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Requested Information:

“I request the following information for the 2023/24 Financial Year:
1. Personnel
1.
a. The total number of staff dismissed due to poor performance in the last financial year.
b. If applicable, the FTE number of staff employed by council-controlled organisations.
c. The total number of staff including those employed by council-controlled organisations receiving remuneration in excess of $100,000.
d. The total number of staff including those employed by council-controlled organisations receiving remuneration in excess of $200,000.
e. The mean and median renumeration for the Council, and its CCOs.
1.1 Management

a. The FTE number of managers employed
b. The Taxpayers’ Union defines a manage as : any staff member who is responsible for a team of staff, or who has an employees reporting to them and organises them to achieve their department’s or organisation’s specified goal.
c. The ratio of management to total staff numbers
d. The average and median salary of a manager

1.2 Communications
1.
a. The FTE number of communications and marketing staff employed
b. The average and median salary of communications and marketing staff
1.3 Core services
1.
a. The FTE number of staff employed to work on the delivery and/or maintenance of local infrastructure.
b. The Taxpayers’ Union defines infrastructure FTE as hours worked by staff who are directly responsible for maintaining council assets and services, including
physical involvement in environmental services, stormwater, roading, water supply, wastewater, and solid waste management.
c. The FTE number of staff of staff employed to provide regulator functions
d. The Taxpayers’ Union defines Regulatory FTE as hours worked by staff who are directly responsible for upkeeping and enforcing council functions and income, including parking, democracy services, rates collection, building and planning consents, and health licencing.
e. The FTE number of staff employed in customer-facing roles
f. The Taxpayers’ Union defines Customer Service FTE as hours worked by staff who are directly responsible for communication and providing aid for members of the public, such as libraries, pools, art galleries, venues and events, and customer service, whether in person or by phone.

2. Payments to third parties
1.
a. The total payments made by the Council (or any council-controlled organisation) to any Chamber of Commerce, including GST.
b. The total payments made by the Council (or any council-controlled organisation) to Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), including GST.
c. The total payments made by the Council (or any council-controlled organisation) to the New Zealand Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM), including GST.
3. Audit and Risk Oversight
1.
a. How many members are on the Council’s Audit and Risk Committee (or
equivalent)?
b. Does the Council have independent members on the Committee?
c. Is the Chair of the Committee an independent member?
d. Does the Council have a lawyer (with a current practising certificate) on the Committee?
e. Does the Council have an accountant (with a current practising certificate) on the Committee?
f. Does the Council have a code of conduct requiring political neutrality from Council staff?
4. Payments to third parties
1.
a. The total payments made by the council or any CCO to any Chamber of Commerce, including GST
b. The total payments made by Council or its any CCO to Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), including GST

c. The total payments made by the Council or any CCO to the New Zealand Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM) including GST”