Council Minutes Up

Written by Ben Ross - Talking Auckland

Finance and Performance Committee, and Governing Body Minutes up

 

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The unconfirmed Minutes (they are confirmed at the following meeting) of both the Governing Body, and the Finance and Performance Committee are up. I have embedded them below for your reading.

The Finance and Performance Committee were responsible for the Community Projects Funding cut backs as well as the sell off of the Manukau land which raised everyone’s heckles outside of the Council Chambers:

 

The Governing Body Minutes which approved the controversial Local Board Objection to Liquor Licence Consents can be seen below:

 

Specifically:

12 Local Board Involvement In Alcohol Applications
Cr Clow and Cr Cooper declared an interest in this item and left the meeting at 10.21am.
Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board members Stephen Grey and Mary Gush spoke to the item and tabled information from the Local Board.Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Chair, Lydia Sosene and Local Board member Christine O’Brien spoke to the item and tabled information from the Local Board.

A copy of the documents have been place on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
Cr CE Fletcher left the meeting at 10.22 am.Cr CE Fletcher returned to the meeting at 10.30 am.
MOVED by Cr CM Penrose, seconded by Cr GS Wood:  That the Governing Body:

  1. a)      notes that the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act (2012) gives the governing body and local boards various roles and powers in the development of alcohol policy and in the alcohol licensing process, including the standing to object to licence applications;
  2. b)      notes that the governing body has developed a draft Local Alcohol Policy in consultation with local boards and that local board members have been appointed to sit on District Licensing Committees;
  3. c)      agrees that local boards have a significant role in understanding, representing and advocating for community priorities and preferences around alcohol policy and licensing;
  4. d)      notes that although local boards are ‘persons with a greater interest than the general public’ under the  Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act (2012) they do not have the authority to exercise the power to object to licence applications unless the governing body either allocates or delegates that authority to them;
  5. e)      agrees the recommended approach of establishing a reporting mechanism for local boards to provide their views on applications to the District Licensing Committee as this approach provides an appropriate and robust method for local boards to fulfil their governance role and the role anticipated for them under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act (2012) in terms of licence applications;
  6. f)       notes that council staff have commenced work aimed at making it easier for communities to access information and receive advice and support with respect to alcohol licence applications.
Resolution number GB/2014/103MOVED by Cr CM Casey, seconded by Cr AM Filipaina: an amendment by way of replacement to clauses d) and e) of the original recommendation as follows:

  1. d)      delegate to local boards the power to object to licence applications.

 

 

 

 

A division was called for, voting on which was as follows:

ForCr AJ Anae

Cr CE Brewer

Cr CM Casey

Cr C Darby

Cr AM Filipaina

Cr CE Fletcher

Cr DA Krum

Cr ME Lee

Cr D Quax

Cr SL Stewart

Cr JG Walker

Cr WD Walker

Cr J Watson

 AgainstCr WB Cashmore

Deputy Mayor PA Hulse

Cr CM Penrose

Cr MP Webster

Cr GS Wood

 Abstained

 

The division was declared CARRIED by 13 votes to 5.

CARRIED
The Substantive Motion was put.
Resolution number GB/2014/104MOVED by Cr CM Penrose, seconded by Cr GS Wood:  

That the Governing Body:

  1. a) notes that the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act (2012) gives the governing body and local boards various roles and powers in the development of alcohol policy and in the alcohol licensing process, including the standing to object to licence applications;
  2. b) notes that the governing body has developed a draft Local Alcohol Policy in consultation with local boards and that local board members have been appointed to sit on District Licensing Committees;
  3. c) agrees that local boards have a significant role in understanding, representing and advocating for community priorities and preferences around alcohol policy and licensing;
  4. d) delegate to local boards the power to object to licence applications.
  5. e) notes that council staff have commenced work aimed at making it easier for communities to access information and receive advice and support with respect to alcohol licence applications.

CARRIED

Secretarial Note:         Pursuant to Standing Order 3.15.5, Councillor Wood requested his dissenting vote be recorded.
AttachmentsA     25 September 2014, Governing Body, Item 12 – Local Board Involvement in Alcohol Applications, tabled Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board Submission

B     25 September 2014, Governing Body, Item 12 – Local Board Involvement in Alcohol Applications, tabled Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Submission

 

Controversy at both those meetings, and controversy that won’t go away any time soon either.