Palmerston North City Council

Minutes of the Community Committee Meeting Part I Public, held in the Council Chamber, First Floor, Civic Administration Building, 32 The Square, Palmerston North on 27 September 2023, commencing at 9.00am

Members Present:	Councillor Lorna Johnson (in the Chair), The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Patrick Handcock, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Lew Findlay, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor, William Wood and Kaydee Zabelin.
Non Members:	Councillors Roly Fitzgerald, Leonie Hapeta and Debi Marshall-Lobb.
Apologies:	Councillor Billy Meehan.

Councillor Orphée Mickalad left the meeting at 9.01am during consideration of clause 32.  He entered the meeting again at 9.03am after the consideration of clause 32.  He was not present for clause 32.

Karakia Timatanga

Councillor Roly Fitzgerald opened the meeting with karakia.

32-23	Apologies Councillor Orphée Mickalad left the meeting at 9.01am.
	Moved Lorna Johnson, seconded Patrick Handcock. The COMMITTEE RESOLVED 1.   That the Committee receive the apologies.
	Clause 32-23 above was carried 12 votes to 0, the voting being as follows: For: The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Lorna Johnson, Patrick Handcock, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Lew Findlay, Karen Naylor, William Wood, Kaydee Zabelin, Debi Marshall-Lobb, Roly Fitzgerald and Leonie Hapeta.

Councillor Orphée Mickalad entered the meeting again at 9.03am.

Declarations of Interest

The Mayor (Grant Smith), Councillors Pat Handcock, Debi Marshall-Lobb, Rachel Bowen, Lew Findlay, Leonie Hapeta and William Wood declared an interest only (no conflict or pecuniary interest) in item 9 (clause 35):  Draft Gambling Venue Policies – Deliberations Report.

33-23	Confirmation of Minutes
	Moved Lorna Johnson, seconded Patrick Handcock. The COMMITTEE RESOLVED 1.   That the minutes of the Community Committee meeting of 9 August 2023 Part I Public be confirmed as a true and correct record.
	Clause 33-23 above was carried 12 votes to 0, with 1 abstention, the voting being as follows: For: Councillors Lorna Johnson, Patrick Handcock, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Lew Findlay, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor, William Wood, Kaydee Zabelin, Debi Marshall-Lobb, Roly Fitzgerald and Leonie Hapeta. Abstained: The Mayor (Grant Smith).

34-23	Summary of Community Funding Allocations 01/07/2022 - 30/06/2023 Memorandum, presented by Cindy Nguyen, Community Development Advisor, and Stephanie Velvin, Community Development Manager.
	Moved Lorna Johnson, seconded Patrick Handcock. The COMMITTEE RESOLVED 1.   That the Committee receive the report titled ‘Summary of Community Funding Allocations from 01/07/2022 - 30/06/2023’ presented to the Community Committee on 27 September 2023.
	Clause 34-23 above was carried 13 votes to 0, the voting being as follows: For: The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Lorna Johnson, Patrick Handcock, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Lew Findlay, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor, William Wood, Kaydee Zabelin, Debi Marshall-Lobb, Roly Fitzgerald and Leonie Hapeta.

35-23	Draft Gambling Venue Policies - Deliberations Report Memorandum, presented by Stacey Solomon, Policy Analyst. The meeting adjourned at 10.39am. The meeting resumed at 10.59am.
	Moved Lorna Johnson, seconded Patrick Handcock. The COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 1. That Council adopt the Class 4 Gambling Venue Policy 2023, attachment 2 of this memorandum.
	Clause 35.1-23 above was carried 10 votes to 2, with 1 abstention, the voting being as follows: For: Councillors Lorna Johnson, Patrick Handcock, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor, William Wood, Kaydee Zabelin, Debi Marshall-Lobb and Roly Fitzgerald. Against: The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillor Leonie Hapeta. Abstained: Councillor Lew Findlay.
	Moved Lorna Johnson, seconded Patrick Handcock. The COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 2.   That Council adopt the TAB Venue Policy 2023, attachment 3 of this memorandum.
	Clause 35.2-23 above was carried 13 votes to 0, the voting being as follows: For: The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Lorna Johnson, Patrick Handcock, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Lew Findlay, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor, William Wood, Kaydee Zabelin, Debi Marshall-Lobb, Roly Fitzgerald and Leonie Hapeta.

36-23	Committee Work Schedule - September 2023
	Moved Lorna Johnson, seconded Patrick Handcock. The COMMITTEE RESOLVED 1.   That the Community Committee receive its Work Schedule dated September 2023.
	Clause 36-23 above was carried 13 votes to 0, the voting being as follows: For: The Mayor (Grant Smith) and Councillors Lorna Johnson, Patrick Handcock, Brent Barrett, Rachel Bowen, Lew Findlay, Orphée Mickalad, Karen Naylor, William Wood, Kaydee Zabelin, Debi Marshall-Lobb, Roly Fitzgerald and Leonie Hapeta.

Karakia Whakamutunga

Councillor Roly Fitzgerald closed the meeting with karakia.

The meeting finished at 11.28am

Confirmed 22 November 2023

Chair