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Governing Body

LTP 2027-2037: Local Board Funding (Fairer Funding)

Committee
Governing Body
Date
29 Sept 2026
Chair
Wayne Brown
Deputy Chair
Desley Simpson
Agenda item
GB 29/09/2026 - Item 8.4 (GB/2026/1608)
Confidence
High
Official sourcehttps://aucklandcouncil.resolve.red/portal/meeting/13576/104949?showMinutes=1

Page Governing Body DRAFT minutes (unconfirmed), 29 September 2026

Notes

UNCONFIRMED — taken from the DRAFT minutes of the Governing Body meeting of 29 September 2026 (Resolve meeting 13576), retrieved 30 September 2026. Minutes not yet confirmed; re-check against the confirmed minutes before treating as final. Resolution GB/2026/1608, Item 8.4. Result: CARRIED by 13 votes to 3, 1 abstention (division). MOVED Mayor Wayne Brown, SECONDED Cr Victoria Short (chairperson's recommendation adding new clauses j, k and l). Retains Fairer Funding core settings, grows local board funding with population, and regionalises Pools & Leisure and Arboriculture. Put after the Sayers/Gillon replacement amendment was LOST 7–10. FOR (13): Mayor Brown; Deputy Mayor Simpson; Crs Bartley, Fairey, Filipaina, Fuli, Gillon, Henderson, Hills, Newman, Paterson-Hamlin, Short, Winiata. AGAINST (3): Crs Sayers, Turner, Watson. ABSTAINED (1): Cr Christine Fletcher. NOT VOTING (marked Absent): Cr Lee (absent from meeting); Cr Burns (retired from the meeting at 3:14pm); Cr Williamson (left the meeting at 4:10pm); Cr Baker (in attendance via electronic link, but not listed in the division; the minutes record no departure time). Under Standing Order 3.12.6, Cr Gillon asked for his vote against clauses f.i, f.ii and k to be recorded, and Cr Hills asked for his vote against clause k to be recorded. Source: https://aucklandcouncil.resolve.red/portal/meeting/13576/104949?showMinutes=1

How members voted

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MemberRoleWardAffiliationVote
Wayne BrownMayorMayorFix AucklandFor
Victoria ShortCouncilloralbanyIndependentFor
John WatsonCouncilloralbanyIndependentAgainst
Julie FaireyCouncilloralbert-eden-puketapapaLabourFor
Christine FletcherCouncilloralbert-eden-puketapapaC&RAbstain
Andy BakerCouncillorfranklinTeam FranklinAbsent
Bo BurnsCouncillorhowickIndependentAbsent
Maurice WilliamsonCouncillorhowickIndependentAbsent
Alf FilipainaCouncillormanukauLabourFor
Lotu FuliCouncillormanukauLabourFor
Daniel NewmanCouncillormanurewa-papakuraIndependentFor
Matt WiniataCouncillormanurewa-papakuraIndependentFor
Josephine BartleyCouncillormaungakiekie-tamakiLabourFor
Richard HillsCouncillornorth-shoreLabourFor
John GillonCouncillornorth-shoreIndependentFor
Desley SimpsonDeputy MayororakeiFix AucklandFor
Greg SayersCouncillorrodneyIndependentAgainst
Shane HendersonCouncillorwaitakereLabourFor
Ken TurnerCouncillorwaitakereIndependentAgainst
Mike LeeCouncillorwaitemata-and-gulfCity VisionAbsent
Sarah Paterson-HamlinCouncillorwhauIndependentFor
ResultCarried
13
3
1
4
13For
3Against
1Abstain
4Absent

Unofficial compilation from published Auckland Council minutes. Official record is the minutes. Corrections: info@citybuildersassociation.org