04 April 2024
Official information request No. 8140013316
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
Soraiya Daud
By email:
[FYI request #25946 email]
Tēnā koe Soraiya
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Re: Consultation on Bin removals - Puketepapa
Thank you for your email of 1 March 2024. Your specific request and our response are set
out below.
I am requesting information on what consultation was taken with the Puketāpapa Local
Board regarding the bin removals that have taken place in 2024. I would like to see:
1) Workshop records recording any decisions made by the board about location of bin
removals
2) Business meeting decisions (if any) recording the above decisions
3) Any emails where Local Board members made decisions about the removal of bins
4) Any advice given about Local Board members using their budget to keep bins (as has
been done by Manurewa Local Board)
Our response
Workshop records recording any decisions made by the board about location of bin
removals.
We have attached the Puketāpapa Local Board workshop presentation materials
for Thursday, 8 June 2023 from Parks and Community Facilities noting no decision was
made at this workshop (attached folder 2).
Business meeting decisions (if any) recording the above decisions – Puketāpapa Local
Board held an additional business meeting on 11 May 2023 to provide their local board
feedback to the Governing Body regarding Annual Budget but no feedback/decisions on bin
removals. The minutes from the Puketāpapa additional business meeting where item 11:
Local board consultation feedback and input into the Annual Budget 2023/2024 was
discussed are linked here:
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 | aucklandcouncil.govt.nz | Ph 09 301 0101
https:/ infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Open/2023/05/20230511_PKTPP_MIN_118
97.PDF
Any emails where Local Board members made decisions about the removal of bins –
attached is email communication from departments within the organisation to the local board
members – no decisions were made by board members (attached folder 1).
Any advice given about Local Board members using their budget to keep bins (as has been
done by Manurewa Local Board) – advice from officers regarding bin removals was provided
at the 8 June 2023 Puketāpapa Local Board workshop but not recorded.
The decision by Auckland Council to release the information contained in this response was
made by
Nina Siers, Local Area Manager.
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.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any further queries, please contact me on 09 301 0101 quoting official information
request number 8140013316.
Ngā mihi
Angela Hare
Senior Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner
Governance Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 | aucklandcouncil.govt.nz | Ph 09 301 0101
