1. APOLOGIES Pages

2. DECLARATION OF LATE ITEMS

Pursuant to Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, the Chairman is to call for late items to be accepted.

In the event of a late item, an explanation must be given as to why the item was not on the agenda and why discussion cannot be delayed for a subsequent meeting.

3. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

RECOMMENDATION

THAT the minutes of the meeting of the Hauraki District Council held on Thursday 23 February 2006 be taken as read and confirmed.

RECOMMENDATION

THAT the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of the Hauraki District Council held on Tuesday 14 February 2006 be taken as read and confirmed.

4. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

5. REPORTS

6. REGULATORY PLANNING SERVICES

RECOMMENDATION

THAT the report be received

AND THAT Council approve the Draft Long Term Council Community Plan 2006-16 for submission to the Audit Office and the Office of the Auditor general; and

AND THAT the Draft Summary of the Hauraki Community Plan be approved for consideration by the Audit office.

Attached is a report from the Supervisor – Resource Management Services regarding the Councils appeal to the Waikato Regional Plan.

RECOMMENDATION

THAT the report be received

THAT the Council agrees to the settlement of Clauses 5.15 and 5.26 of its reference on the Waikato regional Plan on the basis of the memorandum and draft Consent Order for the settlement of Rule 3.2.4.5 and Part 5.2.8 respectively, of the Proposed Waikato Regional Plan

AND THAT the Council withdraws Clauses 5.23 and 5.27 of its reference to the Proposed Waikato Regional Plan.

7. COMMUNITY SERVICES

Attached is a report from the Community Services Manager regarding the requirement of the Local Elections Act 2001 for Council to resolve its representation review.

THAT the report be received

AND THAT Council makes a review of its representation arrangements as instructed by the requirements of the Local Elections Act 2001 and resolves according to its deliberation.

Attached is a report from the Community Services Manager regarding an enquiry received from the Waihi Volunteer Fire Brigade requesting that Council consider the donation of a vacant skyline garage located at the depot site in Union Street, Waihi. A letter from the Brigade is attached.

RECOMMENDATION

THAT the report be received

AND THAT the request from the Waihi Volunteer Fire Brigade be considered.

The Haurakian Trust will provide a presentation to Council to inform the members on the purposes and objectives of the Trust and its membership.

The Company will provide a presentation updating on plans, projects and current progress.

8. NETWORK SERVICES

A report from the District Engineer regarding the Transit NZ – 10 Year Plan and Councils submission to the plan will be circulated prior to the meeting.

9. GENERAL BUSINESS

10. LATE ITEMS

11. MATTERS TO BE TAKEN WITH THE PUBLIC EXCLUDED 55-57

RECOMMENDATION

THAT the public be excluded from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.

The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:

 

Item No.	General subject of each matter to be considered	Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter	Ground(s) Under Section 48(1) for the Passing of this Resolution
1 (deleted)	Purchase of Land	Prejudice to Commercial Position/Negotiations [s7(2)(b)(ii)]	Section 48(1)(a) That the public conduct of the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding would exist.

COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON REMUNERATION

A workshop will be held at the conclusion of the meeting on Elected Member Remuneration. The workshop will be to discuss the changes to the remuneration scheme as a result of the minor changes that have occurred in the Governance structure that resulted from the Workshop held on the 2 March 2006 and to allocate the pool for the 2006/07 year.