Further big elements were "Planning and regulation" at 14.5% and "Community services, libraries, emergency management and cemeteries" at 11.5%. [7][8] The council began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the previous regional council and the region's seven city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city". Commentators noted that one of the strongest discrepancies between Auckland Council's vision for Auckland and that of the John Key-led Wellington government was that the draft Auckland Plan envisaged a more contained growth (combatting sprawl by having 75% of population growth occur in existing settlement areas), while National is more favourable of relaxing constraints on new greenfields development. Mayor Phil Goff and five new councillors were among the 21 members of Auckland Council’s governing body sworn in. For other problems in your community or home, find out how to phone the organisation responsible. Auckland mayor Phil Goff's proposed 10 year Recovery Budget will not do enough to address the massive growth pressures the city is facing, councillor Daniel Newman says. [44], McKay's contract ended in December 2013 and he was replaced by Stephen Town from 15 January 2014. In turn, the opponents of inclusion argued that big city developers preferred the inclusion of the rural areas in the Auckland Council boundaries to make development and new subdivision of rural land easier. 24F Auckland Council should consider creating an Urban Development Agency, to operate at the direction of the Auckland Council, with compulsory acquisition powers. Please view each of the sections below for further information: Councillor Neil Simpson. Auckland councillors will earn up to 12.2 per cent more than they did five months ago, under a new salary system foisted on them by the Remuneration … Letters: Auckland Council cuts, Paul Conaghan, North Port, tourism and property 8 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 9 minutes to read Auckland Council is proposing to close public toilets to save costs. There are also 149 members of 21 local boards who make decisions on matters local to their communities. [50] Until that time, longer-term finances will be decided by the Council, guided by the existing LTCCPs of the subsumed bodies. [81] On 18 July, the Free Speech Coalition filed legal proceedings against Mayor Goff and the Auckland Council after a failed attempt to broker a deal with Goff and the Council to reinstate Southern and Molyneux's speaking event. [42], In March 2010, Doug McKay was announced as the inaugural chief executive officer of the Council by the Auckland Transition Agency. They also noted that saddling the super city with this system would be the most serious handicap, and a recipe for a "frustrated and disappointed citizenry". The council sliced off $9m in September, meaning it has locked in $78m of its target - or about 65 percent of its goal. Telephone: 01388 665606. The 2016 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2016 by postal vote. [6], The choice was criticised by left-wing political organiser Matt McCarten, arguing that McKay's previous tenure in the liquor industry was marked by anti-union behaviour that he did not object to, and by strong advertising of alcohol to the youth market. Others pointed to the fact that a previous integration of the many much smaller Borough Councils did not bring the promised advantages either, and reduced local participation in politics,[13] with editorialists pointing out that the (supposedly mainly Wellingtonian) proponents of the 'super city' have carefully not made any promises of savings in light of past rises in rates and utilities bills.[14]. 26M Watercare Services Limited should be required to prepare a stormwater action plan. Find out about Remuneration Authority's determinations, salary rates, expense rules and payments made to the mayor, councillors and local board members . This was later dropped from the relevant establishing laws. [62], The New Zealand Herald, Auckland's largest newspaper, ran a series of articles and editorials in March 2010 criticising the proposed move, which was described as "The lockout of Auckland", arguing that elected councillors would have little control over the day-to-day decisions, and potentially even over massive changes such as Auckland's waterfront development or the city's transport focus. Michael Lee is a former councillor on the Auckland Council from 2010 until 2019 and prior to it, a chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council in Auckland, New Zealand. Councillor Jean Curl. [citation needed] Local Government Minister Rodney Hide, in the opinion of The New Zealand Herald, ignored concerns about the "powerlessness" of the local boards. 22B There should be a Mana Whenua Forum, the members of which will be appointed by mana whenua from the district of the Auckland Council. The members of the governing body are elected from thirteen wards across the Council area using the first-past-the-post system every three years at the same time as the mayor. The mayor of Auckland Phil Goff and councillors Bill Cashmore and Tracy Mulholland Goff recently conceded the council could have done better … Tomorrow morning, Councillors Cathy Casey and Fa’anana Efeso Collins will be speaking to the Governance and Administration select committee in Wellington. 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Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected. 22D The Auckland Council should ensure that each local council has adequate structures in place to enable proper engagement with Māori and consideration of their views in the local councils’ decision-making processes. ... Elected members' travel for Auckland Council business is booked and paid for by Auckland Council and is not reimbursed to elected members. [10] The 2016 mayoral election was won by Labour MP Phil Goff, who had a landslide victory over his nearest rivals, Victoria Crone and future Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick.[11]. [69], Several editorialists went even further and accused the ACT party, and especially Rodney Hide, of preparing Auckland's assets for a sell-off, and of setting up the structure to allow it even before Aucklanders got to vote on the matter – all under the guise of a "manufactured crisis". Including the under construction City Rail Link, these two transformations are costed at approximately $5.5 billion over 20 years. Southern and Molyneux had booked the Bruce Mason Centre in the North Shore for a speaking event on 3 August 2018. ... Auckland Council has finally resolved to abandon the … Auckland Council is looking into a code of conduct complaint following a councillor's alleged outburst about tree removal from Māngere Mountain. To ask for help or report a problem with our services or facilities, contact us. [54], Auckland Council rates combine the rates of the various amalgamated local councils and the Auckland Regional Council rates. Elected Members' Expense Policy. [31] The following council, according to preliminary election results, will take office in October 2019: Alexis Poppelbaum (Backing the Bays) – East Coast Bays, Gary Holmes (Backing the Bays) – East Coast Bays, Victoria Short (Independent) – East Coast Bays, Janet Fitzgerald (Positively Penlink) – Hibiscus Coast, Chair Gary Brown (Coast People and Penlink First) – Hibiscus Coast, Andy Dunn (Coast People and Penlink First) – Hibiscus Coast, Leanne Willis (Coast People and Penlink First) – Hibiscus Coast, Rachel Langton (C&R Communities and Residents) – Maungawhau, Lee Corrick (C&R Communities and Residents) – Maungawhau, Kendyl Smith (C&R Communities and Residents) – Maungawhau, Chair Margi Watson (City Vision) – Owairaka, Christina Robertson (City Vision) – Owairaka, Fiona Lai (C&R Communities and Residents), Chair Harry Doig (Roskill Community Voice), Chair Andy Baker (Team Franklin) – Pukekohe, Amanda Kinzett (Team Franklin) – Pukekohe, Angela Fulljames (Team Franklin) – Wairoa, Sharlene Druyven (Team Franklin) – Waiuku, Chair Adele White (weknowhowick - Howick), Chair Brent Catchpole (Papakura Action Team), Danielle Hancock (Rodney First – Warkworth), Beth Houlbrooke (Rodney First – Warkworth), Auckland Council has five substantive CCOs and a number of smaller ones. There are also 149 members of 21 local boards who make decisions on matters local to their communities. [55] Rates made up 53% of Council's income in 2011, with the remainder being "grants, subsidies, development and financial contributions, user charges and fees". Auckland Councillors scrapped major projects today to fill a $550m Covid-19 revenue hole. Bishop Auckland Town Council is made up of eleven elected Town Councillors, further details are available on each Town Councillor’s page: Town Councillors Councillor Joy Allen (Mayor) Auckland Council is the largest local body in Australasia. Editorialist Brian Rudman accused the Local Government Commission of attempted gerrymandering in its draft proposal for one particular ward. The governing body consists of a mayor and 20 councillors, elected from 13 wards. Telephone: 01388 833 663. 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