
withholding of the information is necessary to maintain the effective conduct
of public affairs through the protection of such members, officers,
employees, and persons from improper pressure or harassment.
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.
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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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Authored and Approved by:
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Ian Macdonald
HB CDEM Group Controller / Manager
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HB
CDEM Group Joint Committee
Monday 27
November 2023
Subject: Confirmation of Public Excluded Minutes
That the Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Group Joint
Committee excludes the public from this section of the meeting, being Agenda
Item 10 Confirmation
of Public Excluded Minutes 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 are:
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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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Amendments to the Hawke's
Bay CDEM Group Plan: Controller appointments
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7(2)(f)(ii) The
withholding of the information is necessary to maintain the effective conduct
of public affairs through the protection of such members, officers,
employees, and persons from improper pressure or harassment.
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.
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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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Authored by:
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Peter Martin
Senior Governance Advisor
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Approved by:
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Desiree Cull
Strategy and Governance Manager
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