Open Days coming up From Auckland Transport: New ferry wharf for Half Moon Bay A new Half Moon Bay ferry wharf will provide passengers more shelter and improved access to … Continue reading New Half Moon Bay Ferry Wharf Planned
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Len Brown: Honour Your Word To South Auckland And We Save $7,800/year
Budget the Manukau South Link into this Long Term Plan As the Budget Committee meets on Thursday to discuss the individual budget lines including the Interim Transport Program I remind … Continue reading Len Brown: Honour Your Word To South Auckland And We Save $7,800/year
Leadership on the Port? Opposition Continues to Fail There
City nor even New Zealand are not united behind the Opposition I spotted this on Twitter yesterday and Retweet quoted it with my reply underneath it: Tenby Powell @tenbypowell This is … Continue reading Leadership on the Port? Opposition Continues to Fail There
Did Auckland’s Isthmus and North Shore Councillors Interfere with Other Region’s Economies?
Lack of wharf space = cruise ships not visiting NZ entirely I suppose this is a natural consequence of the Isthmus and North Shore Councillors playing silly buggers over the … Continue reading Did Auckland’s Isthmus and North Shore Councillors Interfere with Other Region’s Economies?
Individual Long Term Plan Budget Lines Make for Sad Reading
Council still needs to convince of City Centre Centric Based LTP Which would be in defiance of the submissions to the Long Term Plan which said less on the … Continue reading Individual Long Term Plan Budget Lines Make for Sad Reading
Budget Committee Agenda Up
Discussing the Long Term Plan After the Mayor last Thursday handed down his proposal to the Long Term Plan – in which it was received with general support even … Continue reading Budget Committee Agenda Up
Geographic Split on the Port Debate
Why the Split on Geographic Grounds? On Thursday the Governing Body resolved through the Mayor’s casting vote to allow the Port of Auckland compromise (extending one wharf rather than … Continue reading Geographic Split on the Port Debate
Council to Look at Alternative Funding – PROPERLY This Time
Review to get under way – mid year I am been a vocal critic of the Council being extremely slow in investigating new ways of getting alternative funding for projects … Continue reading Council to Look at Alternative Funding – PROPERLY This Time
Special Housing Areas Plodding Along
SHA consents increase From Auckland Council Consenting of Special Housing Areas developments ramping up Auckland Council is working at pace to consent Special Housing Area (SHA) developments in both urban … Continue reading Special Housing Areas Plodding Along
Council Makes Important Step To Improve Transparency
New LGOIMA Portal to keep tabs on numbers and contracts
From Auckland Council
Council moves to improve transparency
Auckland Council has launched a section on its website providing information on a variety of council activities as part of a commitment to more openness and transparency.
The proactive publication of information on the More about the council webpage, which can be found via the Auckland Council Media centre helps to provide Aucklanders with better, timelier and more accurate information about how council works.
The first release of information includes Auckland Council Group staff numbers, information about annual average rates increases, debt, efficiency savings and progress updates on the NewCore project.
It also includes contracts awarded by the council with a value of $100,000 and greater from 1 July 2014 to 31 March 2015 and spends with suppliers with a value of $100,000 and more from 1 October 2014 to 31 March 2015.
All of the information in the section will be updated regularly to ensure it remains relevant and current.
Auckland Council CEO Stephen Town says the proactive publication of information aims to strengthen Aucklanders’ trust in the council.
“Central government and other local authorities already have similar initiatives, meaning Auckland Council will now be aligned with best practice across the public sector in New Zealand in making information more accessible to the public,” he says.
“In the future we will also be providing more details about how we work and what we do, including information about employee costs, travel expenses, key statistics about council activities and other useful information as and when it becomes available.”
In addition to the proactive publication of information, the council also today began publishing on its website Local Government Official Information and Meeting Act (LGOIMA) responses where the council deems the information to be in the interests of the wider public.
More about the council and LGOIMA responses are available to view now.
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