Employee attendance at Auckland Council

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From: Sue Garden

Dear Auckland Council,

I am writing to make an Official Information Act (OIA) request under the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982. I kindly request that you provide me with the following information for past 2 financial years:

1. Average staff attendance rates at Auckland Council Offices:
a) The average attendance rate of staff at the Auckland Council offices for the last and current financial year.
b) The average attendance rate of the executive team members, including the Chief Executive, at the Auckland Council offices, for the last and current financial year.

2. Average staff attendance rates at Council-Controlled Organisation (CCO) Offices:
a) The average attendance rate of staff at the offices of the following CCOs affiliated with Auckland Council for the last and current financial year.

Auckland Transport
Watercare Services Limited
Panuku Development Auckland
Auckland Tourism, Events, and Economic Development

b) The average attendance rate of executive team members, including the Chief Executives, at the offices of the aforementioned CCOs for the last and current financial year.

For the purposes of this request, "attendance" refers to the physical presence of individuals at their respective office locations during regular working hours. "Executive team" refers to the senior management or leadership team at Auckland Council and its affiliated CCOs.

3. Expenditure on office facilities:
a) The total expenditure incurred by Auckland Council for office facilities (including rates, maintenance, lease/rental costs, utilities, and related expenses).
b) The total expenditure incurred by each of the CCOs listed above for office facilities (including rates, maintenance, lease/rental costs, utilities, and related expenses). Please provide this information separately for each CCO.

I understand that, under the Official Information Act 1982, I am entitled to a response within 20 working days of receiving this request. If any portion of my request is withheld, I expect to be provided with the relevant reasons for the withholding, as specified under the Act.

Yours faithfully,

Sue

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Kia ora Sue,

 

Thank you for your request for information about Employee attendance at
Auckland Council.

 

I have attached an information sheet on our processes and requirements
under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

 

We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no
later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. This
will be by 16 June 2023.

 

If you have further questions please feel free to contact Angela Hare
([1][email address]) on 09 301 0101, quoting reference
8140011957.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

The Privacy and LGOIMA team

Auckland Council

 

 

 

 

From: Sue Garden <[FOI #22840 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2023 1:55 pm
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Employee attendance at Auckland
Council

 

Dear Auckland Council,

I am writing to make an Official Information Act (OIA) request under the
provisions of the Official Information Act 1982. I kindly request that you
provide me with the following information for past 2 financial years:

1. Average staff attendance rates at Auckland Council Offices:
a) The average attendance rate of staff at the Auckland Council offices
for the last and current financial year.
b) The average attendance rate of the executive team members, including
the Chief Executive, at the Auckland Council offices, for the last and
current financial year.

2. Average staff attendance rates at Council-Controlled Organisation (CCO)
Offices:
a) The average attendance rate of staff at the offices of the following
CCOs affiliated with Auckland Council for the last and current financial
year.

Auckland Transport
Watercare Services Limited
Panuku Development Auckland
Auckland Tourism, Events, and Economic Development

b) The average attendance rate of executive team members, including the
Chief Executives, at the offices of the aforementioned CCOs for the last
and current financial year.

For the purposes of this request, "attendance" refers to the physical
presence of individuals at their respective office locations during
regular working hours. "Executive team" refers to the senior management or
leadership team at Auckland Council and its affiliated CCOs.

3. Expenditure on office facilities:
a) The total expenditure incurred by Auckland Council for office
facilities (including rates, maintenance, lease/rental costs, utilities,
and related expenses).
b) The total expenditure incurred by each of the CCOs listed above for
office facilities (including rates, maintenance, lease/rental costs,
utilities, and related expenses). Please provide this information
separately for each CCO.

I understand that, under the Official Information Act 1982, I am entitled
to a response within 20 working days of receiving this request. If any
portion of my request is withheld, I expect to be provided with the
relevant reasons for the withholding, as specified under the Act.

Yours faithfully,

Sue

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Kia ora Sue,

Auckland Transport (AT) acknowledges receipt of your request for official
information dated the 22^nd of May 2023 in relation to staff attendance &
expenditure on office facilities.

We hope to respond to your request as soon as possible, but not later than
the 20^th of June 2023, which is 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we aren’t able to respond to your request by
then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Your case is being managed by Samira, who is one of our LGOIMA Business
partners. If you have any further queries, you can contact the team on
(09) 355 3553 during business hours, quoting Local Government Official
Information request number CAS-732724-K8P1G3.

Ngâ mihi,

Peter | Customer Care Coordinator
Customer Care| Case Management
Level 5, 20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
P 09 355 3553
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From: Sue Garden <[FOI #22840 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2023 1:55 pm
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Employee attendance at Auckland
Council
 
Dear Auckland Council,

I am writing to make an Official Information Act (OIA) request under the
provisions of the Official Information Act 1982. I kindly request that you
provide me with the following information for past 2 financial years:

1. Average staff attendance rates at Auckland Council Offices:
a) The average attendance rate of staff at the Auckland Council offices
for the last and current financial year.
b) The average attendance rate of the executive team members, including
the Chief Executive, at the Auckland Council offices, for the last and
current financial year.

2. Average staff attendance rates at Council-Controlled Organisation (CCO)
Offices:
a) The average attendance rate of staff at the offices of the following
CCOs affiliated with Auckland Council for the last and current financial
year.

Auckland Transport
Watercare Services Limited
Panuku Development Auckland
Auckland Tourism, Events, and Economic Development

b) The average attendance rate of executive team members, including the
Chief Executives, at the offices of the aforementioned CCOs for the last
and current financial year.

For the purposes of this request, "attendance" refers to the physical
presence of individuals at their respective office locations during
regular working hours. "Executive team" refers to the senior management or
leadership team at Auckland Council and its affiliated CCOs.

3. Expenditure on office facilities:
a) The total expenditure incurred by Auckland Council for office
facilities (including rates, maintenance, lease/rental costs, utilities,
and related expenses).
b) The total expenditure incurred by each of the CCOs listed above for
office facilities (including rates, maintenance, lease/rental costs,
utilities, and related expenses). Please provide this information
separately for each CCO.

I understand that, under the Official Information Act 1982, I am entitled
to a response within 20 working days of receiving this request. If any
portion of my request is withheld, I expect to be provided with the
relevant reasons for the withholding, as specified under the Act.

Yours faithfully,

Sue

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[5][FOI #22840 email]

Is [6][Auckland Council request email] the wrong address for
Official Information requests to Auckland Council? If so, please contact
us using this form:
[7]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[8]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

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From: PPithadia (Pinaz) 1

Kia ora

 

Your request for information to Auckland Council has been partially
transferred to Watercare. Watercare will respond to the requests
highlighted in blue.

 

So we can provide you with the information you are looking for in a timely
manner it would be helpful for us if you could please provide
clarification to the questions below.

 

2. Average staff attendance rates at Watercare Offices for past 2
financial years:
a) The average attendance rate of staff at the offices of Watercare for
the last and current financial year.
b) The average attendance rate of executive team members, including the
Chief Executives, at the offices of Watercare for the last and current
financial year.
For the purposes of this request, "attendance" refers to the physical
presence of individuals at their respective office locations during
regular working hours. "Executive team" refers to the senior management or
leadership team at Watercare.

 

Why we need clarification:

 

Our head office is at 73 Remuera Road. We also operate a very large number
of other assets, including water and wastewater treatment plants and
laboratories which all have office facilities.

 

A list of all our sites^* is below. Please let us know if there is a
particular office facility you want the staff attendance data on by 31 May
2023.

 

o Head office is at 73 Remuera Road
o Mangere Lab
o Mangere wastewater treatment plant
o Rosedale Mangere wastewater treatment plant
o Maintenance Services in Penrose (MSN, MSO)
o Northern wastewater treatment plants (i.e. Warkworth, Snells,
Wellsford)
o Norther Water treatment plants (i.e. Warkworth, Helensville,
Wellsford)
o Southern wastewater treatment plants (i.e. Pukekohe, Kawakawa, and
Beachlands)
o Southern Water treatment plants (Tuakau) and Headworks catchments
o Central and West Water Treatment plants (i.e. Spring St, Huia, and
Waitakere)
o Waikato Area Plants and facilities

 

3. Expenditure on office facilities for past 2 financial years:
b) The total expenditure incurred by Watercare for office facilities
(including rates, maintenance, lease/rental costs, utilities, and related
expenses).

 

Why we need clarification:

 

Our head office is at 73 Remuera Road. We also operate a very large number
of other assets, including water and wastewater treatment plants and
laboratories which all have office facilities.

 

A list of all our sites^* is below. Please let us know if there is a
particular office facility you want the office expenditure data on by 31
May 2023.

 

o Head office is at 73 Remuera Road
o Mangere Lab
o Mangere wastewater treatment plant
o Rosedale Mangere wastewater treatment plant
o Maintenance Services in Penrose (MSN, MSO)
o Northern wastewater treatment plants (i.e. Warkworth, Snells,
Wellsford)
o Norther Water treatment plants (i.e. Warkworth, Helensville,
Wellsford)
o Southern wastewater treatment plants (i.e. Pukekohe, Kawakawa, and
Beachlands)
o Southern Water treatment plants (Tuakau) and Headworks catchments
o Central and West Water Treatment plants (i.e. Spring St, Huia, and
Waitakere)
o Waikato Area Plants and facilities

 

^*Note: Transmission and Networks sites (Pump stations and reservoir
sites) are typically not office staff sites so probably not of relevance
to your requests.

 

Please note, the above clarification will be considered as a new request
for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for
response—see section 13(7) of the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act.

 

Ngā mihi

Pinaz

 

Your request

 

Dear Auckland Council,

I am writing to make an Official Information Act (OIA) request under the
provisions of the Official Information Act 1982. I kindly request that you
provide me with the following information for past 2 financial years:

1. Average staff attendance rates at Auckland Council Offices:
a) The average attendance rate of staff at the Auckland Council offices
for the last and current financial year.
b) The average attendance rate of the executive team members, including
the Chief Executive, at the Auckland Council offices, for the last and
current financial year.

2. Average staff attendance rates at Council-Controlled Organisation (CCO)
Offices:
a) The average attendance rate of staff at the offices of the following
CCOs affiliated with Auckland Council for the last and current financial
year.

Auckland Transport
Watercare Services Limited
Panuku Development Auckland
Auckland Tourism, Events, and Economic Development

b) The average attendance rate of executive team members, including the
Chief Executives, at the offices of the aforementioned CCOs for the last
and current financial year.

For the purposes of this request, "attendance" refers to the physical
presence of individuals at their respective office locations during
regular working hours. "Executive team" refers to the senior management or
leadership team at Auckland Council and its affiliated CCOs.

3. Expenditure on office facilities:
a) The total expenditure incurred by Auckland Council for office
facilities (including rates, maintenance, lease/rental costs, utilities,
and related expenses).
b) The total expenditure incurred by each of the CCOs listed above for
office facilities (including rates, maintenance, lease/rental costs,
utilities, and related expenses). Please provide this information
separately for each CCO.

I understand that, under the Official Information Act 1982, I am entitled
to a response within 20 working days of receiving this request. If any
portion of my request is withheld, I expect to be provided with the
relevant reasons for the withholding, as specified under the Act.

Yours faithfully,

Sue

 

 

Pinaz Pithadia  |  Legal and Governance Advisor

Watercare Services Limited

Customer service line: +64 9 442 2222

Postal address: Private Bag 92 521, Victoria St West, Auckland 1142, New
Zealand

Physical address: 73 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland 1050, New Zealand

Website: [1]www.watercare.co.nz

 

Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata

When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy.

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From: Sue Garden

Dear Pinaz,

please only provide the information for your head office at 73 Remuera Road

Yours sincerely,

Sue

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From: PPithadia (Pinaz) 1

Kia ora Sue

Thank you for your email.

As mentioned in our email dated 24 May 2023, your clarification has been constituted as a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for response—see section 13(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act.

We will respond to your request within 20 working days after the day of the clarification was received by Watercare.

Ngâ mihi
Pinaz

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