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Request2 for the detailed Transport Rate Calculations outlined in the GWRC 2020/21 Annual Plan

Tony Randle made this Official Information request to Wellington Regional Council

The request was partially successful.

From: Tony Randle

Dear Wellington Regional Council,

I am interested in the proposed GWRC 2020/21 Annual Plan and, in particular, how the 2020/21 Annual Plan Transport Rates have been calculated. I understand the GWRC Annual Plan will shortly be subject to a short public consultation. This information is requested to support a possible submission on the Annual Plan public consultation and so provision of this information in time to be analysed and included into a submission is an important element of this request.

A) Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the detailed calculations that were used to provide the Transport Rates information in the draft 2020/21 Annual Plan ?

B) Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the calculations of the 2020/21 Transport Rate allocation to ratepayers ?

C) Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the detailed costs for the cost amounts used in the calculation of the 2020/21 Transport Rates ?

D) Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the detailed revenue for the revenue amounts used in the calculation of the 2020/21 Transport Rates ?

E) Can the GWRC please provide a copy of any reports or presentations to GWRC councillors at Annual Plan 2020/21 workshops ?

F) Can the GWRC please provide a copy of the changes (contributions and withdrawals) from the Transport Reserve over the past three years including the source for the contributions and the target for the withdrawals ?

I assume that the Transport Rates information is held in electronic spreadsheet form and I would prefer it was provided to me in its complete, original electronic format as I wish to understand how the calculations were made including the formula used. Please advice if this assumption is not correct and advice what format this information is held. If this information is not to be provided in its complete, original electronic format, please provide the grounds for the GWRC refusal to provide this information in the requested format.

Please contact me if this will assist you in clarifying my request and/or providing the requested information.

Finally, can you please acknowledge your receipt of this information request ?

Yours faithfully,

Tony Randle

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From: Darrell Young
Wellington Regional Council

Dear Tony,

 

Acknowledgement of Request for Information under the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

 

Thank you for your email dated 26 May 2020, requesting information
regarding detailed Transport Rate Calculations outlined in the GWRC
2020/21 Annual Plan.

Your request is being followed-up and a reply will be sent to you within
20 working days of the request being received.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Darrell Young

 

 

for

Luke Troy

General
Manager                                                                                  

Strategy

Greater Wellington Regional Council

 

 

 

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From: Rebecca Dobbs
Wellington Regional Council

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Attachment OIA 2020 073 Tony Randle.pdf
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Attachment Attachment 4 e Annual Plan 2020 21 incl LCAF and Rates Requirement Council Workshop 11 Feb 2020.pdf
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Attachment Attachment 5 e Annual Plan Council 7 April 2020.pdf
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Attachment Attachment 7 e Annual Plan Council 28 April 2020.pdf
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Attachment Attachment 9 e Council workshop presentation 26 November.pdf
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Attachment Attachment 10 f Transport Reserve.xlsx
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Attachment Attachment 1 a c d Transport Rate detail DATA.xlsx
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Attachment Attachment 2 b Transport Rate Allocation.xlsx
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Attachment Attachment 3 a c d Transport Rate detail FORMULA.xlsx
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Dear Mr Randle

 

Please see attached Greater Wellington Regional Council’s response to your
recent OIA 2020-073

 

Kind regards

Rebecca Dobbs

 

 

 

[3]makaurangi Rebecca Dobbs

Executive Assistant to General Managers: People & Customer
and Corporate Services

Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

04 830 4102
Level 2, 15 Walter St, Te Aro, Wellington 6011

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From: Tony Randle

Dear Rebecca Dobbs,

Thank you for providing the information supporting the GWRC decisions on 2020/21 Transport Rates.

With respect to the provision of the detailed transport rate costs and revenue spreadsheets (Attachments 1 and 3), the GWRC LGOIMA response states:
"the projected cost information relating to the bus, rail and ferry contracts in the Wellington Region has been withheld in accordance with sections 7(2)(b)(ii) and 7(2)(i) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (the Act), in that releasing the breakdown of the cost estimates would be likely to unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the operators who supplied this information and to enable GWRC’s to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations for upcoming contracts."

Initial analysis indicates that, in addition to withholding some entries under "TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURE", the GWRC has also deleted the amounts under column "Total Government Subsidies" for these same items.

Can the GWRC please provide the amounts under "Total Government Subsidies" or explain why detailed information on the contribution from the government for PT services must also be withheld under LGOIMA ?

Yours sincerely,

Tony Randle

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From: Rebecca Dobbs
Wellington Regional Council

Dear Tony

Yes we have also withheld the column "Total Government Subsidies" sections 7(2)(b)(ii) and 7(2)(i) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (the Act) 1987 in that release of this information would be likely to unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the operators who supplied this information and to enable GWRC’s to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations for upcoming contracts. By releasing the Total Government Subsidies and with the publically available Grants and Subsidies, there is the ability to calculate the total cost of contracts which was also withheld under the above grounds.

If you have any concerns with the decision(s) referred to in our response, you have the right to request an investigation and review by the Ombudsman under section 27(3) of the Act.

Kind regards

Rebecca Dobbs
Executive Assistant to General Managers: People & Customer and Corporate Services
Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao
04 830 4102
Level 2, 15 Walter St, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Randle <[FOI #12894 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 27 June 2020 7:27 PM
To: Rebecca Dobbs <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to OIA 2020-073

Dear Rebecca Dobbs,

Thank you for providing the information supporting the GWRC decisions on 2020/21 Transport Rates.

With respect to the provision of the detailed transport rate costs and revenue spreadsheets (Attachments 1 and 3), the GWRC LGOIMA response states:
"the projected cost information relating to the bus, rail and ferry contracts in the Wellington Region has been withheld in accordance with sections 7(2)(b)(ii) and 7(2)(i) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (the Act), in that releasing the breakdown of the cost estimates would be likely to unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the operators who supplied this information and to enable GWRC’s to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations for upcoming contracts."

Initial analysis indicates that, in addition to withholding some entries under "TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURE", the GWRC has also deleted the amounts under column "Total Government Subsidies" for these same items.

Can the GWRC please provide the amounts under "Total Government Subsidies" or explain why detailed information on the contribution from the government for PT services must also be withheld under LGOIMA ?

Yours sincerely,

Tony Randle

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Dear Mr Randle

Please see attached Greater Wellington Regional Council’s response to your recent OIA 2020-073

Kind regards

Rebecca Dobbs

[3]makaurangi Rebecca Dobbs

Executive Assistant to General Managers: People & Customer and Corporate Services

Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

04 830 4102
Level 2, 15 Walter St, Te Aro, Wellington 6011

Follow us online: [4]Facebook | [5]Twitter | [6]gw.govt.nz

ATTENTION: This correspondence is confidential and intended for the named
recipient(s) only. If you are not the named recipient and receive this correspondence in error, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it and you should delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. Unless otherwise stated, any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not represent those of the organisation.

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