Palmerston North City Council

 

Minutes of the Committee of Council Meeting Part I Public, held in the Council Chamber, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 32 The Square, Palmerston North on 10 June 2019, commencing at 9.04am

Members

Present:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) (in the Chair) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas and Aleisha Rutherford.

Apologies:

Councillor Tangi Utikere (late arrival).

 

Councillor Tangi Utikere entered the meeting at 9.43am during consideration of clause 12.1.  He was not present for clauses 9 to 11 inclusive and 12.1.

Councillor Aleisha Rutherford left the meeting at 3.08pm during consideration of clause 13.    She was not present for clause 13.     

9-19

Apologies

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Brent Barrett.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.   That the Committee receive the apologies.

 

Clause 9-19 above was carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas and Aleisha Rutherford.

   

10-19

Late Item

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Rachel Bowen.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.     That the memorandum dated 5 June 2019 and titled “Finalising the Annual Budget (Plan) 2019/20 – Amendments” be received.

 

Clause 10-19 above was carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas and Aleisha Rutherford.

 

11-19

Confirmation of Minutes

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Leonie Hapeta.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.   That the minutes of the Committee of Council meeting of 20 May 2019 Part I Public be confirmed as a true and correct record.

 

Clause 11-19 above was carried 13 votes to 0, with 2 abstentions, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor and Bruno Petrenas.

Abstained:

Councillors Lew Findlay QSM and Aleisha Rutherford.

 

12-19

Free Swimming at Council pools for children under 5 years old

Memorandum, dated 28 May 2019 presented by the Parks and Reserves Manager, Kathy Dever-Tod.

Elected Members decided that pool entry for under five year olds and supervising caregivers should be free to give more people access to the pool and not be limited by cost.

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Bruno Petrenas.

The COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS

1      That the report dated 28 May 2019 and titled “Free Swimming at Council pools for children under five years old” be received.

 

Clause 12.1 above was carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas and Aleisha Rutherford.

Councillor Tangi Utikere entered the meeting at 9.43am

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Jim Jefferies.

2.   That the Council introduces pool supervision ratios to be applied at all Council pools in conjunction with the existing CLM pool alone policy from the 1st July 2019.

 

Clause 12.2 above was carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

 

Moved Duncan McCann, seconded Lorna Johnson.

3.   That Council introduces free swimming for supervised children under the age of five years plus one supervising caregiver.

 

Moved Duncan McCann, seconded Lorna Johnson.

4.   That Council increases the estimated cost of introducing free swimming, for supervised pre-schoolers and one caregiver to $60,000 per annum.

 

Clause 12.4 above was carried 14 votes to 2, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

Against:

Councillors Susan Baty and Karen Naylor.

 

Moved Karen Naylor, seconded Bruno Petrenas.

Note:

On a motion “That the words “by introducing a new pool entry fee to enable one pre-schooler and their supervising adult to enter all Council pools for the same price as a single child” be deleted from the lost motion below”, the motion was lost 4 votes to 10, with 1 abstention, the voting being as follows:

For:

Councillors Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Karen Naylor and Bruno Petrenas.

Against:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Susan Baty, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann and Aleisha Rutherford.

Abstained:

Councillor Tangi Utikere.

Did not Vote:

Councillor Jim Jefferies.

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Jim Jefferies

 

Note:

On a motion “That the Council introduces free swimming, for supervised children under the age of five years, by introducing a new pool entry fee to enable one pre-schooler and their supervising adult to enter all Council pools for the same price as a single child.” and “That Council notes that the estimated cost for introducing free swimming, for supervised pre-schoolers is $33,427 per annum”, the motion was lost 5 votes to 11, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Susan Baty, Adrian Broad, Vaughan Dennison and Jim Jefferies.

Against:

Councillors Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas, Aleisha Rutherford and Tangi Utikere.

 

The meeting adjourned at 10.15am

The meeting resumed at 2.47pm

 

13-19

Finalising the Annual Budget (Plan) 2019/20

Memorandum, dated 27 May 2019 presented by the Strategy Manager Finance, Steve Paterson.

Elected Members noted the proposed amendments in the late item memorandum dated 5 June 2019 and titled “Finalising the Annual Budget (Plan) 2019/20 – Amendments”.

Councillor Aleisha Rutherford left the meeting at 3.08pm

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Vaughan Dennison.

The COMMITTEE RESOLVED

1.     That Standing Order 3.9.15 be suspended to enable the Committee to reconsider clause 8-19.7 of the Committee of Council meeting on 20 May 2019.

 

Clause 13.1 above was carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas and Tangi Utikere.

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Vaughan Dennison.

2.     That clause 8-19.7 of the Committee of Council meeting on 20 May 2019 be revoked.

 

Clause 13.2 above was carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas and Tangi Utikere.

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Tangi Utikere.

The COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS

3.     That the Annual Budget 2019/20 as circulated with the memorandum titled “Finalising the Annual Budget (Plan) 2019/20” dated 27 May 2019 and amended through the incorporation of the replacement pages circulated with the memorandum titled “Finalising the Annual Budget (Plan) 2019/20 - Amendments” dated 5 June 2019 be adopted.

 

Clause 13.3 above was carried 14 votes to 1, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Bruno Petrenas and Tangi Utikere.

Against:

Councillor Karen Naylor.

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Tangi Utikere.

4.     That the Council acknowledge that although the Prospective   Statement of Comprehensive Revenue and Expense for the Annual Budget shows a budgeted surplus of $1.437m for the 2019/20 year, using the calculation required by the Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014, projects a deficit of $2.04m.  For the reasons outlined in the memorandum the Council resolves this outcome is financially prudent having regard for the matters contained in Section 100 of the Local Government Act 2002.

 

Clause 13.4 above was carried 14 votes to 1, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Bruno Petrenas and Tangi Utikere.

Against:

Councillor Karen Naylor.

 

Moved Grant Smith, seconded Tangi Utikere.

5.   That the Mayor and Chief Executive be given delegated authority to approve the final Annual Budget (Plan) document for publication.

6.   That the adoption of the Annual Budget (Plan) 2019/20 be confirmed as a significant decision within the parameters of the Local Government Act 2002 and that the Council is satisfied that all submissions had been considered and that there has been compliance with the decision-making and consultation requirements of the Act.

7.   That the Chief Executive be given delegated authority to authorise payments to Council-controlled organisations and other external organisations in accordance with their respective service level agreements.

 

Clause 13.5 to 13.7 inclusive above was carried 15 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:

For:

The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Brent Barrett, Susan Baty, Rachel Bowen, Adrian Broad, Gabrielle Bundy-Cooke, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay QSM, Leonie Hapeta, Jim Jefferies, Lorna Johnson, Duncan McCann, Karen Naylor, Bruno Petrenas and Tangi Utikere.

 

  The meeting finished at 3.16pm

 

Confirmed <enter date>

 

 

 

Chairperson