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Membership

Councillor Brent Muggeridge (Chair).

Councillor Jerry Greer (Deputy Chair).

Her Worship the Mayor Alex Walker, Councillor Brent Muggeridge, Councillor Pip Burne, Councillor Tim Aitken, Councillor Gerard Minehan, Councillor Kate Taylor, Councillor Exham Wichman, Councillor Kelly Annand, Councillor Jerry Greer, and Pou Whirinaki Appointment: Amiria Nepe-Apatu.

Purpose

The purpose of the Finance, Infrastructure and Performance Committee is to guide and monitor the Councils financial and operational performance, Long Term Plan/Annual Plan implementation and to hold strategic oversight and monitoring on Councils Infrastructure and Operational programmes.

Specifically, the Committees purpose and focus shall be on the following activities of: • Contract Management.

• Procurement

• Organisational Performance Reporting

• #thebigwaterstory

• Stormwater

• #thbigwastewaterstory

• Landfill and Solid Waste

• Infrastructural Climate Change and Resilience

Responsibilities

The Finance, Infrastructure and Performance Committee is responsible for:

Contract Management

• Completing and adopting a review of the Councils Contract Management Policy.

• Monitoring the implementation of the Policy and seeking assurance on the performance of operational contracts.

Procurement

• Completing and adopting a review of Councils Procurement Policy.

• Assessing and considering alternative options for service delivery.

• Monitoring the implementation of the Policy and providing assurance on the effectiveness of the Policy.

Organisational Performance Reporting

• Leading a continuous improvement approach to organisational operational reporting, to be included in Councils organisational performance report.

#thebigwaterstory

• Monitoring the implementation of and making key decisions (where required) on the capital and renewal programme.

Stormwater

• Leading and adopting the development of the Stormwater Strategy.

• Confirming the delivery approach and procurement for Stormwater Operations.

• Monitoring the implementation of and making key decisions (where required) on the capital and renewal programme.

#thebigwastewaterstory

• Monitoring the implementation of and making key decisions (where required) on the capital and renewal programme.

• Leading and adopting the review of the Wastewater Strategy following the completion of the Post Cyclone Gabrielle Reviews.

Landfill and Solid Waste

• Leading and adopting the development of the Landfill and Solid Waste Review.

Infrastructural Climate Change and Resilience

• Leading and completing a review of Councils Asset Management Policy to ensure Climate Change and Resilience are appropriately incorporated following Cyclone Gabrielle

Delegations

The Finance, Infrastructure and Performance Committee has delegations to:

• Develop and adopt plans, projects and policies that advance the Council’s vision and goals in relation to its key Financial Strategy and Infrastructure Strategy while complying with purpose of the Local Government.

• Monitoring the financial and non-financial performance of the organisation with a particular emphasis on the delivery of the capital works programme. implementation and effectiveness of strategies, plans and policies.

• Specifically monitor and provide oversight of significant projects, including reviewing business cases and agreed in next steps on significant projects.

• Finance, Infrastructure and Performance Committee is responsible for assisting Council in its general overview of procurement and tender activity. The committee will accept and consider tenders which exceed the Chief’s Executive’s delegated authority to approve, for projects approved by Council through an Annual Plan or Long Term Plan. The Committee will make a recommendation to Council on the outcome of a tender process for resolution when above delegations.

• The Finance, Infrastructure and Performance Committee has delegation to approve or award contracts beyond the Chief Executive’s delegated authority within the parameters of approved AP/LTP Budgets up to $10 million.

This Committee has delegations to establish a special committee, working group or community forum as needed