MINUTES OF A
mEETING OF THE Cromwell
Community Board
HELD IN THE Cromwell
Service Centre, 42 The Mall, Cromwell
ON Tuesday, 15 June
2021 COMMENCING AT 2.01 pm
PRESENT: Ms A Harrison (Chair), Mr W Murray (Deputy Chair), Mr T Buchanan, Cr C Laws, Cr N McKinlay
IN ATTENDANCE: T Cadogan (Mayor), S Jacobs (Chief Executive Officer), L Macdonald (Executive Manager - Corporate Services), L van der Voort (Executive Manager - Planning and Environment), S Righarts (Chief Advisor), G Bailey (Parks and Recreation Manager), M Gordon (Parks Officer – Projects), L Stronach (Property Officer – Statutory), D Shaw (Property and Facilities Officer – Cromwell), F Somerville (Roading Administration Assistant) and W McEnteer (Governance Support Officer)
1 Apologies
Moved: Laws Seconded: McKinlay That apologies from Cr N Gillespie be received and accepted. |
2 Public Forum
There were no public forum items at this meeting.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
Moved: Murray Seconded: McKinlay That the public minutes of the Cromwell Community Board Meeting held on 18 May 2021 be confirmed as a true and correct record. |
4 Declaration of Interest
Members were reminded of their obligations in respect of declaring any interests. There were no further declarations of interest.
To consider a request from the Cromwell Bike Park Incorporated to the construct a shelter over the existing starting ramps at the facility on the Neplusultra Recreation Reserve. |
Moved: Murray Seconded: Buchanan That the Cromwell Community Board A. Receives the report and accepts the level of significance. B. Approves the Cromwell Bike Park erecting a shelter over the existing starting ramps subject to necessary consents being sought and approved, and subject to the Minister of Conservation’s consent as per Clause 7.2 of the lease. C. Authorises the Chief Executive to do all that is necessary to give effect to the resolution. |
Note: With the agreement of the meeting items 21.5.5 and 21.5.6 were moved forward.
To consider providing funding from Cromwell General Reserves to repaint the Big Fruit sculpture. A picture of before and after the painting of the Big Fruit in 2016 was tabled in support of the item. |
Moved: McKinlay Seconded: Murray That the Cromwell Community Board A. Receives the report and accepts the level of significance. B. Approves allocating $50,000 from Cromwell General Reserves, for the repainting of the Big Fruit sculpture in the 2021/2022 financial year. Carried with Mr Buchanan voting against the motion |
1 Item 21.5.4: Picture of before and after painting of the Big Fruit in 2016. |
21.5.8 Cromwell Financial Report for the Period Ending 31 March 2021 |
To consider the financial performance overview as at 31 March 2021. |
Moved: Laws Seconded: McKinlay That the report be received. |
His Worship the Mayor gave an update to the meeting:
· Discussed the Wooing Tree development in a recent Facebook Live session and in the Cromwell News. He outlined the Fast-Track process that this project is engaged in, which is a programme run by central government. He noted that this was quite different to the Resource Management Act provisions. · Attended the Rural and Provincial sector meeting last week in Wellington. Noted an update given to the meeting by Dr Ashley Bloomfield regarding COVID-19 and the vaccine rollout. He stressed the need for everyone to continue to use the tracer app. · Attended meeting with Lake Dunstan Charitable Trust, Otago Regional Council and Contact regarding weeds in Lake Dunstan. · Attended a meeting with Waka Kotahi about the roundabout at the junctions of State Highways 6 and 8B. · Noted that the Long-term Plan work was mostly completed. He thanked Members and staff for their work during the process.
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Moved: Murray Seconded: Buchanan That the Cromwell Community Board receives the report. |
The Chair gave an update on activities and issues since the last meeting:
· Gave a interview on Radio Central · Attended the ANZAC Day commemorations in Cromwell. · Noted her column in the recent Cromwell and Districts News. · Attended a meeting with Waka Kotahi about the roundabout at the junctions of State Highways 6 and 8B. · Attended a Cromwell and Districts Promotion Group meeting. Noted a number of the projects coming up for the group.
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Moved: Harrison Seconded: McKinlay That the report be received. |
Members gave an update on activities and issues since the last meeting:
Councillor McKinlay reported on the following:
· Attended the Major Projects Governance Group. Noted that there had been a contract awarded for Cromwell pumpstation upgrade. · Attended the Council meeting to hear submission and deliberate on the draft Long-term Plan. · Attended an Audit and Risk meeting.
Councillor Laws reported on the following:
· Attended a meeting of the Cromwell Community Trust board. She noted that there was discussion on whether the trust and Cromwell Community House could work together on projects. · Attended the Council meeting to hear submission and deliberate on the draft Long-term Plan. · Attended the Major Projects Governance Group · Attended as an observer the last Audit and Risk meeting. · Attended a meeting of Cromwell Community House Board. · Attended a meeting of the Historic Precinct. Noted their AGM was on 30 June.
Mr Buchanan reported on the following:
· Attended ANZAC Day commemorations in Bannockburn. · Attended the opening of the new cycle trail.
Mr Murray reported on the following:
· Attended the recent Community Board Conference in Gore. Noted that one of the main topics discussed was Three Waters reform. · Attended ANZAC Day commemorations in Bannockburn. · Attended the opening of the new cycle trail. · Attended two Museum Trust meetings. Noted that there had been a lot of engagement recently from local primary schools. · Attended a meeting of the Cromwell and Districts Community Trust. Mentioned that the community plan had been widely circulated. · Noted the Far from Frozen exhibition presented by Otago Museum had recently been in Cromwell.
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Moved: Laws Seconded: McKinlay That the report be received. |
To report on items of general interest, receive minutes and updates from key organisations and consider the legacy and current status report updates. |
Moved: Murray Seconded: Buchanan That the report be received. |
The date of the next scheduled meeting is 29 July 2021.
12 Resolution to Exclude the Public
Moved: Laws Seconded: McKinlay That the public be excluded from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting. The general subject matter 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 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:
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The public were excluded at 3.23 pm and the meeting closed at 3.25 pm.
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