MINUTES OF Kapiti Coast District Council
Council Meeting
HELD AT THE Council
Chamber, Ground Floor, 175 Rimu Road, Paraparaumu
ON Thursday, 30 January
2020 AT 9.30am
PRESENT: Mayor
K Gurunathan, Deputy Mayor Janet Holborow, Cr Angela Buswell, Cr James Cootes,
Cr Jackie Elliott, Cr Gwynn Compton, Cr Jocelyn Prvanov, Cr Martin Halliday, Cr
Robert McCann, Cr Bernie Randall
IN
ATTENDANCE: Christine Papps, Kathy Spiers, Holly Ewens, James Westbury, Wayne
Maxwell, Natasha Tod, Sean Mallon, Janice McDougall, Chris Pearse, James
Jefferson, Nienke Itjeshorst, Adrian Mitchell, Jason Holland, Leyanne Belcher,
Tanicka Mason
APOLOGIES: Nil
LEAVE OF Cr
Sophie Handford
ABSENCE:
1 Welcome
2 Council
Blessing
The Mayor welcomed everyone to the meeting and the Council
blessing was read.
3 Apologies
Nil
4 Declarations
of Interest Relating to Items on the Agenda
Nil
5 Public
Speaking Time for Items Relating to the Agenda
Quentin Poole spoke regarding item 8.4 on the agenda,
RMA Issues and Options Draft submission January 2020, and answered
members’ questions.
Christopher Ruthe spoke regarding item 8.6 on the
agenda, Reports and Recommendations from Standing Committees and Community
Boards, and answered members’ questions.
6 Members’
Business
(a)
Public Speaking Time Responses
Staff would
provide a response to Mr Quentin Poole during the agenda item 8, RMA Issues and
Options Draft submission January 2020.
(b)
Leave of Absence
(c)
Matters of an Urgent Nature
Nil
7 Mayor's
Report
Nil
8 Reports
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8.1 Submission
to the Department of Internal Affairs on the Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Funding Review
Brandy Griffin spoke to the report and members’
questions were answered. A number of amendments were discussed.
· Emphasise
the irony that the FENZ Act 2017 removed oversight of rural fire services
from territorial authorities to FENZ, but the consultation document has
proposed that Territorial Authorities (TAs) collect rates on their behalf
and/or provide direct funding.
· If
the review concludes that TAs should collect rates for fire and emergency
services, Councillors suggest that this is carried out by unitary and
regional councils rather than by city or district councils.
· Since
over 13,000 call outs were for medical emergencies last year, it would seem
that some funding should be from the Health budget. This strengthens
our argument that general taxation as a source of funding should not be
excluded from the scope of this review.
· For
property-based funding models, it is important to note that some properties
will have a higher risk than others. For example, some commercial
properties will house large amounts of flammable materials. Therefore,
the preferred funding model should consider risks.
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moved
elliott/PRVANOV
That Council receives
and approves the draft submission to the Department of Internal
Affairs’ Fire and Emergency New Zealand Funding Review, as attached as
Appendix 1 to this report.
MOVED
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8.2 Council
submission to Ministry for the Environment consultation on "Reducing
waste: a more effective landfill levy'.
The report was taken as read. Nienke Itjeshorst,
Sustainability and Resilience Manager, and Adrian Mitchell, Waste Project
Manager, answered members’ questions. A number of amendments were
discussed.
Staff were thanked for the work involved in preparing the
report and submission.
Cr Randall left the chamber at 10.25am and returned at
10.30am.
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MOVED ELLIOTT/COOTES
That the Council
approves that the submission as presented in Appendix 2 of this report is
adopted as a submission of Council to the Ministry for the Environment on the
consultation document “Reducing waste: a more effective landfill
levy”
CARRIED
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The
meeting adjourned at 10.55am and resumed at 11.14
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8.3 Governance
Statement 2019-2022 Triennium
Leyanne Belcher, Democracy Services Manager, introduced
the report and answered members’ questions. A number of amendments were
discussed.
·
Inclusion of wording around delegations to community boards
·
Reference to ‘Portfolios’
·
Names of Districtwide Councillors to be in alphabetical order
·
A reference to ‘Elected Members’ to be changed to
‘Councillors
Staff would also take advice as to whether it would be
appropriate to include a reference to Elected Members being protected under
the Health and Safety Act.
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MOVED HOLBOROW/COOTES
That in accordance with Section 40(1) of the Local
Government Act 2002, the Council adopts and makes publicly available the
Governance Statement for the 2019-2022 Triennium as at Appendix 1 of this
report.
That
the Council authorises the Chief Executive to make administrative update to
the Governance Statement as necessary throughout the Triennium in respect of
any subsequent changes in circumstances or amendments the council might make
to the individual policies contained or referenced in the Governance
Statement.
CARRIED
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8.4 RMA
Issues and Options Draft Submission January 2020
Jason Holland, District Planning Manager, introduced the
report and responded to some points made by Mr Quentin Poole during Public
Speaking Time. Members’ questions were answered.
A number of amendments were discussed.
Cr Randall left the meeting at 11.50am and returned at
11.55am.
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MOVED holborow/cootes
That Council approve the draft submission, with
amendments, on the Issues and Options Paper for Transforming the Resource
Management System, which is attached as Appendix 1 to this report.
CARRIED
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8.5 Elected
Member Remuneration, Expenses and Allowances Policy
The report was taken as read.
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MOVED COMPTON/COOTES
That
the Council adopts the Elected Member Remuneration, Expenses and Allowances
Policy as at Appendix 1 of this report, ‘Elected Member Remuneration,
Expenses and Allowance Policy’.
CARRIED
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8.6 Reports
and Recommendations from Standing Committees and Community Boards
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MOVED ELLIOTT/COMPTON
14 That the Council notes
the following recommendations:
That Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti gives in-principle
approval to the appointment of a Māori representative to the
Council’s Strategy and Operations Committee, and agrees to convene a
recruitment panel to manage the initial phase of the recruitment process.
That the Paekākāriki Community
Board actively encourages the Kāpiti Coast District Council to join with
the Wainuiwhenua working group in the next stage of investigating the
feasibility of this project and that this relationship be formalised with a
Memorandum of Understanding.
That the Paraparaumu-Raumati Community
Board requests the Council to restore the reduction in the book budget for
the Paraparaumu Library made in the last Annual Plan.
That
the Paraparaumu-Raumati Community Board requests that the Council funds a
feasibility study for an Indoor Sports Stadium and Community Centre to be
developed on the Kapiti Coast; and that the matter be left to lie on the
table for further discussion.
CARRIED
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9 Confirmation
of Minutes
Nil
10 Public
Speaking Time
Margaret Stevenson-Wright spoke in relation to discussion around
community board delegations.
11 Confirmation
of Public Excluded Minutes
Nil
12 Public
Excluded Reports
Nil
The Council meeting closed
at 1.20pm.
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CHAIRPERSON