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Council concerned about Lyttelton Port Company employee relations, requests meeting with board chairs and unions
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…
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Council rejects bid for community representation on Avon Corridor governance committee
The Council today rejected an amendment to a proposed governance model for the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor. The recommended initial model is an interim Committee of Council, consisting of up to three representatives appointed by Ngāi Tūāhuriri, and up to three Council representatives, including the Mayor and Deputy Mayor and “one of the councillors who…
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Council votes to resign LGNZ membership
The Council voted today to resign its membership of Local Government New Zealand Inc (LGNZ). An additional resolution (#3 below) was added to the motion, allocating the LGNZ membership budget to professional development and support for elected members and to a ‘parliamentary engagement’ budget line. The full resolution passed by Council is: That the Council:…
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Council votes to pause work on Safer Speed Plan
Councillors voted today to pause the Hearings Panel process on the Council’s Full Speed Management Plan (draft Safer Speed Plan). This followed consultation for the Speed Management Plan and also recent direction from Government that there will be a revised rule for setting speed limits in place by the end of 2024. The full text…
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Council says no to CCHL “active portfolio management”
In today’s Finance and Performance Committee meeting, Councillors voted down a motion to request advice on “Developing the business case for Active Portfolio Management” by Christchurch City Holdings Limited (CCHL). Active Portfolio Management was recommended by the CCHL Board. The meeting agenda identified a key feature of Active Portfolio Management as giving CCHL “a mandate…
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Bid to deinstall Park Terrace cycleway lost
A notice of motion was brought to today’s Council meeting by Councillor Gough, seconded by the Mayor, “That the Council: Request that the works carried out under Temporary Traffic Management delegations on Park Terrace be reinstated to original condition (incorporating access from Armagh Street Bridge through to the shared path), noting Council did not resolve…
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Pauline Cotter appointed as Deputy Mayor
At the inaugural meeting of the Christchurch City Council on 25 October 2022, Mayor Phil Mauger appointed Innes ward Councillor Pauline Cotter as Deputy Mayor. See the minutes of the meeting or the article on the Council’s Newsline site for more information. The first ordinary meeting of the Council be held on Wednesday 2 November…
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Christchurch City Council inaugural meeting today
The inaugural meeting of the Christchurch City Council for the 2022/2025 triennium will be held this afternoon 25 October at 4pm in the Council Chambers. Aside from procedural matters (declarations, explanation of statutory requirements, appointment of Councillors to Community Boards) an agenda item of note is the appointment of a Councillor as Deputy Mayor. It…
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Christchurch City Council elected members
Names and contact details for the Christchurch City Council’s Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Councillors and Community Boards can be found on the Council’s website.
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Recording votes at Christchurch City Council meetings
Minutes of Christchurch City Council meetings record the mover/seconder of a motion and the outcome of a vote. Individual votes of Councillors are not recorded as a matter of course, but members may request their vote be recorded. Individual votes are recorded if there is a division.