19 October 2017
Official Information Request No.8140002000.
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
William Foster
By email -
[FYI request #6575 email]
Dear William
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Re: Financial information for Rodney
I refer to your email, which we received on 19 September 2017, requesting information about
the Rodney Local Board and North Rodney area.
1) All communications, internal or external, received or generated in relation to any
requests (either of AC or of the Mayor) for financial statements for the Rodney Local
Board area, or the North Rodney area, or the profitability of Auckland Council’s
activities in the area;
We are unable to do a search for this correspondence, due to the breadth and wide scope of
the request. In order to search for correspondence such as emails we need very specific
timeframes, the names of people (to and from), specific keywords and any other details
which may narrow your search. We are unable to search more than 18,000 mailboxes for
generic terms such as financial statements, North Rodney or profitability. Please contact me
if you would like to discuss a narrower search for correspondence.
2) Any analysis by AC (or its consultants - including for the Framework Review report)
of any financial modelling or analysis of profitability of the Rodney Local Board area
(excluding any data publicly available on the AC website);
Your letter refers to the Governance Framework Review. For the work carried out by
Auckland Council for the Governance Framework Review, the costs of local activities across
Auckland’s 21 local boards were set out. These are detailed in the attached spreadsheet,
and include only the direct costs of those activities i.e. they exclude interest, depreciation
and corporate overhead. Local activities are only those that are under the direct control of
local boards; Auckland Council does not account for regional activities (those under the
control of the governing body and council-controlled organisations) by local board area.
In addition, as you are probably aware, Morrison Low undertook an analysis of options for
local government reorganisation on behalf of the Local Government Commission and their
report can be found here:
http://www.lgc.govt.nz/assets/Auckland-Reorganisation/Morrison-Low-Report-Auckland-
reorganisation-process-Auckland-Options-Assessment-August-2017.pdf
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
The raw data provided by Auckland Council that informed the Morrison Low report is
available here:
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/performance-
transparency/privacy-official-information-requests/published-responses-information-
requests/Pages/local-government-commission-information-request.aspx
We were unable to find any further analysis that comes within the scope of your request. If
you believe we hold any specific analysis or document, please provide more details and I
can investigate further with the relevant departments.
3) A record and description of all work performed by the consultants Morrison Low
(ML) for AC, and the duration and cost of each assignment or contract. (If contract
confidentiality conditions preclude disclosure of the cost, provide the duration and
scope of work undertaken).
In the interests of public transparency, Auckland Council proactively releases reports which
outline the contracts that have been awarded to external providers. These can be accessed
here:
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/working-with-
us/Pages/awarded-contracts.aspx
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.
If you have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101 quoting Official
Information Request No. 8140002000.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Parry-Crooke
Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner
Democracy Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
