Council member and meetings
I hereby give notice that a meeting of the
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
COMMITTEE
will be held as follows:
| DATE: |
Tuesday, 19
February 2008 |
| TIME: |
10:00 am |
| VENUE: |
Committee Room, Level 15
Civic Administration Building
1 Greys Avenue
Auckland |
Mike Giddey
DEMOCRACY ADVISOR
Members:
| Deputy Mayor |
David |
Hay, JP Chairperson |
| Cr |
Doug |
Armstrong, QSO |
| Cr |
Aaron |
Bhatnagar |
| Cr |
Richard |
Northey, ONZM |
Ex Officio:
| His Worship the Mayor, Hon John Banks, QSO |
APOLOGIES
At the close of the agenda no apologies had been
received.
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
| Section 46A(7) of the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended)
states: |
| "An item that is not on
the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if- |
| (a) |
The local authority by
resolution so decides; and |
| (b) |
The presiding member
explains at the meeting at a time when it is open to the public,- |
| |
(i) |
The reason why the item
is not on the agenda; and |
| |
(ii) |
The reason why the
discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting." |
| Section 46A(7A) of the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended)
states: |
| "Where an item is not on
the agenda for a meeting,- |
| (a) |
That item may be
discussed at that meeting if- |
| |
(i) |
That item is a minor
matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and |
| |
(ii) |
The presiding member
explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to
the public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but |
| (b) |
no resolution, decision,
or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer
that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further
discussion." |
PUBLIC FORUM
A period of time (approximately 20 minutes) is set aside
for members of the public to address the meeting on matters within its delegated
authority. A maximum of 5 minutes per item is allowed, following which there
may be questions from members.
At the close of the
agenda no requests to speak had been received.
AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL'S PROPOSED APPROACH TO THE ROYAL COMMISSION
ON AUCKLAND GOVERNANCE
| T Pennington |
|
| Manager of Strategy |
19 February
2008 |
Reporting
that Auckland City Council has the opportunity, through its submissions and
representations to the Royal Commission, to take Auckland forward as a
twenty-first century metropolitan region, able to compete on the international
stage.
The Royal
Commission is intended to provide a broad, independent assessment of what local
and regional governance arrangements are required for Auckland for the future.
The Commission will be chaired by a retired judge, Peter Salmon, QC and Dame
Margaret Bazley and David Shand will sit as commissioners.
Recommending
that the Committee notes that the Royal Commission terms of reference are future
focused and that officers are working collaboratively at a regional level to
ensure coordination of effort, efficiency of external engagements, the exchange
of information and consistency in agreed outcomes and positions (where
possible).
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