Lesson from Auckland Governance Change
This should keep
those pesky
Aucklanders
busy for a while.
Lessons from Auckland Governance Change
Background:
• Royal Commission 25 Mar 2009 report
• Govt proposal
• Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation Act May 2009 –
Set up and empower ATA – set 31 Oct 2009
• Select Committee process
• ATA estb workstreams and approach:
Discover/Design/Act
• Auckland Council Act Sep 2009 – Outline Structure/
functions of Auck Council – empower LGC- amend
first Act
• LGC proposals
• Submissions process
Lessons from Auckland Governance Change
Awaiting;
• LGC final decision – 11 March?
• Third bill in May – give tighter definition to
structure and functions of Auck Council – give
consideration to process of handing over areas
to Waikato and Hauraki eg existing policies/
by laws - align to Auckland provisions
Lessons from Auckland Governance Change
Lessons and Issues from Franklin perspective:
• At all levels first determine objectives that are
achievable within time and resources
• Don’t fight the white
• Submissions – role of public consultation?
• Establishing the boundaries
• Local government decision processes verses need for
decisive and quick actions. (eg SCP)
• Staff issues – extra work loads – unusual work- fear
of redundancy – morale – training – rising to the
challenge – something new.
Lessons from Auckland Governance Change
• What Franklin needs to do:
– Handover assets/liaibilities/responsibilities to
Auckland/Waikato/Hauraki
– Close down Franklin District Council
– Establish Franklin ward local services according to
ATA direction.
– Assist Waikato and Hauraki (as resources allow) to
conduct business as normal in new areas wef 31
Oct.
Lessons from Auckland Governance Change
• Financial
– Franklin sets rates for 2010/11
– Because of across district subsidies the LOS an
rate take for any particular area may not match
– DC’s (based on district growth costs – what
happens when development is now in a different
district)
• Passing of knowledge/records/files
Lessons from Auckland Governance Change
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