The Council’s Finance and Performance Committee today passed a series of resolutions relating to 100% Council-owned Lyttelton Port Company. The context was an agenda item recommending the Council: receives Christchurch City Holdings Ltd’s final Statement of Intent for 2025/26; notes and advises any comments on EcoCentral Ltd’s Statement of Intent for 2024/25; and notes that forecast dividends from Christchurch City Holdings Ltd are consistent with the Annual Plan 2025/26.
By way of further context, in the Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) Statement of Intent 2024, a staff engagement score target of ≥68 was set for 2026 and ≥70 for 2027. In the 2025 LPC Statement of Intent, referenced in today’s Committee agenda, the targets are ≥66 for 2026 and ≥67 for 2027, increasing to ≥68 in 2028.
Four additional resolutions, all relating to Lyttelton Port Company (LPC), were moved by Councillor Johanson and seconded by Deputy Mayor Cotter, in addition to the staff recommendations in the agenda.
The LPC resolutions and voting record are detailed below:
| Committee Resolved FPCO/2025/00134 5. That the Committee notes, with concern, the decline in industrial relations at LPC and the ongoing legal disputes over employment matters. The division was declared carried by 12 votes to 2 votes the voting being as follows: For: Deputy Mayor Cotter, Councillor Barber, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Gough, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Henstock, Councillor Johanson, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters and Councillor Templeton Against: Mayor Mauger and Councillor Keown Carried Councillor MacDonald and Councillor Coker, having declared an interest, took no part in the debate or vote on this item. |
| Committee Resolved FPCO/2025/00135 6. That the Committee notes, with concern, the proposed reduction in engagement targets within the new Lyttleton Port Company Statement of Corporate Intent. The division was declared carried by 9 votes to 5 votes the voting being as follows: For: Deputy Mayor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Johanson, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters and Councillor Templeton Against: Mayor Mauger, Councillor Barber, Councillor Gough, Councillor Henstock and Councillor Keown Carried Councillor MacDonald and Councillor Coker, having declared an interest, took no part in the debate or vote on this item. |
| Committee Resolved FPCO/2025/00136 7. That the Committee requests a meeting when appropriate between: - the chairpersons of CCHL and LPC, - the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and the local Banks Peninsula Councillor - the Branch Secretaries of the RTMU and MUNZ The division was declared carried by 9 votes to 5 votes the voting being as follows: For: Deputy Mayor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Johanson, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters and Councillor Templeton Against: Mayor Mauger, Councillor Barber, Councillor Gough, Councillor Henstock and Councillor Keown Carried Councillor MacDonald and Councillor Coker, having declared an interest, took no part in the debate or vote on this item. |
| Committee Resolved FPCO/2025/00137 8. That the Committee reconfirms it desire for LPC to work collaboratively to improve employment relations in accordance with the Statements of Corporate Intent 2024 and 2025. Carried Councillor Keown requested that his vote against the resolution be recorded Councillor MacDonald and Councillor Coker, having declared an interest, took no part in the debate or vote on this item |
Link to meeting minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/07/FPCO_20250723_MIN_8614_AT_WEB.htm