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| Received | Subject | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/02/2021 | External consultancies and prfoessional services | Complete | Details |
| 29/01/2021 | Heritage Inventory Data | Complete | Details |
| 29/01/2021 | Public landfdills - landfill space | Complete | Details |
| 19/01/2021 | GNZ rep[ort re active fault line | Complete | Details |
| 18/01/2021 | Coastal areas of Council | Complete | Details |
| 22/12/2020 | Subdivision consents | Complete | Details |
| 10/12/2020 | Number of Council Meetings, Workshops and Public excluded | Complete | Details |
| 08/12/2020 | Number of staff employed | Complete | Details |
| 07/12/2020 | Procurement Policy and award of Contracts | Complete | Details |
| 07/12/2020 | Discretionary Funds | Complete | Details |
LGOIMA Request Details: LG1973
Date received: 10/02/2021
Requested information: External consultancies and prfoessional services
Status: Complete
Date responded: 31/03/2021
Response:
We have attached a spreadsheet that contains the information you are seeking, in addition to our answers to your questions below:
1) The year in which the consultancy was engaged.
Refer to spreadsheet attached
2) The name of the organisation/person engaged to carry out the consultancy.
Refer to spreadsheet attached
3) The purpose of the consultancy or the type of service provided (if recorded).
Refer to spreadsheet attached
4) The departments or directorates directly involved in the consultancy project (if recorded).
Refer to spreadsheet attached
5) The total cost of the consultancy. Refer to spreadsheet attached
6) Whether or not tenders were invited (if recorded).
Refer to spreadsheet attached
7) What was the total amount spent on external consultants and professional services across the organisation in each year?
Refer to spreadsheet attached
8) Do you have a current policy on the use of external consultants? If yes, please provide a copy of this.
Procurement policy (attached)
9) Do you have a current policy in place for determining whether external consultancies provide value for money? If yes, please provide a copy of this.
We do not have a separate policy. External consultancies are valuated in accordance with their contracts under the Procurement Policy (attached)
Please accept our apologies for the delay in getting this information to you.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG1970
Date received: 29/01/2021
Requested information: Heritage Inventory Data
Status: Complete
Date responded: 04/02/2021
Response:
Our GIS team have provided the following responses to your questions.
- a copy of the entire district heritage data for other jobs that are coming up.
I have attached 3 zip files named 'Appendix1_Heritage_Points', 'Appendix1_HeritagePolygons' and 'Chapter4_HistoricHeritage' These shapefiles contain our districts Heritage Data as it is displayed in MDC's District Plan. Appendix 1 and Chapter 4 refer to the sections in our District Plan that relate to our Heritage Data.
To find more information on this Heritage Data please refer to the appropriate chapters of our District Plan which can be found here: https://www.mdc.govt.nz/Documents/Plans/District-Plan Further information can also be found at: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list where you can filter and export heritage data for a specific area or region. This also provides pictures and other information of sites.
- a copy of your Iwi Statutory Authority Areas Public info (for all, Ngāti Apa, Rangitāne o Manawatu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-a-Rua, Ngāti Tuwharetoa)
I have attached a zip file called 'IwiStatutoryPublicInfo' which contains all the shapefiles and data we have for the Iwi listed in our District. I have attached a Word Document file named 'Iwi Settlement Acts Links' which has multiple links to https://legislation.govt.nz/ and the specific Settlement Acts related to each Iwi.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG1971
Date received: 29/01/2021
Requested information: Public landfdills - landfill space
Status: Complete
Date responded: 17/02/2021
Response:
Our responses to your questions below:
- How many public landfills do you have currently operating in your area? None
- What is the total remaining capacity of those landfills, in tonnes? N/A
- At your district's current waste production rates, how long will that capacity last? N/A
- How many kg of waste does your district generate per year, per head of population? 203.6 kg per person per year
- Do you have additional capacity either consented or in the pipeline? If so, what is the total additional capacity in tonnes, and how long would that last? N/A
These responses take account of your clarification that by 'public landfills means publicly owned, not accessible to the public'.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG1969
Date received: 19/01/2021
Requested information: GNZ rep[ort re active fault line
Status: Complete
Date responded: 15/02/2021
Response:
Thank you for your query regarding the new GNS Science report for fault lines in the Manawatū District.
As part of our public communications to residents in our District, we've set up a website that has all the information that you have requested, including mapping of the FAZs, as well as a downloadable copy of the GNS Science report. The website is available from the link below. If you have any further queries, please feel free to contact me and I will do my best to respond to you in a timely fashion.
https://www.mdc.govt.nz/gnsreport
LGOIMA Request Details: LG1968
Date received: 18/01/2021
Requested information: Coastal areas of Council
Status: Complete
Date responded: 01/02/2021
Response:
- Has there been or is there at the present any extractive activities (sand, gravel, aggregate) within the common marine and coastal area?
Council holds no record of resource consents for extraction activities in coastal areas (being Himatangi Beach to Tangimoana). However, Horizons Regional Council would likely be the consent authority that would require resource consent for such activities in the coastal area. Please contact them at help@horizons.govt.nz for further information.
- Are there any stormwater or sewerage outlets discharging onto the common marine and coastal area? If there are, where are they located?
The Senior Technical Engineer advises:
We do not have any costal sewer or stormwater outlets.
Information is available from IntraMaps about MDC Infrastructure - https://www.mdc.govt.nz/Services/Planning/District-Plan/Online-Maps
In terms of clarification and further detail.
- There is small 50mm dia pipe that discharges into the dunes in Himitangi near Hunia Tce. This I do not consider coastal discharge as it would not reach the sea. It is also likely that this will be removed in the future. (Figure 1)
- Stormwater also naturally travels into the tributaries via open drains and the stormwater network. (Figure 2)
Figure 1 – PVC Pipe into the Dunes
Key - Sewer shown in red, stormwater in green
Figure 2 – Stormwater Connecting to (Kaikokopu) Stream
- Does the council hold any data/statistics/reports on recreational activities within the common marine and coastal area? For instance, the numbers of people who swim/picnic/surf/fish/etc.? If so, can these be made available.
- The Parks Team is not aware of any extractive activities within the coastal areas of the Manawatu District.
- The Parks Team is not aware of any stormwater or sewerage outlets that discharge into the common marine and coastal area.
- No, Council does not collect any data or numbers around recreation users within the marine coastal area.
Below is a link to the Manawatu District Council Coastal Reserves Management Plan which has all relevant information on recreational activities within the coastal estate. https://www.mdc.govt.nz/files/assets/public/pdfs/coastal-reserves-mngmnt-plan-v7.pdf
LGOIMA Request Details: LG1967
Date received: 22/12/2020
Requested information: Subdivision consents
Status: Complete
Date responded: 17/02/2021
Response:
S;preadsheet attached now.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG1966
Date received: 10/12/2020
Requested information: Number of Council Meetings, Workshops and Public excluded
Status: Complete
Date responded: 20/01/2021
LGOIMA Request Details: LG1965
Date received: 08/12/2020
Requested information: Number of staff employed
Status: Complete
Date responded: 10/12/2020
Response:
This is a request for official information under the LGOMOIA Act. We hereby request the following information from your Council:
- How many staff were employed at your Council as of 28 February 2020 and as of 31 November 2020 (please provide both the FTE figure and the number employed).
28 February 2020
Staff Employed 197
FTE 179
30 November 2020
Staff Employed 202
FTE 186
What is the total number of staff that have been laid off due to Covid-19? None
LGOIMA Request Details: LG1963
Date received: 07/12/2020
Requested information: Procurement Policy and award of Contracts
Status: Complete
Date responded: 21/01/2021
Response:
Good morning Claudia
In response to your request, we respond as follows, and please note the attachments A – G which respond to Question 4. And Request B.
Request A:
We therefore request the following information for your Council group (ie. including CCOs):
- The nominal amount (exclusive GST) contained in your Council's procurement policy at which point a competitive and open tender is required by default.
The default position for Council procurement is to openly advertise all contract opportunities exceeding $500,000 in value.
Note: The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has a requirement for any project in excess of $200,000 to be openly advertised and procured via a competitive procurement process. Therefore, this value must be adhered to when Council is procuring Roading related goods and services which attract an NZTA subsidy.
- The reasons listed in your procurement policy for exceptions and any process it lays out.
Rule 11 - Opt-out procurements
The following is the list of valid opt-out procurements:
• Non-contractual arrangement: Any non-contractual arrangement (e.g. a Memorandum of Understanding between local authorities or with a government department) or any form of assistance including cooperative agreements.
• Council to Council negotiated agreement: Any agreement negotiated directly with another local authority for the provision of goods or services. Where the agreement includes any component of externally sourced goods or services as part of the offering, Council must satisfy itself that the procurement policy, rules and principles of the partnering local authority are broadly in line with that of its own.
• Technical / functional specialist: Where a supplier is deemed to provide a unique or specialist service that is specific to the needs of Council. This may include a service that is not available from any other supplier or a preferred service from a specific supplier based on Council's requirements e.g. a consultant to assist in a resource consent application process.
• Proprietary technology: Where a supplier is the sole supplier and/or patent holder of a specific product that is required by Council. Council must be satisfied that the proprietary technology is the most appropriate for the needs of Council.
• Land and buildings: Purchasing or renting land or existing buildings or other immovable property.
• Conditional grant: Any form of conditional grant. However, Council must not design or structure a procurement as a form of conditional grant to avoid applying the Rules.
• Internal business unit: Any form of internal business unit offering goods or services to another business unit. Notwithstanding this, each business unit must follow the rules for the procurement of externally sourced goods or services if it forms part of an internal offering i.e. consultancy services.
- The number of contracts awarded in the 2020 calendar year over that amount but were not tendered (i.e. the number of exceptions).
Council – 21 May 2020
- Attached extract from the minutes (Attachment A)
- Recommendation attached (Attachment B)
Procurement for continuation of service, and procurement of specialist services.
Consistent with clause 11.6 and clause 12.2.3 of MDC Procurement Policy.
Ohakea Rural Water Supply- Pipe SupplyHynds Pipe Systems Limited$703,056Council 17 December 2020
- Attached extract from the minutes (Attachment C)
- Extract from Recommendation Report Attached (Attachment D)
Council – 1 October 2020
- Agenda Attached (Corresponding Report p104) Attachment E)
- Minutes Attached (Attachment F)
Procurement for continuation of service, and procurement of specialist services.
Consistent with clause 11.6 and clause 12.2.3 of MDC Procurement Policy.
We trust this gives you the information you require.
regards
LGOIMA Request Details: LG1964
Date received: 07/12/2020
Requested information: Discretionary Funds
Status: Complete
Date responded: 14/12/2020
Response:
Manawatu District Council does not have any operating or capital budget available for the mayors discretional funding.
There are no discretionary funds available under the control of the Mayor, chairs, or single elected members.
The only fund available that specifically outlines the Mayor as an approver, is The Manawatu District Relief Trust Fund. This is fund that were donated to Council for relief purposes following the 2004 floods. The undistributed balance of the fund was carried forward in Trust.
The purpose is to provide relief following a natural disaster.
Approval to use the fund is to be approved by both the Mayor and the Chief Executive (jointly).
The balance in the fund as at 30 June 2020 was $59,123. There has been no distribution from this fund in the 2020 calendar year.
This fund is published to the Audit and Risk committee as part of the year end reporting of the Special funds.