Hi Alex

I've checked with one of the Councillors who has been on Council for many
years.  He can never remember the Council having a prayer before meetings.

Regards

ev

Ev Bisset
Community Facility Officer
- Cromwell Community Board
 
Contact details:
Central Otago District Council
Cromwell Service Centre
Phone:          03 4450211
Facsimile:   03 4451649
Address:      42 The Mall
                     Cromwell 9310
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jackie Smith On Behalf Of Customer Service Officer Account
Sent: Tuesday, 10 April 2012 3:24 p.m.
To: Evelyn Bisset
Subject: FW: Local Government Official Information and Meetings request:
Does the Central Otago District Council begin its meetings with a prayer?

Hi Ev

Alley said that you would probably be the only one around who may know
when we stopped saying a prayer before council meetings?
Can you please reply to Alex re his questions below?
Ta :)

Jackie Smith
Customer Services Officer
Central Otago District Council
ALEXANDRA
03 4400056
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Harris [mailto:[2][FYI contact email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 10 April 2012 11:56 a.m.
To: Customer Service Officer Account
Subject: Local Government Official Information and Meetings request: Does
the Central Otago District Council begin its meetings with a prayer?

    Dear Central Otago District Council,

    As you may have read recently, the Whanganui District Council
    abolished its opening prayer after a complaint was made to the
    Human Rights Commission. I'm interested in learning how widespread
    this practice is, so I'd like to request the following information
    under the LGOIMA:

    * Does the Council open its meetings with a prayer? * If the answer
    to the above is "yes", then I'd like a copy of that prayer (or
    examples, if more than one is used), when the practice was first
    established, whether the council has considered abolishing it in
    the wake of the Whanganui decision, and any advice the council may
    hold on the prayer's compatibility with both the Human Rights Act
    1993 and Bill of Rights Act 1990.

    I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about
    this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the
    [3]fyi.org.nz website.

    Yours faithfully,

    Alex Harris

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