25 August 2020
Official Information Request No. 8140007189
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
William Foster
By email –
[FYI request #13383 email]
Dear William
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) 1987
Re: Enhancing Local Government for Aucklanders
I refer to your email, which we received on 26 July 2020, requesting information about
progress on response to Local Government Commission recommendations.
Your request was as follows:
May I please have copies of any documents produced to discuss or review progress on
following-up Council's plans and promises in its November 2018 Auckland Council Report to
the Local Government Commission: "Enhancing Local Government for Aucklanders".
In particular, may I have copies of any reports of results from, or covering the status of, the
Service Level variability review started in July 2018 - phases One, Two and Three and
proposals to deal with different service levels across the region in response to
Recommendation 9 of the Local Government Commission from its March 2018 report.
Please find our response to your request below:
Staff have been working with elected members on issues relating to the ‘Governance
Framework Review’ through the Joint Governance Working Party, which comprises
members of the governing body and local board members. This review includes a review of
decision-making around service levels.
A formal report to the Governing Body was planned for earlier this year but the council’s
response to COVID-19 recovery has intervened and affected progress with the review.
Attached is a presentation to the Joint Governance Working Party prior to the 2019
elections. Also attached is a presentation to be made to the meeting of the Joint
Governance Working Party on 25 August 2020.
The decision to release this information to you was made by Rose Leonard, General
Manager (Acting), Democracy Services.
Should you believe Auckland Council has not responded appropriately to your request, you
have the right by way of complaint, under section 27(3) of the LGOIMA, to apply to the
Ombudsman to seek an investigation and review of the decision.
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If you have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101 quoting Official
Information Request No. 8140007189.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Parry-Crooke
Senior Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner
Democracy Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101