Quarterly and annual reports for Waimea Water from April 1, 2022 to October 30, 2022

Bruce Struthers made this Official Information request to Nelson City Council

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From: Bruce Struthers

Dear Nelson City Council,

Waimea Water is a Council-Controlled Organisation established in November 2018 to manage the construction, operation and maintenance of the Waimea Community Dam.

Waimea Water represents the shared interests of Tasman District Council (majority shareholder) and Waimea Irrigators Ltd to oversee and manage the Waimea Community Dam’s development, construction and operation.

The Waimea Water web site promotes the benefits of this project, but the most recent quarterly report currently is dated March, 2022. As Nelson City Council is a major contributor to the Waimea Dam project, I would expect it to have the quarterly or annual reports for the periods ending June, 2022 and September 2022.

Please provide me a PDF copy of those reports, and have Waimea Water make these reports accessible to the public as soon as possible. Please consider this to be a time sensitive request. The documents must already exist. The dam is still an issue that voters will consider in the October elections.

Yours faithfully,

Bruce Struthers

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Kia Ora,

 

Thank you for your request for information, received at Council on 3
October 2022. The Service request number assigned to your request is
2240223.

 

We will endeavour to respond as soon as reasonably practicable, noting
your request that the information be supplied prior to the forthcoming
elections (8 October).  In any event we must supply the information no
later than 1 November 2022, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received.   Working days excludes public and provincial
holidays and the period between 20 December to 10 January inclusive.  If
we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me at
[1][email address].

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

Kate Redgrove

Official Information Advisor

 

Please note my usual hours of work are 8 am to 1 pm, excluding Wednesdays.

 

Nelson City Council | Te Kaunihera o Whakatû
P 03 546 0404
[2]nelson.govt.nz

 

 

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Kia ora Bruce,

 

I refer to your official information request dated 3 October 2022.

We have transferred your request to Waimea Water Limited (WWL).  This is
because the information you are seeking is more closely connected with the
functions of WWL.  In these circumstances, we are required by section 12
of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) to
transfer your request.

 

You will hear from WWL in the next few days, to acknowledge receipt of
your request.  Their e-mail address is [1][email address]

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Kate Redgrove

Official Information Advisor

 

Please note my usual hours of work are 8 am to 1 pm, excluding Wednesdays.

 

Nelson City Council | Te Kaunihera o Whakatū
P 03 546 0404
[2]nelson.govt.nz

 

 

From: LGOIMA <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2022 8:36 am
To: Bruce Struthers <[FOI #20740 email]>
Subject: RE: Your Request for Information - Waimea Water Reports from
April 1, 2022 to October 30, 2022 - SR2240223
Importance: High

 

Kia Ora,

 

Thank you for your request for information, received at Council on 3
October 2022. The Service request number assigned to your request is
2240223.

 

We will endeavour to respond as soon as reasonably practicable, noting
your request that the information be supplied prior to the forthcoming
elections (8 October). In any event we must supply the information no
later than 1 November 2022, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. Working days excludes public and provincial holidays
and the period between 20 December to 10 January inclusive. If we are
unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me at
[3][email address].

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Kate Redgrove

Official Information Advisor

 

Please note my usual hours of work are 8 am to 1 pm, excluding Wednesdays.

 

Nelson City Council | Te Kaunihera o Whakatū
P 03 546 0404
[4]nelson.govt.nz

 

 

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From: LGOIMA | Waimea Water


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Kia ora Bruce,

 

We acknowledge receipt of your requests for information, including those
recently transferred from Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council.

 

We can confirm that reporting is provided for in the Statement of Intent
which you can find on Waimea Water Limited’s (WWL) website.  We provide
regular updates to shareholders and the public which you can also find on
our website.   The benefits of the Waimea Community Dam are unchanged and
as described on our website.  We advise our shareholders of any cost
increases as soon as reasonably practicable and not only at the time that
we provide accounts in line with statutory obligations.

 

The March 2022 report is for the 3 Months ended 31/03/2022.  The June 2022
report is the Annual Report and is subject to review by auditors.  Under
the Local Government Act 2002, this report is not due to be provided to
shareholders until 30 November 2022.   The September 2022 quarterly report
is due to be provided to shareholders within two months of the end of the
September quarter ie. by 30 November 2022.   Once the reports have been
released to shareholders they are then made available to the public by
WWL.   Tasman District Council also places a copy or a link to the reports
on its website.

 

We will endeavour to release the Annual Report as soon as we can, although
release is subject to delays with the audit process.  Annual accounts are
not released until reviewed and aligned with the auditor’s requirements,
which is common company practice.

 

In terms of our decision on your requests under the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, these are refused on
administrative grounds under section 17(d) of the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) – the information will soon
be publicly available. 

 

I must advise you of your right to complain to an Ombudsman if you do not
believe you have been given a reasonable response to your request.  This
right to complain is dealt with in section 27 LGOIMA.

 

Nga mihi

 

 

Kate Redgrove

 

 

 

 

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Reports published on Waimea Waters web site on November 25, 2022.

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