Joint
Regional Economic Development Committee
30 July 2021
Joint Regional Economic Development Committee Minutes
Meeting held in the Council Chamber
36 Water Street, Whangārei
on Friday 30 July 2021, commencing at 10.05am
Tuhinga/Present:
Councillor Terry Archer (NRC)
Councillor Justin Blaikie (NRC)
Councillor Anna Curnow (KDC) - Remotely
Councillor David Clendon (FNDC)
Councillor Peter Wethey (KDC)
I
Tae Mai/In Attendance:
Full Meeting
Ben Lee (NRC)
Darryl Jones (NRC)
Emmanouela Galanou (NRC)
Bill Lee (FNDC)
Vaughan Cooper (NIC)
The Group Manager – Strategy, Governance and
Engagement declared the meeting open at 10.05 am and welcomed everyone to
the first meeting of the Joint Regional Economic Development Committee.
Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping (Item 1.0)
There were no new housekeeping items to be made aware
of.
Ngā
whakapahā/Apologies (Item
2.0)
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Moved (Blaikie /Wethey)
That the apologies from
Councillor John Vujcich (FNDC) for non-attendance be received.
Carried
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Ngā Whakapuakanga/Declarations
of Conflicts of Interest (Item 3.0)
The Group Manager – Strategy, Governance and
Engagement advised members of the Joint Regional Economic Development Committee
to make declarations item-by-item as the meeting progressed.
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Election of Chair (Item 4.1)
Report from Emmanouela Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor
and Darryl Jones, Economist
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Moved (Blaikie/Wethey)
1. That
the report ‘Election of Chair’ by Emmanouela Galanou, Economic
Policy Advisor and Darryl Jones, Economist and dated 7 July 2021, be
received.
2. That
in the event more than one nomination for Chair is received, “System
A” as specified in Clause 25 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act,
be used for the election of the Chair.
Carried
Secretarial Note: The Group Manager –
Strategy, Governance and Engagement called for nominations for election of
the office of Chair.
Moved (Wethey/Archer)
3. That Councillor
Justin Blaikie (NRC) be appointed as Chair of the Joint Regional Economic
Development Committee.
Carried
Secretarial Note:
·
Councillor Justin Blaikie assumed the chair from the Group
Manager – Strategy, Governance and Engagement.
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The Chair then presided over the remainder of the committee meeting.
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Election of Deputy
Chair (Item 4.2)
Report from Darryl Jones, Economist and Emmanouela
Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor
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Moved (Clendon/Wethey)
1. That
the report ‘Election of Deputy Chair’ by Darryl Jones, Economist
and Emmanouela Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor and dated 21 July 2021, be received.
2. That
in the event more than one nomination for Deputy Chair is received,
“System A” as specified in Clause 25 of Schedule 7 to the Local
Government Act, be used for the election of the Deputy Chair.
Carried
Moved (Wethey/Clendon)
3. That
Councillor Anna Curnow (KDC) be appointed as Deputy Chair of the Joint
Regional Economic Development Committee.
Carried
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Northland Inc.
Limited: Statement of Intent 2021-2024 (Item
4.3)
Report from Emmanouela Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor
and Darryl Jones, Economist
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Moved (Curnow/Archer)
1.
That the report ‘Northland Inc. Limited: Statement of Intent
2021-2024’ by Emmanouela Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor and Darryl
Jones, Economist and dated 7 July 2021, be received.
Carried
Moved (Clendon/Wethey)
2. That
the Joint Regional Economic Development Committee agree to Northland Inc.
Limited’s Statement of Intent 2021-2024 as set out in Attachment 1 pertaining
to Item 4.3 of the 30 July 2020 Joint Regional Economic Development Committee
agenda.
Carried
Secretarial Note: The
committee acknowledged that it was a good process to go through and commended
Northland Inc. on a very good document.
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Policy on the
appointment of directors to Northland Inc. Limited (Item 4.4)
Report from Emmanouela Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor
and Darryl Jones, Economist
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Moved (Curnow/Clendon)
1. That
the report ‘Policy on the appointment of directors to Northland Inc.
Limited’ by Emmanouela Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor and Darryl
Jones, Economist and dated 13 July 2021, be received.
2. That
the Policy on the appointment of directors to Northland Inc. Limited (Attachment 1
pertaining to Item 4.4 of the 30 July 2021 agenda of the Joint Regional
Economic Development Committee) be adopted.
Carried
Secretarial Note: The committee thanked staff for
the work put into writing the policy.
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Investment and Growth
Reserve: Funding available for 2021/22 (Item
4.5)
Report from Emmanouela Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor
and Darryl Jones, Economist
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Moved (Wethey/Archer)
That the report ‘Investment
and Growth Reserve: Funding available for 2021/22’ by Emmanouela
Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor and Darryl Jones, Economist and dated 8 July
2021, be received.
Carried
Secretarial Note:
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Darryl Jones, Economist, clarified the figures in the
Investment and Growth Reserve.
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There is not a lot of funding available for the first three
years, but over time it will come right.
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The issue of project funding to be workshopped on 11 March
2022.
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Annual Work Plan 2021/22
(Item 4.6)
Report from Emmanouela Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor
and Darryl Jones, Economist
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Moved (Wethey/Blaikie)
1.
That the report ‘Annual Work Plan 2021/22’ by Emmanouela
Galanou, Economic Policy Advisor and Darryl Jones, Economist and dated 8 July
2021, be received.
Carried
Moved (Clendon/Curnow)
2. That
the Joint Regional Economic Development Committee agrees to the Annual Work
Plan as set out in Attachment 1 pertaining to Item 4.6 of the 30 July 2021
Joint Regional Economic Development Committee agenda subject to the amendment
of the September date to 30 September 2021 instead of 23 September 2021.
Carried
Secretarial Note: It
was requested that strategic items be up front in the workshop agendas.
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Whakamutunga (Conclusion)
The meeting concluded at 11.03 am.