Kia Ora,

Thank you for your email.

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). We have forwarded it to the appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will provide a response or update within 20 working days of the date we received your request. 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. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into account.

If you have not had a reply within 10 working days please email us at [Christchurch City Council request email]

Kind regards,

Sean Rainey
Manager Official Information

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Dear Marc,

 

I refer to your request below.

 

As you know the Council has previously refused to disclose this
information.

 

At this point we consider our previous decision still stands to refuse
this request under the following sections of the LGOIMA:

 

•  information which is subject to an obligation of confidence (section
7(2)(c)(ii)); and

•  the privacy of natural persons (section 7(2)(a)).

 

The Council considers that the interests in withholding this information
are not outweighed by other considerations which render it desirable, in
the public interest, to make the information available.

 

Notwithstanding the above, please note that pursuant to section 33(1) of
the Local Government Act 2022, the Council annually publishes (in its
annual report):

o the amount of any severance payments made in the year to any person
who vacated office as the chief executive of the local authority  
o the number of employees to whom, in the year, severance payments were
made; and
o the amount of every such severance payment (although this statutory
disclosure obligation does not identify who each severance payment is
made to).

 

You will note the Council’s decision to withhold this information is
subject to a current Ombudsman investigation. If this information is
released prior to the publication of the Annual Report, we will provide
you a copy.

 

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
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards,

Sean

 

 

Sean Rainey
Manager Official Information and Privacy Officer
Official Information Team

Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

 

 

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