Costs incurred by Council in commissioning independent assessment of code of conduct complaint undertaken by Scott Doolan dated 4 April 2025
Marcus Ganley made this Official Information request to South Wairarapa District Council
The request was refused by South Wairarapa District Council.
From: Marcus Ganley
Dear South Wairarapa District Council,
Under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 I formally request any information held by the Council relating to the costs of obtaining the independent assessment undertaken by Scott Doolan (dated 4 April 2025) of a code of conduct complaint made by Councillors Olds, Gray, Bosley, Plimmer, McAulay and Ellims (the Doolan Report).
Please take information held to include (but is not limited to): documents, emails, recordings, faxes, memos, minutes, meeting notes, reports, correspondence, agendas, policy documents, external adviser, researcher and other contractor communication and invoices, including all those in electronic form.
If it would reduce the resource implications on the Council I would accept a simple statement of the total cost incurred in obtaining the Doolan Report as fulfilling this request.
Yours faithfully,
Marcus Ganley
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South Wairarapa District Council
Kia ora Marcus
This is acknowledgement we have received your request for information. This is currently being processed and I expect the response to be ready for release no later than 10 September. If the response is ready before this date, we will send it as soon as possible.
If you have any questions during the processing period of your request, please let me know.
Ngā mihi
Amy
Amy Andersen (pronouns: She/Her/Hers)
Lead Advisor, Democracy & Committees
Corporate Services
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Dear South Wairarapa District Council,
Under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 I formally request any information held by the Council relating to the costs of obtaining the independent assessment undertaken by Scott Doolan (dated 4 April 2025) of a code of conduct complaint made by Councillors Olds, Gray, Bosley, Plimmer, McAulay and Ellims (the Doolan Report).
Please take information held to include (but is not limited to): documents, emails, recordings, faxes, memos, minutes, meeting notes, reports, correspondence, agendas, policy documents, external adviser, researcher and other contractor communication and invoices, including all those in electronic form.
If it would reduce the resource implications on the Council I would accept a simple statement of the total cost incurred in obtaining the Doolan Report as fulfilling this request.
Yours faithfully,
Marcus Ganley
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Kia ora Marcus
Please see attached response to your query.
Ngā mihi
Amy
Amy Andersen (pronouns: She/Her/Hers)
Lead Advisor, Democracy & Committees
Corporate Services
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Subject: Official Information request - Costs incurred by Council in commissioning independent assessment of code of conduct complaint undertaken by Scott Doolan dated 4 April 2025
Kia ora Marcus
This is acknowledgement we have received your request for information. This is currently being processed and I expect the response to be ready for release no later than 10 September. If the response is ready before this date, we will send it as soon as possible.
If you have any questions during the processing period of your request, please let me know.
Ngā mihi
Amy
Amy Andersen (pronouns: She/Her/Hers)
Lead Advisor, Democracy & Committees
Corporate Services
-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus Ganley <[FOI #32004 email]>
Sent: 13 August 2025 16:00
To: Enquiries <[South Wairarapa District Council request email]>
Subject: Possible Spam: Official Information request - Costs incurred by Council in commissioning independent assessment of code of conduct complaint undertaken by Scott Doolan dated 4 April 2025
[You don't often get email from [FOI #32004 email]. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]
Dear South Wairarapa District Council,
Under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 I formally request any information held by the Council relating to the costs of obtaining the independent assessment undertaken by Scott Doolan (dated 4 April 2025) of a code of conduct complaint made by Councillors Olds, Gray, Bosley, Plimmer, McAulay and Ellims (the Doolan Report).
Please take information held to include (but is not limited to): documents, emails, recordings, faxes, memos, minutes, meeting notes, reports, correspondence, agendas, policy documents, external adviser, researcher and other contractor communication and invoices, including all those in electronic form.
If it would reduce the resource implications on the Council I would accept a simple statement of the total cost incurred in obtaining the Doolan Report as fulfilling this request.
Yours faithfully,
Marcus Ganley
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Request refused because information already released as part of another request that is not on FYI.
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In short the answer is: expenditure of approximately $5,203.72 (exclusive of GST) to undertake an
independent investigation
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