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88-23
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2023/24
Annual Budget - Deliberations
Memorandum, presented by
Cameron McKay, Chief Financial Officer, and Steve Paterson, Strategy Manager
- Finance.
The meeting adjourned
at 10.30am.
The meeting resumed at 10.49am.
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Moved Grant Smith, seconded Debi Marshall-Lobb.
RESOLVED
1. That Council receive:
a. the Engagement Summary (Attachment 1).
b. the Summary of Submissions (Attachment 2).
c. Officer
Comments to the Summary of Submissions (Attachment 3).
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Clause 88.1-23 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor,
William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
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Moved
Grant Smith, seconded Debi Marshall-Lobb.
2. That Council approve the following changes to
charges for swimming pools effective from 1 July 2023:
a. a maximum increase of $0.80 for all casual
admittance charges; and
b. a
maximum increase of 15% for all concession charges.
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Clause 88.2-23 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor,
William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
The mover stated that Plan Change
H Kākātangiata and Industrial Growth were significant planning
projects for the city which should not be delayed.
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Moved
William Wood, seconded Grant Smith.
3. To increase the planning budget
for Plan Change H Kākātangiata by $341,100 and create a planning
budget for Industrial Growth of $150,000.
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Clause 88.3-22 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor,
William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
The following motion was put in
response to a request from Te Manawa Museums Trust to support three specific
projects considered opportunities to increase audience and enhance their
experience. Te Rangi Whenua project would contribute to the relationship
between the Council and Rangitāne o Manawatū.
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Moved
Rachel Bowen, seconded Grant Smith.
4. To increase Te Manawa Museum
Trust’s operating grant by $250,000 in 2023/24 to support the Te Rangi
Whenua, 6 Extinctions, and Peter Bush Archive projects.
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Clause 88.4-23 above was
carried 10 votes to 6, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Patrick Handcock, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan and
Orphée Mickalad.
Against:
Councillors Vaughan
Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Karen Naylor, William Wood and Kaydee
Zabelin.
The meeting adjourned
at 12.40pm.
The meeting resumed at
1.41pm.
The mover expressed that an increase
in the operating grant would enable the Globe Theatre to address urgent
staffing issues and build on current success.
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Moved
Rachel Bowen, seconded Grant Smith.
5. To increase the Globe Theatre
Trust operating grant by $50,000 in the 2023/24 budget and note
Council’s intention to maintain this level of funding in the Long-Term
Plan.
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Clause 88.5-23 above was
carried 14 votes to 1, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Vaughan Dennison, Lew
Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson,
Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
Against:
Councillor
Karen Naylor.
Note:
Councillor Debi
Marshall-Lobb declared an interest, withdrew from the discussion and sat in
the gallery.
The mover explained that without
the proposed extra funding for accommodation the Artist in Residence scheme
would not be able to continue in its current form.
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Moved
Rachel Bowen, seconded Grant Smith
6. To increase the operating budget
for the Artist in Residence scheme by up to an additional $15,000 in the
2023/24 budget and note Council’s intention to maintain this level of
funding in the Long-Term Plan.
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Clause 88.6-23 above was
carried 14 votes to 2, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Vaughan
Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie Hapeta,
Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor and William
Wood.
Against:
Councillors Mark Arnott and
Kaydee Zabelin.
Resolutions 88.7 and 88.8
below were moved to provide the Niuvaka
Trust and Palmerston North Medical Museum with advice and support to broader
their fundraising opportunities, acknowledging the valuable impact of their
work in the community.
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Moved
Grant Smith, seconded Mark Arnott.
7. To direct the Chief Executive to
provide Niuvaka Trust with support to apply to other external funding
sources.
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Clause 88.7-23 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor,
William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
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Moved
Mark Arnott, seconded Grant Smith.
8. To direct the Chief Executive to
provide the Palmerston North Medical Museum with support to apply to other
external funding sources.
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Clause 88.8-23 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor,
William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
The mover proposed to develop a Community
Housing Partnership Program Plan to support and grow the capacity of
community housing providers in our community.
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Moved
William Wood, seconded Lorna Johnson.
9. To develop a Community Housing
Partnership Program (CHPP) plan for consideration in the 2024 – 2034
Long Term Plan.
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Clause 88.9-23 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor,
William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
The mover stated that a city-wide Food Resilience and
Security Policy would provide strategic cohesion and prioritisation to some
of the wide and varied but ad hoc work being done in the city in that space.
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Moved
Kaydee Zabelin, seconded Lorna Johnson.
10. To establish a new operating programme of
$20,000 to develop a city-wide Food Resilience and Security Policy.
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Clause 88.10-23 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor,
William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
The mover expressed that NZ Rural Games was one of the
city’s top major events and generated benefits for the city.
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Moved
Grant Smith, seconded Leonie Hapeta.
11. To establish a new operating programme of up
to $100k ($75K cash and $25K in-kind) per year for five years to support the
NZ Rural Games.
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Clause 88.11-23 above was
carried 13 votes to 3, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad and Kaydee Zabelin.
Against:
Councillors Lorna Johnson,
Karen Naylor and William Wood.
Councillor Billy Meehan
left the meeting at 2.51pm.
The mover stated that New Zealand
Food Awards fitted with the city’s food strategy and that supporting
the event was a way of supporting key partners such as Massey University and
others from the food sector.
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Moved
Grant Smith, seconded Leonie Hapeta.
12. To establish a new operating programme of up
to $64K ($12k in 2023/24, $12k in 2024/25 & $40k in 2025/26) over three
years to support the New Zealand Food Awards.
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Clause 88.12-23 above was
carried 11 votes to 4, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Vaughan Dennison,
Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie Hapeta, Orphée
Mickalad and William Wood.
Against:
Councillors Rachel Bowen,
Lorna Johnson, Karen Naylor and Kaydee Zabelin.
Councillor Billy Meehan
entered the meeting again at 2.54pm.
The following motion was put to formally
address concerns raised by submitters from the Bunnythorpe community.
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Moved
Patrick Handcock, seconded Brent Barrett.
13. That the Chief Executive investigate what
would be needed to address infrastructure deficits identified by the
Bunnythorpe community, including footpath renewals, extensions and
maintenance; Baring Street raised crossing at school; street lighting
improvements; maintenance of open drains including feasibility of
undergrounding and flood resilience, to be reported to Council with a view to
developing a targeted programme for consideration in the Long Term Plan
process.
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Clause 88.13-23 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor,
William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
The meeting adjourned
at 2.58pm.
The meeting resumed at
3.23pm.
Elected Members requested a
feasibility study to be carried out in 2023-2024 in order to be able to have
a thorough understanding of the current needs for more community space.
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Moved
Leonie Hapeta, seconded Grant Smith.
14. To include up to $150,000 (maximum) to fund a
feasibility (only) study to review the needs/use of Awapuni Library, Te
Pātikitiki Library, a Pasifika Hub and more Community Space/Hub in
Highbury.
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Clause 88.14-23 above was
carried 15 votes to 1, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, William Wood and
Kaydee Zabelin.
Against:
Councillor Karen Naylor.
The mover stated that additional
funding would be needed to better support Council and community’s wish
for Palmerston North to become an accredited Age Friendly City. The
accreditation process needs to be led by the Council in compliance with the
Age Friendly Aotearoa programme requirements.
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Moved
Lew Findlay, seconded Grant Smith.
15. To establish an Age Friendly Programme to
develop an Age Friendly strategy/plan with a budget of $50K in 2023/24 and
refer ongoing costs of $30K annually to the Long Term Plan deliberations.
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Clause 88.15-23 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor,
William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
A report was requested from the
Chief Executive in response to concerns from submissions regarding the city
losing performance spaces.
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Moved
Rachel Bowen, seconded Lorna Johnson.
16. That the Chief Executive provide a report to
Culture and Sport Committee on the potential scope and cost of a needs
assessment process for performance/theatre space in the City, in time to
inform the Long Term Plan process.
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Clause 88.16-23 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor,
William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
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Moved
Grant Smith, seconded Debi Marshall-Lobb.
17. To agree the proposed operating budget changes
as outlined in clause 2.2.1 be incorporated in the final draft of the Annual
Budget 2023/24, incorporating resolutions 88.3 to 88.8 above.
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Clause 88.17-23 above was
carried 15 votes to 1, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, William Wood and
Kaydee Zabelin.
Against:
Councillor Karen Naylor.
Councillor Billy Meehan
left the meeting at 4.22pm.
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Moved
Grant Smith, seconded Debi Marshall-Lobb.
18. To agree the proposed operating programmes as
outlined in Attachment 5 be incorporated in the final draft of the Annual
Budget 2023/24, incorporating resolutions 88.9 to 88.16 above.
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Clause 88.18-23 above was
carried 14 votes to 1, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie Hapeta,
Lorna Johnson, Orphée Mickalad, William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
Against:
Councillor Karen Naylor.
Councillor Billy Meehan
entered the meeting again at 4.26pm.
The mover expressed that there
was urgency in relation to the safety issues at the College St/ Botanical
Road intersection.
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Moved
Brent Barrett, seconded Lorna Johnson.
19. To include a Capital New Programme of $120,000
in the 2023/24 annual budget for safety improvements at the College St/
Botanical Road intersection, including right turn infrastructure and phases
change.
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Clause 88.19-23 above was
carried 15 votes to 1, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, William Wood and
Kaydee Zabelin.
Against:
Councillor Karen Naylor.
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Moved
Grant Smith, seconded Debi Marshall-Lobb.
20. To agree the proposed capital new programmes
as outlined in Attachment 6, including the amendments to carry forwards, be
incorporated in the final draft of the Annual Budget 2023/24, incorporating
resolution 88.19 above.
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Clause 88.20-23 above was
carried 15 votes to 1, the voting being as follows:
For:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie
Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée Mickalad, William Wood and
Kaydee Zabelin.
Against:
Councillor Karen Naylor.
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Moved
Grant Smith, seconded Debi Marshall-Lobb.
21. To agree the proposed capital renewal
programmes as outlined in Attachment 7, including the amendments to carry
forwards, be incorporated in the final draft of the Annual Budget 2023/24.
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Clause 88.21-23 above was
carried 16 votes to 0, the voting being as follows:
For:
The
Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent
Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald,
Patrick Handcock, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Billy Meehan, Orphée
Mickalad, Karen Naylor, William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
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Moved Brent Barrett, seconded Rachel Bowen.
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Note:
On a motion ‘To
include an operating budget of $60,000 in the 2023/24 budget to support one
month free travel when the new urban bus network launches in 2024’, the
motion was lost 7 votes to 9, the voting being as follows:
For:
Councillors Debi
Marshall-Lobb, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Patrick Handcock, Lorna Johnson,
Orphée Mickalad and Kaydee Zabelin.
Against:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Mark Arnott, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald,
Leonie Hapeta, Billy Meehan, Karen Naylor and William Wood.
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Moved Vaughan Dennison, seconded Karen Naylor.
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Note:
On a motion to amend resolution
88.4 to set the operating grant increase in $135,000 and only for Te Rangi
Whenua project excluding 6 Extinctions and Peter Bush Archive projects, the
motion was lost 6 votes to 10, the voting being as follows:
For:
Councillors Vaughan
Dennison, Lew Findlay, Roly Fitzgerald, Billy Meehan, Karen Naylor and
William Wood.
Against:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen,
Patrick Handcock, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Orphée Mickalad and
Kaydee Zabelin.
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Moved Karen Naylor, seconded William Wood.
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Note:
On a motion to amend
resolution 88.11 to add ‘And this is offset by a reduction of $60K from
Programme 1344 (Major Events Fund), and a reduction of $15K from Programme
1480 (Sponsorship opportunities with Economic Benefits)’, the motion
was lost 7 votes to 9, the voting being as follows:
For:
Councillors Brent Barrett,
Rachel Bowen, Roly Fitzgerald, Lorna Johnson, Karen Naylor, William Wood and
Kaydee Zabelin.
Against:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Vaughan Dennison, Lew Findlay,
Patrick Handcock, Leonie Hapeta, Billy Meehan and Orphée Mickalad.
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Moved Karen Naylor, seconded William Wood.
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Note:
On a motion that: ‘That
the Chief Executive report back with options to reduce ‘Maintained
Service Level’ operating budgets by $650,000 to be considered by
Elected Members at the 14 June 2023 Council meeting’, the motion was
lost 6 votes to 10, the voting being as follows:
For:
Councillors Mark Arnott,
Vaughan Dennison, Roly Fitzgerald, Billy Meehan, Karen Naylor and William
Wood.
Against:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Lew Findlay,
Patrick Handcock, Leonie Hapeta, Lorna Johnson, Orphée Mickalad and
Kaydee Zabelin.
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Moved Lorna Johnson, seconded Brent Barrett.
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Note:
On a motion that: ‘That
the final draft Annual Budget 2023-2024 include an assumption of Uniform
Annual General Charge at $50 per rating unit’, the motion was lost 5
votes to 11, the voting being as follows:
For:
Councillors Brent Barrett,
Rachel Bowen, Lew Findlay, Lorna Johnson and Kaydee Zabelin.
Against:
The Mayor (Grant Smith) and
Councillors Debi Marshall-Lobb, Mark Arnott, Vaughan Dennison, Roly
Fitzgerald, Patrick Handcock, Leonie Hapeta, Billy Meehan, Orphée
Mickalad, Karen Naylor and William Wood.
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