The Executive Committee is responsible for:
·
Monitoring the progress and performance of Council and the Chief
Executive.
·
Addressing Code of Conduct issues relating to elected members and
the Chief Executive.
·
Making decisions on urgent matters arising between scheduled
Council meetings or on specific matters referred to it by Council.
·
Monitoring compliance with the Southland District Council Fraud
Policy.
The Executive Committee shall have the following delegated
powers and be accountable to Council for the exercising of these powers.
In exercising the delegated powers, the Executive Committee
will operate within:
·
policies, plans, standards or guidelines that have been
established and approved by Council;
·
the overall priorities of Council;
·
the needs of the local communities; and
·
the approved budgets for the activity.
The
Executive Committee shall have the following delegated powers and be
accountable to Council for the exercising of these powers.
(a) Oversee the
employment of the Chief Executive in accordance with the provisions of the
Local Government Act 2002.
(b) Development of the Chief Executive’s
performance agreement for review and approval by Council.
(c) Monitoring the Chief Executive’s
performance against the approved performance agreement.
(d) Commissioning
any market data required to assess appropriate remuneration for the Chief
Executive for their annual review.
(e) Developing
a remuneration arrangement for the Chief Executive and making recommendations
to Council.
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Executive Committee
26 September
2017
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ITEM PAGE
Procedural
1 Apologies 5
2 Leave of
absence 5
3 Conflict of
Interest 5
4 Public Forum 5
5 Extraordinary/Urgent
Items 5
6 Confirmation
of Minutes 5
Public Excluded
Procedural motion
to exclude the public 11
C7.1 Complaint
Under Southland District Council Code of Conduct for Elected Members 13
At the close of
the agenda no apologies had been received.
2 Leave
of absence
At the close of
the agenda no requests for leave of absence had been received.
3 Conflict
of Interest
Committee
Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from
decision-making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any
private or other external interest they might have.
4 Public Forum
Notification to
speak is required by 5pm at least two days before the meeting. Further
information is available on www.southlanddc.govt.nz
or phoning 0800 732 732.
5 Extraordinary/Urgent
Items
To consider, and if
thought fit, to pass a resolution to permit the committee
to consider any further items which do not appear on
the Agenda of this meeting and/or the meeting to be held with the public
excluded.
Such resolution is
required to be made pursuant to Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987, and the Chairperson must advise:
(i) the
reason why the item was not on the Agenda, and
(ii) the reason why the
discussion of this item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.
Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (as amended) states:
“Where an item
is not on the agenda for a meeting,-
(a)
that item may be discussed at that meeting if-
(i) that item is a
minor matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and
(ii) the presiding member
explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the
public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but
(b) no resolution,
decision or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer
that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further
discussion.”
6 Confirmation
of Minutes
There are no minutes to confirm.
