Response to LGOIMA request 2024 056 24 April 2024
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Requested Information:
“Please provide for the 2023 calendar year:
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A list of all payments from the Council group (i.e. including any CCOs) to Taituarā
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For each payment:
a) the date, invoice number, and what the payment was for* and
b)whether it was recovered (or deducted from the pay) from the relevant employee enjoying the membership or services related to the same.
Given the nature of Taituarā as a membership organisation – in effect the employment union for local government managers – if membership dues are not recovered or deducted, please provide:
a) the reasoning (if any) for not deducting the amounts (i.e. Why should ratepayers pay for a private organisation/benefit?) and
b) whether the Council does this for any other employment union or professional/networking association. If so, which ones?
If the Council considers that the membership for Council officers is as part of their role at the Council (and therefore not for private benefit) please provide this information and explain how Taituarā is not therefore treated as a CCO under s 6(1) of the Local Government Act 2002 for the purposes of the Council group’s statutory reporting.”
For a copy of the attachment relating to this request please email democratic.services@gw.govt.nz