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Budget allocation for Auckland Council local boards
General News | 30/10/2010
Consolidated council plans handed to new Auckland Council
General News | 30/10/2010
Economists' report points to further council savings
General News | 30/10/2010
Interim Chief Executive appointed to Auckland Council’s property CCO
General News | 22/10/2010
Senior appointments to Auckland Council’s new CCOs
General News | 05/10/2010
Local Board Offices
General News | 01/10/2010
Rodney Local Board Offices
General News | 29/09/2010
Staffing number - Auckland Council and its subsidiaries
General News | 28/09/2010
Community Groups Secure in New City
General News | 10/09/2010
New Council Site a Hit
General News | 09/09/2010
Interim Chief Executive for Auckland Transport
General News | 20/08/2010
Job Expo
General News | 11/08/2010
Auckland: Your Council. Your Vote
General News | 10/08/2010
Changes Bring Better Services
General News | 28/07/2010
Further Senior Appointments - Auckland Council and Auckland Transport
General News | 22/07/2010
New Auckland Council Website
General News | 01/07/2010
Further Senior Appointments - Auckland Council and Auckland Transport
General News | 25/06/2010
Banking Partners Announced
General News | 18/06/2010
Senior Appointments - Auckland Transport
General News | 08/06/2010
Further Senior Appointments - Auckland Council
General News | 03/06/2010
Auckland Council Executive Team Appointments
General News | 31/05/2010
Recognising the Contribution of Volunteers
General News | 28/05/2010
Auckland Council Location Decisions
General News | 28/05/2010
Auckland Council logo competition winner is chosen
General News | 23/04/2010
Change process letters for council staff
General News | 12/04/2010
Announcement of Interim Chief Executive for Auckland Council
General News | 25/03/2010
Logo Competition Closing Soon
General News | 12/03/2010
Discussion document: Council-controlled organisations of the Auckland Council
General News | 01/03/2010
Key role for local boards, Select Committee told
General News | 26/02/2010
Aucklanders invited to design Auckland Council logo
General News | 18/02/2010
Statement from Mark Ford, Executive Chairman, Auckland Transition Agency
General News | 18/02/2010
Feedback received on Transport Discussion Document
General News | 09/02/2010
Auckland Social Policy Forum discussion document welcomed
General News | 29/01/2010
Feedback received on Discussion Document
General News | 18/12/2009
Proposed structure for council-controlled organisations (CCOs) of the Auckland Council
General News | 03/12/2009
Draft Organisational Structure - Auckland Transport Agency
General News | 20/11/2009
Chief sought for new Auckland Council
General News | 14/11/2009
Integrated treasury for Auckland councils
General News | 12/11/2009
Discussion Document released - Auckland Council
General News | 02/11/2009
Transition Times - work stream updates
General News | 25/10/2009
Electoral officer appointment
General News | 23/10/2009
Latest Transition Times published
General News | 28/09/2009
Discussion document to be released to employees
General News | 25/09/2009
Agency appointed for interim chief executive search
General News | 16/09/2009
Newsletter from the Auckland Transition Agency
General News | 01/09/2009
ATA releases draft project plan for transition
General News | 20/08/2009
RFP issued for recruitment of interim chief executive of Auckland Council
General News | 17/08/2009
Laila Harré joins the ATA
General News | 07/07/2009
LTCCPs confirmed by transition agency
General News | 03/07/2009
Meet the team at the ATA
General News | 03/07/2009
Select Committee Submissions Under Consideration
General News | 01/07/2009
Mark Ford to lead Auckland Transition Agency
General News | 22/05/2009
Discussion document: Council-controlled organisations of the Auckland Council
General News | 03/01/2010A discussion document containing detail on the roles and accountabilities of proposed council-controlled organisations (CCOs) of the Auckland Council has been released today (Monday) for feedback.
The document, released by the Auckland Transition Agency (ATA), considers the structure of five Auckland Council subsidiaries that were approved in principle by Cabinet last year. These are:
- Council Investments
- Economic Development, Tourism and Events
- Major Regional Facilities
- Property Holdings
- Waterfront Development Agency
These entities will be owned by, and report to, the new Auckland Council.
The discussion document – available at www.discussiondocuments.co.nz – outlines the accountability mechanisms which exist between the council and its CCOs. Specifically, each CCO must:
- Give effect to the Auckland Council’s Spatial Plan and other plans
- Have its Statement of Intent (SOI) agreed by the council and made public
- Report regularly to the Auckland Council, with an audit by the Auditor-General
- Have its performance monitored by the council’s Governance and Monitoring Unit
Additionally, CCOs are subject to the access to information provisions of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the Ombudsman Act 1975. The Auckland Council will appoint CCO board members (after the initial boards have been appointed by Ministers) and the council has the power to remove board members.
The ATA is recommending that CCOs must take account of the views expressed by local boards as a requirement of the SOI approved by the Auckland Council.
There are currently around 40 CCOs operating under existing local authorities in Auckland. Under the new Auckland Council it is planned to rationalise and streamline these.
ATA advisor John Dragicevich said: “It will be the Auckland Council, in conjunction with the community, that sets the objectives and accounts to the ratepayers for the performance of these CCOs. They exist under the democratic process and the ultimate accountability of the elected council to the ratepayers.”
The discussion document invites feedback on the structure and responsibilities of the CCOs, their accountability and governance arrangements, and the assets and activities associated with individual entities.
Feedback can be submitted online at www.discussiondocuments.co.nz or in writing to Auckland Council CCO Feedback, Auckland Transition Agency, PO Box 99394, Newmarket 1149, Auckland. The ATA will analyse feedback before making its final recommendations to Cabinet. The deadline for feedback is Friday March 26.