Ref:000148
29 May 2025
Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc
[FYI request #25948 email] Dear Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc
OFFICIAL INFORMATION REQUEST FOR Financial allocations related to ATMS
2020-2024
I refer to your official information request dated 30 April 2025 for financial allocation related to ATMS
2020-2024.
Questions:
1./ What code and name (in the GL (General Ledger)) does the ATMS sit within.
2./ How GL code and name does Ree Anderson invoices sit within.
3./ What projects was Ree Anderson involved in and what was the budget allocation for each of
her projects and the amount paid for each.
4./ From the allocated $100k and $125k for site investigations, what GL code and name did these
sit within and how much was spent out of those two approved amounts?
5./ Was any spending on the ATMS or Teitei drive social housing project, allocated to any other GL
codes and if so which ones and how much?
All spending related to Teitei Drive was coded to the project and expensed to operating costs when
the project ceased. In line with a previous query response, below is a high level summary of the
costs incurred in relation to the Teitei Drive development between 2020/21 and 2023/24.
Purpose
Amount
Site Investigation
94,502.94
Legal
9,962.50
Project
111,328.14
LGOIMA
53,887.52
Operational
23,745.00
Total
293,426.10
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Due to the substantial amount of work that would be required to research and collate the information
you have requested; we are refusing your request under section 17(f) of the LGOIMA. Spending on
ATMS covers multiple cost centres and general ledgers and your request covers multiple years.
Costs are tied to specific cost centres and projects, making it difficult to isolate charges for individual
workstreams. A review of all invoices to break out how much was charged for each workstream
would take significant time and cost and therefore would need to be on charged.
An approximate
time frame of hours required for this request is forty hours, based on the records search, collation
and review of hard copy and digital records across multiple platforms.
We have considered whether charging or extending the timeframe for responding to your request
would help, as required by section 17A of the LGOIMA. However, the request as is currently written
would impact significantly on operations.
We have consulted with you, as required by section 17B of the LGOIMA. However, we have received
no response to the 16 May 2025 correspondence asking that you consider amending your request.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
[Ruapehu District Council request email]. Yours sincerely
Maggie Flonk
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT MANAGER