The Chair declared the meeting open at 9.31am and
proceedings commenced with the Tauāki ā roto by full council.
There were no apologies.
It was advised that councillors should make declarations
item-by-item as the meeting progressed.
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Council Deliberations on the Long Term Plan
2021 - 2031 Consultation Document and Supporting Information (Item 5.1)
ID: A1434870
Report from Kyla Carlier, Acting Strategy Policy and
Planning Manager and Casey Mitchell, Management Accountant
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Moved
(Stolwerk/Yeoman)
1. That
the report ‘Council Deliberations on the Long Term Plan 2021 - 2031
Consultation Document and Supporting Information’ by Kyla Carlier,
Acting Strategy Policy and Planning Manager and Casey Mitchell, Management
Accountant and dated 16 April 2021, be received.
2. That
the Chief Executive Officer be given delegated authority to approve any
consequential amendments as a result of council decisions on submissions and
any minor accuracy and grammatical amendments.
3. That
the Chief Executive Officer be given delegated authority to approve changes
required to revise the financial statements and rating information within the
final Long Term Plan 2021-2031.
Carried
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Secretarial Note: Key staff provided an overview
of consultation, a brief assessment of feedback, an explanation of proposed changes
and their impact on rates, and explained the format of the deliberations
report.
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CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF
RATES
Moved
(Stolwerk/Blaikie)
1. That
council supports combining the land management rate and the freshwater
management rate into one targeted region-wide rate called the ‘land and
freshwater management rate’, to continue to be set based on the
equalised land value of each rateable unit in the region, as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
2. That
council supports the re-naming of the civil defence and hazard management
rate as the emergency and hazard management rate, to continue to be set based
on equalised capital value and number of rating units or separately used or
inhabited parts of a rating unit (SUIPs), as proposed in the Long
Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
3. That
council supports re-naming the current regional infrastructure rate as the
regional economic development rate and applying it to activities that support
economic wellbeing and community infrastructure via the investment and growth
reserve, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document
and supporting information.
Carried
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Secretarial Note: It was requested that council
examine the work funded by the land and freshwater management rate and
whether it would be more appropriate to be based on capital value.
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Moved
(Stolwerk/Macdonald)
Addressing water
health - Providing quality data
4. That
council supports the provision of an additional $95,000 in 2021/22 and
2022/23, $30,000 in 2023/24 and 2024/25, and $25,000 each year following, and
capital spend of $25,000 in 2021/22, for continuous and automated data
collection and processing tools, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
5. That
council supports the provision of an additional $73,000 in 2021/22, $79,000
in 2022/23 and $158,000 each year following, and capital spend of $2,200 in
2021/22 and 2023/24 to fund and support additional environmental data
management officers, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
6. That
council supports the provision of an additional $90,000 in 2023/24 and
$89,000 each year following, and $2,200 of capital spend in 2023/24, for a
specific hydrology data officer, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
7. That council
supports the provision of an additional $35,000 in 2023/24 for the
digitisation of historic environmental records, as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
Carried
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Moved
(Craw/Kitchen
Addressing water
health - Monitoring water health and responding to
legislation
8. That
council supports the provision of an additional $10,000 in 2021/22 and
$45,000 each year following, and capital spend of $95,000 in 2021/22, to
upgrade the recreational bathing system, as proposed in the Long Term Plan
2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
9. That
council supports the provision of an additional $60,000 in 2022/23 and
$58,000 each year following, and capital spend of $2,200 in 2022/23, for a
junior hydrology officer, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
10. That
council supports the provision of an additional $95,000 in 2023/24 and
$94,000 each year following, and capital spend of $2,200 in 2023/24, for a
freshwater ecologist, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
11. That
council supports the provision of an additional $154,000 in 2022/23, and
$153,000 each year following, and capital spend of $12,000 in 2022/23 and
2024/25, and $10,000 in 2027/28 and 2030/31, to update the freshwater
monitoring networks, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
Carried
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It was further moved (Blaikie/Yeoman)
12. That
council supports the provision of an additional $167,000 in 2022/23, $244,000
in 2023/24 and $243,000 each year following to upgrade the lake monitoring
programme, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and
supporting information.
Carried
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It was further moved
(Stolwerk/Yeoman)
13. That
council supports the provision of additional capital spend of $295,200 in
2022/23, $12,960 in 2024/25, $170,840 in 2025/26, $66,800 in 2027/28,
$160,000 in 2028/29, $12,960 in 2029/30 and $8,640 in 2030/31 to support the
upgrade of the lake monitoring programme.
Carried
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Secretarial Note: Later in the meeting
it was confirmed that the additional capital spend was to meet the
requirements of the NPS Freshwater and included the purchase of water level
sensors, continuous monitoring, lake buoys and sinking groundwater bores.
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It
was further moved (Stolwerk/Craw)
14. That
council supports the provision of an additional $115,000 in 2021/22 and
$114,000 each year following, and capital spend of $2,200 in 2021/22, for a
water resources scientist, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Stolwerk/Kitchen)
Addressing water
health - Water resilience
15. That
council supports the provision of an additional $79,000 a year from 2022/23,
reducing to $44,000 a year from 2025/26, and capital spend of $2,200 in
2022/23 for a groundwater officer, as proposed in the Long Term Plan
2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
16. That
council supports the provision of an additional $40,000 a year for a water
allocation tool, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
17. That
council supports the provision of an additional $50,000 in 2024/25, and
capital spend of $155,000 in 2023/24 and $10,000 each year following, for a
targeted research and monitoring project to understand freshwater resilience,
as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and
supporting information.
18. That
council supports the provision of an additional $100,000 in 2021/22 and
$150,000 in 2022/23 for council’s contribution toward the Aupouri
aquifer and surrounding surface water project, as proposed in the Long Term
Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
19. That
council supports the provision of an additional $160,000 in 2021/22, $232,000
in 2022/23, $235,000 in 2023/24 to 2025/26, $248,000 in 2026/27 and $235,000
every year following for general operating budget to support the step-change
in work with resources such as summer students, annual subscriptions for
telemetered equipment, training and consultants, as proposed in the Long Term
Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
Addressing water
health - Capital spend only
20. That
council supports the provision of capital spend of $113,000 in 2022/23,
$292,000 in 2023/24, $12,000 in 2025/26, $178,000 in 2028/29, $105,000 in
2029/30 and $151,000 in 2030/31, to update and relace assets and equipment
for coastal water quality and hydrology programmes, as proposed in the Long
Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
21. That
council supports the provision of capital spend of $60,000 in 2022/23 for new
groundwater monitoring stations, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
22. That
council supports the provision of capital spend of $80,000 in 2021/22 and
$20,000 in 2022/23, for a high-resolution digital river network model, as proposed
in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
23. That
council supports the provision of capital spend of $160,000 in 2021/22 for a
high-resolution land-use GIS layer enabling limits for freshwater resources
to be set at catchment scale, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
24. That
council supports the provision of capital spend of $72,000 in 2022/23 and
$54,000 in 2023/24 and 2024/25, for the expansion of the hydrometric network
including new telemetered flow stations, as proposed in the Long Term Plan
2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Yeoman/Macdonald)
Addressing water
health - Planning and policy
25. That
council supports the provision of $80,000 in 2021/22 and 2022/23 for the
process of proposing a new coastal occupation charge for structures in the
coastal marine area, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
26. That
council supports the provision of $250,000 a year from 2022/23 to implement
Te Mana O Te Wai, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
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An amendment
was moved (Blaikie/Kitchen)
Addressing water
health - Planning and policy
25. That
council supports the provision of $80,000 in 2021/22 and 2022/23 for the
process of proposing a new coastal occupation charge for structures in the
coastal marine area, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
26. That
council supports the provision of $250,000 a year from 2022/23 to implement
Te Mana O Te Wai; subject to a set of agreed conditions as supported by
tangata whenua.
Lost
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Secretarial Note: As per
Standing Order 23.7 ‘Lost Amendments’ the meeting resumed debate
on the original motion.
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Moved
(Yeoman/Macdonald)
Addressing water
health - Planning and policy
25. That
council supports the provision of $80,000 in 2021/22 and 2022/23 for the
process of proposing a new coastal occupation charge for structures in the
coastal marine area, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
26. That
council supports the provision of $250,000 a year from 2022/23 to implement
Te Mana O Te Wai, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
Carried
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It
was further moved (Yeoman/Stolwerk)
27. That
council supports the provision of $250,000 in 2021/22 and $255,000 in 2022/23
to cover the cost of making changes to the Regional Plan for Northland in
accordance with central government requirements.
Carried
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Moved
(Yeoman/Robinson)
Addressing water
health - Compliance monitoring
28. That
council supports the provision of $95,000 in 2021/22, $228,000 in 2022/23 and
$226,000 each year following, and $8,800 of capital spend, to expand the
compliance monitoring team in response to new requirements from central
government, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document
and supporting information.
Carried
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Secretarial Note: The meeting
adjourned at 10.31am and reconvened at 10.39am.
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Moved
(Blaikie/Macdonald)
Managing our
water catchments
29. That
council supports the provision of $740,845 a year toward the Kaipara Moana
Remediation programme.
Carried
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It was
further moved (Stolwerk/Yeoman)
30. That
council supports the provision of $311,000 in 2022/23 and 2023/24 to support
work in catchments across the region through the environmental fund, as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
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An amendment
was moved (Blaikie/Macdonald)
30. That
council supports the provision of $311,000 in 2022/23, $500,000 in 2023/24 and
this quantum continuing (year on year) through to 2030/31 to support work in
catchments across the region through the environmental fund.
The
substantive motion, being the original motion as amended, was carried
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It
was further moved (Stolwerk/Yeoman)
31. That
council supports the provision of $57,000 in 2021/22, $66,000 in 2022/23 and
$16,000 in 2023/24, $83,000 in 2024/25, $92,000 in 2025/26, $76,000 in
2026/27, $81,000 in 2027/28, $174,000 in 2028/29, $154,000 in 2029/30 and
$162,000 in 2030/31 to support expansion and operations of the poplar and
willow nursery, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
32. That
council supports the provision of capital spend of $777,000 in 2021/22 and
$250,000 in the two years following, and $26,000 a year from 2027/28,
to support expansion of the poplar and willow nursery, as proposed in the
Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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It
was further moved (Stolwerk/Macdonald)
33. That
council supports the provision of $50,000 in 2022/23, $80,000 in 2023/24 to
2025/26, $60,000 from 2026/27 to 2029/30, and $40,000 in 2030/31 to support
the movement from farm plans to a catchment-based model, as proposed in the
Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
34. That
council supports the provision of capital spend of $12,500 in 2021/22 and
2022/23, and $15,000 in 2023/24 and 2024/25 to support the movement from farm
plans to a catchment-based model, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
35. That
council supports the provision of $30,000 a year from 2024/25, and capital
spend of $250,000 in 2022/23 and 2023/24, to support freshwater farm
planning, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document
and supporting information.
36. That
council supports the provision of $230,000 a year up until 2025/26 and then
$10,000 each year following, and capital spend of $1,000 in 2021/22 to
expand the soil quality monitoring network and fund S-map as proposed in the
Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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It
was further moved (Craw/Robinson)
37. That
council supports the provision of $125,000 in 2021/22 and 2022/23, to carry
out comprehensive wetland mapping.
Carried
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Secretarial Note: The workshop
adjourned at 11.21am and reconvened at 11.28am.
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Moved
(Stolwerk/Macdonald)
Biodiversity
38. That
council supports the provision of $82,000 in 2021/22 increasing to $109,000
from 2022/23 onwards, and capital spend of $2,200 in 2021/22, to develop and
implement a biodiversity action plan, as proposed in the Long Term Plan
2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
39. That
council supports the provision of $85,000 in 2021/22, increasing to $90,000
in 2022/23 and each year following to expand the CoastCare and Taitokerau
Coastal Kaitiaki programmes, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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It was further moved
(Craw/Macdonald)
40. That council supports the
provision of $20,000 in 2022/23 and $40,000 in 2023/24 to deliver a
Regional Biodiversity Strategy.
Carried
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Moved
(Blaikie/Yeoman)
Biosecurity -
land
41. That
council supports the provision of $110,000 a year to fund low-incidence pest
plant work, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document
and supporting information.
42. That
council supports the provision of $438,000 in 2022/23 increasing to $536,000
in 2023/24, $818,000 in 2024/25 and $866,000 from 2025/26, and capital spend
of $4,400 in 2022/23 and 2024/25, for the staff and operational costs of
Kauri dieback management, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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It was further moved
(Craw/Macdonald)
43. That
council supports the provision of $190,000 a year from 2021/22 to 2023/24,
increasing to $290,000 a year from 2024/25, and capital spend of $2,200 in
2021/22, to fund work to eradicate feral deer from Northland.
Carried
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It was further moved
(Blaikie/Robinson)
44. That
council supports the provision of $53,000 in 2021/22, $81,000 in
2022/23 and 2023/24, and $162,000 from 2024/25 onwards, and capital spend of
$2,200 in 2021/22 and 2024/25, to fund the provision of roles with a focus on
supporting community led pest plant work as proposed in the Long Term Plan
2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
45. That
council supports the provision of $100,000 in 2021/22, $200,000 in 2022/23
and $300,000 in each year following to support the Predator Free Te
Taitokerau project.
Carried
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It was further moved
(Stolwerk/Kitchen)
46. That
council supports the provision of $180,000 in 2022/23, $300,000 in
2023/24 and $450,000 each year following to support future Predator Free Te
Taitokerau projects.
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An
amendment was moved (Macdonald/Blaikie)
46. That
council supports the provision of $180,000 in 2022/23, $300,000 in
2023/24 and $450,000 each year following to develop and maintain more high
valued areas (where high biodiversity and recreational values meet strong
community interest in pest control), put more resource into growing our
community-led pest-control programmes and supporting future Predator Free Te
Taitokerau projects.
The
substantive motion, being the original motion as amended, was carried
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Moved
(Yeoman/Craw)
Biosecurity -
marine
47. That
council supports the provision of $100,000 in 2021/22, and $25,000 a year
from 2022/23 to develop a cohesive approach to managing marine pests with a
centralised database, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
48. That
council supports the provision of $314,000 in 2021/22 and $124,000 for the
three years following to respond to an incursion of Mediterranean fanworm, as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
Carried
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Moved
(Stolwerk/Kitchen)
Flood protection
– Awanui River flood scheme upgrade
49. That
council supports completing the Awanui River flood scheme upgrade in three
years instead of eight, and paying off borrowings for the scheme in 12 years
instead of 30, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
Flood protection
– Otiria – Moerewa flood mitigation spillway
50. That
council supports the establishment of a new targeted Taumārere rivers
management rate, to be set on a uniform basis on each rateable SUIP located
within and/or intersects the Taumārere rivers management rate catchment
area.
51. That
council supports the provision of $219,400 a year to fund repayment of the
Otiria-Moerewa flood mitigation spillway, with 70% to be funded by the flood
infrastructure rate and 30% by a new targeted Taumārere rivers
management rate, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Blaikie/Yeoman)
Flood protection
– Kawakawa flood mitigation stopbank
52. That
council supports the provision of $550,000 of capital spend in 2024/25 to be
borrowed and repaid at a cost of $52,000 a year, to fund deflection bank work
at Kawakawa and to be funded 70% by the flood infrastructure rate and 30% by
a new targeted Taumārere rivers management rate.
Carried
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Moved
(Craw/Kitchen)
Flood protection
– Whangārei flood mitigation project, Tarewa Road
flood wall
53. That council supports the
provision of $251,000 of capital in 2021/22 for the Tarewa road flood wall
component of the Whangārei flood mitigation project, to be repaid at
$23,600 a year, and funded 70% by the region-wide flood infrastructure rate and
30% by the targeted Whangārei urban river management rate, as proposed
in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
Carried
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Moved
(Stolwerk/Macdonald)
Upgrading our
tsunami warning system
54. That council supports the
provision of $1 million of capital spend in 2021/22 and 2022/23 to upgrade
the tsunami siren network, and $20,000 a year from 2023/24 for testing and
maintaining the sirens, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Kitchen/Craw)
New emergency
coordination centre
55. That council supports the
provision of capital spend of $5.5 million in 2022/23 and 2023/24 for a new
joint emergency coordination centre, and $90,000 a year in operating costs,
as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and
supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Macdonald/Craw)
Climate change
resilience
56. That council supports the
provision of $305,000 in 2021/22, $301,000 in 2022/23 and $505,000 in 2023/24
to 2026/27, and capital spend of $2,200 in 2021/22 and $4,400 in 2023/24, for
adaptive pathway planning for the region.
Carried
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It was further moved (Macdonald/Robinson)
57. That council supports the
provision of $153,000 in 2021/22, and $174,000 in 2022/23 and 2023/24, and
capital spend of $2,200 in 2021/22, for a zero-carbon transition plan and
staff resource.
Carried
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It was
further moved (Macdonald/Yeoman)
58. That council supports the
provision of $182,000 in 2021/22 and $178,000 each year following, and $2,200
of capital spend in 2021/22, to support hapū and marae communities
to develop risk management plans and resilience strategies, as proposed in
the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
Carried
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Moved
(Blaikie/Kitchen)
Improving water
resilience
59. That council supports the
provision of $500,000 a year to set up a grant scheme for non-reticulated
water infrastructure for people in need, as proposed in the Long Term Plan
2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Stolwerk/Craw)
Harbour safety
and navigation
60. That council supports the
provision of $20,000 in 2022/23 and 2023/24, and capital spend of $70,000 in
2022/23, to replace fixed steel beacons with relocatable plastic buoys as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
61. That council supports the
provision of $100,000 of capital spend in 2021/22 for feasibility and design
of a new maritime vessel, and $1.5 million of capital spend in 2022/23 to
build a new maritime vessel, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
62. That council supports the
provision of $14,175 a year
as a 35% contribution toward the costs of abandoned and derelict boats, as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
Carried
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Moved
(Macdonald/Craw)
Increasing
CityLink services
63. That council supports the
provision of $437,000 in 2022/23, $644,000 in 2023/24 and $851,000 in 2024/25
to increase the frequency of the City Link bus service in Whangārei, to
be funded by the targeted Whangārei transport rate, as proposed in the
Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Yeoman/Robinson)
Māori partnerships
64. That council supports the
provision of $30,000 a year to fund the recently signed Manawhakahono ā
rohe agreements as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
65. That council supports the
provision of $102,000 a year and capital spend of $2,200 in 2021/22 for a
kaiawhina kaupapa Māori (Māori technical advisor), as proposed in
the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
66. That council supports the
provision of $10,000 a year from 2022/23 to support the development of Iwi
and Hapū Environmental Management Plans (IHEMP), as proposed in the Long
Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
67. That council supports the
provision of $20,000 in 2021/22 and 2022/23 to support the process of
introducing Māori seats in the 2022 election as proposed in the Long
Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
68. That council supports the
provision of $127,000 in 2021/22, and $138,000 each year following, and
capital spend of $2,200 in 2021/22, to further develop and support cultural
capacity as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document
and supporting information.
69. That council supports the
provision of $50,000 in 2021/22, and $25,000 each year following to carry out
a ‘health check’ of council’s Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti
o Waitangi obligations, and $100,000 a year from 2022/23 for implementation,
as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and
supporting information.
70. That council supports the
provision of $25,000 a year to increase Te Taitokerau Māori and Council
Working Party (TTMAC) members' allowances, as proposed in the Long Term Plan
2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Yeoman/Stolwerk)
Community
engagement
71. That council supports the
provision of $154,000 in 2021/22, $152,000 in 2022/23 and $225,000 each year
following, and $5,600 of capital spend over the first three years, for
new positions to support the increased community engagement needs, as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
Carried
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It was further moved (Yeoman/Kitchen)
72. That council supports the
provision of $78,000 a year for an Enviroschools support position and in
school facilitator, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
73. That council supports the
provision $65,000 in 2024/25, $97,500 in 2025/26, and $127,500 each year
following for delivering the Enviroschools strategy, as proposed in the Long
Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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Moved (Craw/Stolwerk)
Customer services
74. That council supports the
provision of $25,000 in 2023/24 and 2024/25, increasing to $90,000 in 2025/26
and $100,000 every year following, and capital spend of $95,000 in
2023/24 for development and implementation of a regional accessibility
strategy as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document
and supporting information.
75. That council supports the
provision of $10,000 a year, and capital spend of $5,000 in 2021/22 to
support the expansion of council’s regional service centre network, as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
Carried
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Moved
(Robinson/Kitchen)
Corporate
excellence - Information technology upgrades
76. To fund the implementation
and operating of a new enterprise system, that council supports collecting
rates revenue of $722,000 in 2022/23 and 2023/24, and $1.12M a year for
the following seven years to fund a portion of the project and repay borrowings
drawn down to fund any shortfalls, with spend on the project beginning in
2021/22 as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and
supporting information.
77. That council supports the
provision of capital spend of $20,850 in 2021/22, for the implementation and
operating of a new enterprise system, as proposed in the Long Term Plan
2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
78. That council supports the
provision of $90,000 a year to increase council's cybersecurity resilience as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
79. That council supports the
provision of $134,000 in 2021/22, $252,000 in 2022/23 and $1.4 million in
2023/24, and $700,000 a year after that, to upgrade the specialised regional
council database system as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
80. That council supports the
provision of $100,600 a year to upgrade the integrated regional information
system (IRIS), as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation
Document and supporting information.
81. That council supports the
provision of $50,000 in 2021/22 and 2022/23, $75,000 in 2023/34 and $100,000
each year following to centralise the data collected through LiDAR (Light
Detection and Ranging) surveys as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
82. That council supports the
provision of $75,000 in 2022/23 to ensure data is being stored correctly and
can be accessed and used easily, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
83. That council supports the
provision of $72,000 in 2021/22, and $165,000 each year following, and
capital spend of $2,200 in 2022/23 for business and IT resource to support
upgrades, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document
and supporting information.
84. That council supports the
provision of $107,000 in 2021/22, $140,000 each year following, and capital
spend of $2,200, to build mapping and geographical information capability, as
proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting
information.
Carried
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Moved
(Yeoman/Stolwerk)
Corporate
excellence – other support
85. That council supports the
provision of 17,000 in 2021/22, $46,000 each year following, and capital
spend of $42,000 in 2021/22 and $84,000 in 2022/23 to ensure sufficient
human-resources support and vehicles, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
86. That council supports the
provision of capital spend of $250,000 in 2022/23 and $94,000 in 2024/25 for
renovations and maintenance of the exterior of council’s Water Street
building, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document
and supporting information.
87. That council supports the
provision of capital expenditure of $600,000 in 2025/26, and $4 million in
2026/27 for a regional service centre in Waipapa, as proposed in the Long Term
Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Blaikie/Stolwerk)
Funding Economic
Development
88. That council supports the
re-naming of the Regional Infrastructure rate to the Regional Economic
Development rate, and direct revenue collected through the rate into the
Investment and Growth Reserve, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031
Consultation Document and supporting information.
89. That council supports the
closure of the Infrastructure Facilities Reserve, which is at zero balance,
as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and
supporting information.
90. That council supports the
re-naming of the Community Investment Fund to the Economic Development
Reserve, to provide greater clarity, as proposed in the Long Term Plan
2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Yeoman/Stolwerk)
Reviewing
reserves
91. That council supports the
re-naming of the Infrastructure Investment Fund reserve to the Regional
Project Reserve and broadening the purpose of the reserve to enable income
from the reserve to contribute to operational spend, and capital to be used
for joint projects with central government, other agencies and the private
sector, as proposed in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 Consultation Document and
supporting information.
Carried
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Moved
(Yeoman/Blaikie)
Rating policies
92. That council supports the
rating policies (including the policy on the remission and postponement of
rates on Māori freehold land) as consulted on and to be included in the
Long Term Plan 2021-2031.
Carried
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Moved (Yeoman/Stolwerk)
Revenue and Financing Policy
93. That
council supports the updated Revenue and Financing Policy, to be included in
the Long Term Plan 2021-2031.
Carried
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Moved (Craw/Yeoman)
Significance and Engagement
Policy
94. That
council supports the Significance and Engagement Policy, as consulted on in
the Long Term Plan Consultation Document and supporting information, for
inclusion in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031.
Carried
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KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Moved (Yeoman/Macdonald)
95. That
council supports the key performance indicators (measures and targets) as
consulted on in the Long Term Plan Consultation Document and supporting
information, for inclusion in the Long Term Plan 2021-2031.
Carried
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FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY
SERVICES
Moved (Craw/Robinson)
96. That council continues to
support the non-contestable emergency services via the emergency services
rate.
Carried
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Secretarial Note: Councillors
Blaikie and Stolwerk declared a conflict of interest in relation to funding
for regional sporting facilities and abstained from voting on recommendations
97 – 99.
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FUNDING FOR REGIONAL
SPORTING FACILITIES
Moved
(Kitchen/Macdonald)
97. That council supports
continuation of the regional sporting facilities rate to provide funding
support to assist the development of sporting facilities across Northland
that are of regional benefit.
98. That council allocates
funds from the regional sporting facilities rate to Northland projects of
regional significance or benefit where a project is identified and
financially supported in relevant Territorial Authority's Long Term Plans, is
within the Kokiri ai te Waka Hourua (2021-2030) strategy document, is a
sporting facility not active recreation facility, involves a new build or
significant extension of a current facility (not maintenance or
refurbishment) and the fund is used for construction and construction
management only.
99. That staff prepare a paper
for the July 2021 council meeting outlining the allocation process and
procedures to cover the three years of the LTP 2021-2031.
Carried
(Councillor
Yeoman voted against the motion. Councillors Blaikie and Stolwerk
abstained from voting)
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Moved (Kitchen/Blaikie)
100. That
council supports the current arrangements for funding and operating the
Investment and Growth Reserve and the Community Investment Fund as set out in
the Supporting Information to the Long Term Plan 21-2031 Consultation
Document.
101. That
council supports the current list of objectives for Northland Inc. Limited in
the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 as set out in the Supporting Information to the
Long Term Plan 2018-2028 Consultation Document.
102. That
council will include the key performance measures as set out in the final
version of Northland Inc’s Statement of Intent 2021 - 2024 in the Long
Term Plan 2021-2031.
Carried
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Moved (Yeoman/Blaikie)
103. That
council does not make any changes to the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 as a result
of submissions on these topics: Transport, District Council Matters, LTP
consultation process, Finances and investment, GE/GMO, area-specific
concerns, agrichemicals and toxins.
Carried
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Secretarial Note: Council extended appreciation
to members of the community that had taken the time to submit on the draft
Long Term Plan 2021 – 2031.
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Moved (Blaikie/Yeoman)
104. That
council adopts staff recommendations outlined in the attached spreadsheet
(Appendix 1) as council decisions, and do not make any changes to the Long
Term Plan 2021-2031 as a result of these submission points.
Carried
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Moved (Yeoman/Macdonald)
105. That
council supports the community outcomes as set out in the Long Term Plan
2021-2031 Consultation Document and supporting information document.
Carried
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Secretarial Note: Supplementary Item 5.2 and
Confidential Item 6.1 were addressed prior to the recommendations pertaining
to the Oruku Landing Conference and Events Centre (recommendation 106) and
the Targeted region-wide rate increase (recommendation107). The latter were
debated at such time council resumed in open meeting.
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ORUKU
LANDING CONFERENCE AND EVENTS CENTRE
Moved
(Robinson/Craw)
106. That the resolutions pertaining to the
Oruku landing conference and events centre (considered during public
excluded) be confirmed in open meeting.
Carried
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Council Deliberations on the Long Term Plan 2021-
2031: Oruku Landing Conference and Event Centre (Confidential Item 6.1)
ID: A1443009
Report from Darryl Jones, Economist and Emmanouela
Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor
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Moved
(Stolwerk/Macdonald)
1. That
the report ‘Council Deliberations on the Long Term Plan 2021- 2031:
Oruku Landing Conference and Event Centre’ by Darryl Jones,
Economist and Emmanouela Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor and dated
12 May 2021, be received.
Carried
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It was further
moved (Macdonald/Yeoman)
2. That
council does not provide any grant funding for the Oruku Landing Conference
and Event Centre.
Lost
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It was further
moved (Craw/Robinson)
2. That
council approves the provision of $6 million (plus GST if any) in
grant funding for the Oruku Landing Conference and Event Centre (the
Project), with the following conditions.
a. Whangarei
District Council maintains its existing commitment to take responsibility
for the Project, including paying for all cost overruns, and owning it as a
council asset.
b. Crown
Infrastructure Partners maintains its current funding commitment of
$60 million to the Project. Any reduction in the quantum of this
commitment will be matched by a proportional decrease in council’s
funding commitment.
c. The
funding will only be used to contribute towards the cost of the internal
physical fit-out of the Centre.
d. The
funding will be provided once the building structure is complete and the
fit-out is required, and not before the commencement of the 2023/24
financial year.
e. That
council receive detailed fit-out design and costings prior to making any
payment.
f. A
set of social procurement requirements for the Project are developed in
conjunction with Whangarei District Council and Crown Infrastructure
Partners.
g. Authorised
piling for the hotel construction has commenced no later than 30 March
2023.
Carried
(Councillors Macdonald
and Yeoman voted against the motion)
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It was further
moved (Stolwerk/Craw)
3. That
council requests Whangarei District Council consider appointing an expert
in the development and/or running of event and conference centres be
brought on as a Member of their Oruku Landing Project Control Group in
place of an NRC councillor.
4. The
council delegate authority to the Chief Executive to prepare and sign a
funding agreement with WDC to support these decisions including, among
other things, an appropriate schedule of payments and reporting
requirements.
Carried
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TARGETED REGION WIDE RATE INCREASE
Moved (Penny/Stolwerk)
107. That
council supports a total 21.04% average rate increase of the combined
council services rate, land and freshwater management rate, pest management
rate, emergency and hazard management rate, and flood infrastructure rate
in the first year of the Long Term Plan, with projected increases of 0.98 -
13.98% (including inflation adjustments) each year for the next 10 years, with
additional increases as resolved elsewhere in this report.
Carried
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