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Reprint as at 30 June 2020 Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 (LI 2020/119) Pursuant to section 19A of the Remuneration Authority Act 1977 and to clause 6 of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002, the Remuneration Authority, after having regard to the matters specified in clause 7 of that schedule, makes the follow- ing determination (to which is appended an explanatory memorandum).
Contents Title Commencement Original determination Temporary reduction of remuneration Expiry Schedule Adjusted remuneration of elected members Page 1 1 2 2 2 3 Determination Title This determination is the Local Government Members (Temporary Reduc- tion—COVID-19) Determination 2020.

Commencement This determination comes into force on 9 July 2020.

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 Note Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

1 cl 3 3 4 Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Original determination This determination applies to the Local Government Members (2019/20) Determination 2019 (the original determination).
Temporary reduction of remuneration While this determination is in force, the remuneration of an officeholder that is specified in Schedule 2 of the original determination must be read as if it were the remuneration for that officeholder that is set out in the Schedule of this determination (if any).

5 Expiry This determination expires on 6 January 2021.
2 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Schedule Schedule Adjusted remuneration of elected members cl 4 Part 1 Adjusted remuneration of members of regional councils Bay of Plenty Regional Council Office Chairperson Office Chairperson Office Chairperson Office Chairperson Office Chairperson Office Chairperson Office Chairperson Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Manawatu–Wanganui Regional Council Northland Regional Council Southland Regional Council Taranaki Regional Council Wellington Regional Council Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 139,175 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 129,200 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 135,850 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 120,175 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 116,375 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 101,275 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 165,300 3 Schedule Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Part 2 Adjusted remuneration of members of territorial authorities Ashburton District Council Office Mayor Auckland Council Office Mayor Deputy Mayor Chairperson Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee Chairperson Planning Committee Chairperson Environment and Climate Change Committee Chairperson Finance and Performance Committee Chairperson Regulatory Committee Deputy Chairperson Finance and Performance Committee Deputy Chairperson Environment and Climate Change Committee Deputy Chairperson Regulatory Committee Deputy Chairperson Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee Chairperson Civil Defence and Emergency Committee Chairperson Strategic Procurement Committee Deputy Chairperson Strategic Liaison Committee Panuku Liaison Councillor Deputy Chairperson, Value for Money Committee Deputy Chairperson Civil Defence and Emergency Management Committee Deputy Chairperson Audit and Risk Committee Deputy Chairperson Appointments and Performance Review Committee Deputy Chairperson CCO Oversight Committee Portfolio Leader Ethnic
 Communities Central Hawke’s Bay District Council Christchurch City Council Office Mayor Office Mayor Deputy Mayor 4 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 116,425 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 266,400 157,303 132,967 132,267 136,263 136,967 131,967 119,209 119,209 119,209 121,209 117,083 117,083 120,083 118,073 112,898 111,768 111,768 111,768 113,768 107,516 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 102,500 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) $180,375 $124,688 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Schedule Office Chairperson Multicultural Committee Deputy Chairperson Sustainability and Community Relations Com- mittee Chairperson Three Waters Infrastructure and Environment Commit- tee Deputy Chairperson Three Waters Infrastructure and Environment Committee Chairperson Urban Development and Transport Committee Chairperson Youth Advisory Committee Chairperson Health Safety and Wellbeing Committee Chairperson Civic Awards Committee Deputy Chairperson Regulatory Performance Committee Deputy Chairperson Finance Performance Committee Deputy Chairperson Youth Advisory Committee Chairperson Regulatory Performance Committee Chairperson Sustainability and Community Resilience Committee Deputy Chairperson Urban Development and Transport Committee Clutha District Council Office Mayor Office Mayor Deputy Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Far North District Council Gisborne District Council Grey District Council
 Hamilton City Council Office Mayor Chairperson Infrastructure Operations Committee Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) $110,424 $108,424 $108,424 $108,424 $108,424 $108,424 $113,424 $108,424 $108,424 $110,224 $108,424 $108,424 $108,424 $108,424 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 109,100 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 147,250 102,500 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 147,250 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 101,000 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 168,115 100,850 5 Schedule Local
 Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Office Chairperson Strategic Growth Committee Chairperson Finance Committee Chairperson Hearings and Engagement Committee Chairperson Economic Development Committee Chairperson Community Committee Hastings District Council Hauraki District Council Horowhenua District Council Hutt City Council Invercargill City Council Kaipara District Council Kāpiti Coast District Council Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Deputy Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor 6 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 101,170 101,700 101,550 100,850 100,850 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 146,825 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 112,100 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 123,050 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 151,300 100,260 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 133,000 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 113,050 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 136,375 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Schedule Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Manawatu District Council Marlborough District Council Masterton District Council Matamata–Piako District Council Napier City Council Palmerston North City Council Porirua City Council Rangitikei District Council Rotorua Lakes Council Temporarily reduced remuneration ($)
 118,950 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 133,950 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 115,900 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 116,850 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 142,725 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 144,875 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 139,970 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 103,500 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 144,400 7 Schedule Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Ruapehu District Council
 Selwyn District Council South Taranaki District Council South Waikato District Council Southland District Council Tararua District Council Tasman District Council Taupō District Council Tauranga City Council Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 104,750 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 129,675 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 119,700 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 114,475 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 117,800 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 106,875 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 146,300 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 127,300 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) $158,175 $115,399 Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Deputy Mayor 8 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Schedule Office Chairperson Policy, Regulatory, and City Plan Hearings Committees Chairperson Projects, Services and Operations, and Wastewater Management Review Committees Chairperson Urban Form and Transport Development Committee Deputy Chairperson Projects, Services and Operations Committee Deputy Chairperson Urban Form and Transport Committee Deputy Chairperson Policy Committee Deputy Chairperson Finance, Audit and Risk Committee Councillor with no additional responsibilities (2) Thames–Coromandel District Council Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Timaru District
 Council Upper Hutt City Council Waikato District Council Waimakariri District Council Waipa District Council Wairoa District Council Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) $108,375 $108,375 $108,375 $105,871 $103,871 $103,871 $103,871 $102,814 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 123,500 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 127,375 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 122,600 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 141,075 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 130,625 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 128,725
 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 100,500 9 Schedule Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Wellington City Council Office Mayor Deputy Mayor Chairperson Finance Audit and Risk Committee Portfolio Holder Sport and Recreation Chairperson CCO Subcommittee Chairperson Regulatory Processes Committee Western Bay of Plenty District Council Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Office Mayor Whakatāne District Council Whanganui District Council Whangarei District Council Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 173,975 127,004 107,769 105,664 106,564 107,672 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 129,675 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 127,300 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 133,950 Temporarily reduced remuneration ($) 148,200 Schedule Part 2 Tauranga City Council: replaced (with effect on 17 June 2020), on 30 June 2020, by clause 4 of the Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction—COVID-19) Amendment Deter- mination 2020 (LI 2020/139).
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of June 2020.

Fran Wilde, Chairperson.

Geoff Summers, Member.

10 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Explanatory memorandum Len Cook, Member.
Explanatory memorandum Note: The following explanatory memorandum should be read in conjunction with the explanatory memorandum(s) appended to the: • Local Government Members Amendment Determination 2020 (Temporary Reduction—COVID-19) This memorandum is not part of the determination, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This temporary reduction determination affects the Local Government Members (2019/20) Determination 2019 (the original determination).
This determination commences on 9 July 2020 and expires on 6 January 2021.

On 15 May 2020, the Remuneration Authority (COVID-19 Measures) Amendment Act 2020 (the Amendment Act) was passed.
The purpose of the amendment Act, as outlined in its explanatory note, is to allow public sector leaders, including elected members of local authorities (mayors, deputy mayors, chairpersons, deputy chairper- sons, and members), to show leadership in the public sector during the COVID-19 outbreak and to show solidarity with those in the private sector who are losing their jobs or facing significant pay reductions.
Accordingly, the Amendment Act inserted section 19A into the Remuneration Authority Act 1977 to permit the Authority to reduce the remuneration for certain public office holders, including local government elected members (listed in Schedule 4A of the Amendment Act).

The remuneration of local government elected members is set according to the Remu- neration Authority Act 1977 and the Local Government Act 2002 with the underlying premise to depoliticise the setting of their remuneration.
The Authority is generally not permitted to make a determination that reduces existing elected members’ pay and their remuneration must be paid according to the determination that is presently in force.

However, section 19A overrides aspects of the legislative regime by permitting a capped reduction of elected members’ remuneration by up to 20% for a period of up to 6 months.
In making this temporary reduction determination, the Authority has applied the existing criteria that it must take into account when setting the remuneration of elected members, which include taking account of any prevailing adverse economic conditions, fairness to the person whose remuneration is being determined, and fair- ness to ratepayers (see clause 7 of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002 and section 18A of the Remuneration Authority Act 1977).
The adjusted remuneration payable to elected members as shown in the Schedule of this determination will apply on and from the day on which this determination comes into force until it expires.
In making its decisions on any deductions in elected members’ pay, the Authority took account of the fact that many elected members are on relatively low rates of 11 Explanatory memorandum Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 remuneration and decided that cuts would apply only to remuneration above $100,000 per annum.
The Authority is aware that elected members are easily identified in their communities, highly exposed to public opinion, and expected to show pro-active leadership.

At the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, many elected members publicly pledged to donate a proportion of their remuneration to local charities—some for sev- eral months.
The Authority therefore invited those potentially impacted by its deci- sion to provide confidential information to the Authority with details of any such don- ations they wished to have taken into account.

Some took advantage of this and the deduction was adjusted accordingly.

For a variety of reasons, others indicated that they did not wish to provide information.

The Authority’s decisions were made on the basis of the information supplied.
On the day after this temporary reduction determination expires, the elected mem- bers’ remuneration will revert to the amount payable under the original determination.

Note: The preceding explanatory memorandum should be read in conjunction with the explanatory memorandum(s) appended to the: • Local Government Members Amendment Determination 2020 Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 18 June 2020.


(Temporary Reduction—COVID-19) 12 Reprinted as at 30 June 2020 Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 Notes Reprints notes 1 General This is a reprint of the Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction— COVID-19) Determination 2020 that incorporates all the amendments to that determination as at the date of the last amendment to it.
2 Legal status Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment.

Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act.

A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official elec- tronic version also has official status.
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See also http://www.pco.parlia- ment.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint Local Government Members (Temporary Reduction—COVID-19) Amendment Determination 2020 (LI 2020/139) Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2020 13