Conflict of Interest IAF fund
Stefan Brown made this Official Information request to Upper Hutt City Council
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From: Stefan Brown
Dear Upper Hutt City Council,
I am seeking information regarding a possible conflict of interest. The current Mayor is listed on the UHCC register of interest web page as of the 8th of July 2021 as the President of the Wellington Racing Club. He also chaired the meeting in August 2021 which chose to apply for the IAF for the proposed racecourse development which by admission in the recent media articles will financially benefit the Wellington Racing Club . As this part of the meeting was public excluded are you able to advise if the Mayor abstained from voting on this matter? And if he did not on what grounds was his voting on this matter not in contradiction of council policy on such matters.
Yours faithfully,
Stefan Brown
From: UHCC
Upper Hutt City Council
Tçnâ koe Stefan,
Ngâ mihi nui ki a koe mô tô îmera | Thank you for your email.
We have forwarded this to our OIA team for their response.
Ngâ mihi,
Tina Turia
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta | Upper Hutt City Council
838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
Waea: 04 527 2169 | Îmçra: [email address] | Pae Tukutuku: www.upperhuttcity.com | Pukamata: www.fb.com/UpperHuttCityCouncil
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From: Stefan Brown <[FOI #19247 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 1 May 2022 1:07 pm
To: UHCC <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Conflict of Interest IAF fund
Dear Upper Hutt City Council,
I am seeking information regarding a possible conflict of interest. The current Mayor is listed on the UHCC register of interest web page as of the 8th of July 2021 as the President of the Wellington Racing Club. He also chaired the meeting in August 2021 which chose to apply for the IAF for the proposed racecourse development which by admission in the recent media articles will financially benefit the Wellington Racing Club . As this part of the meeting was public excluded are you able to advise if the Mayor abstained from voting on this matter? And if he did not on what grounds was his voting on this matter not in contradiction of council policy on such matters.
Yours faithfully,
Stefan Brown
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Upper Hutt City Council
Kia ora Stefan,
Apologies for the delay in my response - I’m replying to formally
acknowledge receipt of your official information request below dated 1 May
2022. Your reference ID for this request is 1341, as noted in the subject
line above.
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 27 May 2022, being 20 working days after the day
your request was received, as per [1]Ombudsman guidance. If we are unable
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If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me. If any
additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request,
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account.
Kind regards,
Michael Gibbons
LGOIMA Officer
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta I Upper Hutt City Council
838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [2][email address]
W: [3]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [4]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil
-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Brown <[5][FOI #19247 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 1 May 2022 1:07 pm
To: UHCC <[6][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Conflict of Interest IAF fund
Dear Upper Hutt City Council,
I am seeking information regarding a possible conflict of interest. The
current Mayor is listed on the UHCC register of interest web page as of
the 8th of July 2021 as the President of the Wellington Racing Club. He
also chaired the meeting in August 2021 which chose to apply for the IAF
for the proposed racecourse development which by admission in the recent
media articles will financially benefit the Wellington Racing Club . As
this part of the meeting was public excluded are you able to advise if the
Mayor abstained from voting on this matter? And if he did not on what
grounds was his voting on this matter not in contradiction of council
policy on such matters.
Yours faithfully,
Stefan Brown
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Upper Hutt City Council
Kia ora Stefan,
Thank you for your below Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (the Act) request dated 1 May 2022.
To answer your request for official information, the Mayor did not abstain
from voting on this matter.
UHCC Standing orders contain rules for the conduct of the proceedings of
local authorities, committees, subcommittees and subordinate
decision-making bodies. A link to our [1]Standing Orders has all the
information related to conflicts of interest for our elected Council (see
20.7 and 20.8 in the document). You will note that neither the Chairperson
nor the meeting may rule on whether a member has a conflict of interest in
the matter being discussed.
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Warm regards,
Michael
Michael Gibbons
LGOIMA Officer
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta I Upper Hutt City Council
838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [3][email address]
W: [4]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [5]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil
-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Brown <[6][FOI #19247 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 1 May 2022 1:07 pm
To: UHCC <[7][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Conflict of Interest IAF fund
Dear Upper Hutt City Council,
I am seeking information regarding a possible conflict of interest. The
current Mayor is listed on the UHCC register of interest web page as of
the 8th of July 2021 as the President of the Wellington Racing Club. He
also chaired the meeting in August 2021 which chose to apply for the IAF
for the proposed racecourse development which by admission in the recent
media articles will financially benefit the Wellington Racing Club . As
this part of the meeting was public excluded are you able to advise if the
Mayor abstained from voting on this matter? And if he did not on what
grounds was his voting on this matter not in contradiction of council
policy on such matters.
Yours faithfully,
Stefan Brown
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