6 July 2022
Wayne Scott
Sent via email to
[FYI request #19047 email]
Dear Wayne,
REQUEST FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION – RELEASE OF INFORMATION
We refer to your official information request dated 4 April 2022. You requested the following
information from the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC):
On 7 June 2022, we sent you an email and offered to have a meeting or a phone conversation with
our Property team, but you preferred to communicate through the emails. In addition, you requested
the following from us.
• The date of the meeting with the relevant parties the people, or positions, of QLDC
representatives who attended the meeting How the meeting was organised the outcomes,
including time frames for removal of personal items, and time frames for the Hut to revert to
QLDC management
• Please also provide a copy of all correspondence pertaining to the Hut both internally, and
externally.
• Please note that recollections of other correspondence, including telephone calls, and other
conversations, are subject to the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act.
QLDC response
1. The date of the meeting with the relevant parties the people, or positions, of QLDC representatives
who attended the meeting How the meeting was organised the outcomes, including time frames
for removal of personal items, and time frames for the Hut to revert to QLDC management
To address this part of your request we consulted our Property and infrastructure team who have
access to the manual searching of the files and documents and they have provided the below
response:
1. 1st meeting was held on 28 April 2022, this was attended by our Property team.
2. 2nd meeting is due on 28 July 2022 to outline the Council’s decision on this matter. This
will be attended by Facilities Manager and Property Manager from our Property and
Infrastructure team.
We have informed you earlier the meeting confirmed that the hut will be returned to QLDC
control. We are working with the family on the removal of personal items and completing
building compliance checks before handover. No transcript was kept of the discussion.
2. Please also provide a copy of all correspondence pertaining to the Hut both internally, and
externally.
3. Please note that recollections of other correspondence, including telephone calls, and other
conversations, are subject to the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act.
• Please see the attached files relevant to this part of your request. These documents have been
provided to you in our last responses and we can confirm that we don’t hold any further
records regarding this matter.
Please note as advised before the second meeting has been established to further discuss the
occupational relationship between the parties which is due at the end of this month.
Right to review the above decision
Note that you have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about this process is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800
802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please contact
[email address]
(Governance & Stakeholder Services Manager).
We trust this response satisfactorily answers your request.
Kind regards,
Poonam Sethi
Governance and official Information Advisor
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