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    LGOIMA Request Details: LG1947

    Date received: 16/09/2020

    Requested information: Audit & Risk,Oversight, 3rd party payments, Non-residential costs

    Status: Complete

    Date responded: 22/09/2020

    Response:

    1. Audit and Risk Oversight
    1. The number of members on the Council's Audit and Risk Committee (or equivalent).
      8 members in total
    1. The number of elected officials on the Committee. 7 elected officials
    1. The number of independent members on the Committee. 1 independent member
    1. The number of lawyers (with a current practising certificate) on the Committee. There are no lawyers on the committee
    1. The number of chartered accountants (with a current practising certificate) on the Committee. 1 Chartered accountant
    1. Whether the chair of the Council's Audit and Risk Committee is an independent member. The Chair is not an independent member
    1. Whether the Council has an election year protocol requiring Council Staff to act in a politically neutral or impartial manner. Yes the Council has an election year protocol requiring Council staff to act in a politically neutral manner
    1. Whether the Council has a code of conduct (above and beyond an election year protocol) requiring Council staff to act in a politically neutral or impartial manner. The Council has a Code of Conduct for elected members as required by the Local Government Act 2002, Schedule 7, Clause 15(1). A copy of this can be viewed on Council's website.
    1. Payments to third parties
      1. The total payments made by the Council (or any council-controlled organisation) to any Chamber of Commerce. $235.00
      1. The total payments made by the Council (or any council-controlled organisation) to Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ). $59,263.99
      1. The total payments made by the Council (or any council-controlled organisation) to the New Zealand Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM). $37,247.25
    1. Average non-residential costs:
      1. The average non-residential costs of rates and other Council charges, where average non-residential costs = (X + Y) / Z. Please ensure that the figures used (X, Y, Z) are disclosed in the response, where: $16,251,403.64/8122=$2000.91