Council workshops

*LGOIMA reason for closed part of workshop: s 7(2)(g) to maintain legal professional privilege.

*LGOIMA reasons for closed workshop: s 7(2)(i) negotiations; and s 7(2)(c)(ii) obligation of confidence - damage the public interest.

*LGOIMA reasons for closed workshop are:

• Section 7(2)(a) – where the withholding of the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons;
• Section 7(2)(f)(i) – where the withholding of the information is necessary to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions by or between or to members or officers or employees of any local authority in the course of their duty.

**LGOIMA reasons workshop is closed to the public:

7(2)(a) - protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons
7(2)(f)(i) - maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions by or between or to members or officers or employees of any local authority in the course of their duty
7(2)(h) - enable any local authority holding the information to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

* LGOIMA reason for closed workshop: s 7(2)(i) enable any local authority holding the information to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

* LGOIMA reason workshop is closed to the public: 7(2)(i) of LGOIMA - to enable any local authority holding the information to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

* LGOIMA reason for closed workshop: 7(2)(i) enable any local authority holding the information to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

* LGOIMA reason for closed workshop:
s 7(2)(a) protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons.
s 7(2)(h) enable any local authority holding the information to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

*LGOIMA reason for closed workshop:
s 7(2)(a) protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons.
s 7(2)(h) enable any local authority holding the information to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

*LGOIMA reason for closed workshop:
s 7(2)(c)(ii) protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence
s 7(2)(g) maintain legal professional privilege;
s 7(2)(i) enable any local authority holding the information to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations.

* This workshop is closed due to negotiations. LGOMIA grounds for closed workshop:
S7(2)(i) enable any local authority holding the information to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

**LGOIMA grounds for closed workshop:
S7(2)(a) protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons.

**LGOIMA grounds for closed workshop:

S7(2)(a) protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons

S7(2)(c)(ii) would be likely otherwise to damage the public interest

The agreements with the landowners are confidential. At the workshop mapping of the properties would be shown which are confidential.

*LGOIMA reasons for closed workshop:

S7(2)(c) protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the information—

(i) would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information, or information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be supplied; or

(ii) would be likely otherwise to damage the public interest;

S7(2)(i): enable any local authority holding the information to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

*LGOIMA reasons for closed workshop:

S7(2)(c) protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the information—

(i) would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information, or information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be supplied; or

(ii) would be likely otherwise to damage the public interest;

March 2024

*This workshop will be closed, LGOIMA reason below:

S7(2)(i) enable any local authority holding the information to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

It is necessary to close this workshop to the public to protect the Council’s procurement strategy and bottom lines to enable the Council to achieve the best value Road Maintenance, Renewal and Network Management contracts for its ratepayers.

February 2024

** This workshop will be closed, LGOIMA reason below:

*This workshop will be closed to enable the Council to carry on future negotiations related to a range of possible projects as part of the Long-term Plan 2024-34 (LTP) process. At this stage in the LTP process, there are no other considerations rendering it desirable to make this a public workshop.

*This workshop will be closed, LGOIMA reason below:

***This briefing will be closed to the public to protect Sounds Air’s commercial position.

• LGOIMA reason: s7(2)(b)(ii)
• The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.

**LGOIMA grounds for closed presentation:

• s 6 (a) to prejudice the maintenance of the law, including the prevention, investigation, and detection of offences, and the right to a fair trial; and
• s 7(2)(c)(ii) protecting information which is subject to an obligation of confidence where the making available of the information would be likely otherwise to damage the public interest

Note: in relation to the s 7 withholding ground, we’re not aware the public interest considerations would outweigh the need to have the workshop closed.

* This workshop will be closed to enable the Council to carry on future negotiations related to a range of possible projects as part of the Long-term Plan 2024-34 (LTP) process. At this stage in the LTP process, there are no other considerations rendering it desirable to make this a public workshop.

*This workshop will be closed to enable the Council to carry on future negotiations related to a range of possible projects as part of the Long-term Plan 2024-34 (LTP) process. At this stage in the LTP process, there are no other considerations rendering it desirable to make this a public workshop.

** This workshop will be closed to preserve the ability for the Council to carry on future negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) related to a range of possible industrial/commercial rating differentials as part of the Long-term Plan 2024-34 (LTP) process. At this stage in the LTP process, there are no other considerations rendering it desirable to make this a public workshop, noting also that the proposed approach to rating will be consulted upon and the community will be able to lodge submissions to the draft LTP next year.

*LGOIMA grounds for closed presentation:

• s 6 (a) to prejudice the maintenance of the law, including the prevention, investigation, and detection of offences, and the right to a fair trial; and
• s 7(2)(c)(ii) protecting information which is subject to an obligation of confidence where the making available of the information would be likely otherwise to damage the public interest

Note: in relation to the s 7 withholding ground, we’re not aware the public interest considerations would outweigh the need to have the workshop closed

*LGOIMA ground for closed workshop:

Section 7(2)(i) - the withholding of the information is necessary to enable [the Council] to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)