Kia ora

 

I write to acknowledge your information request of 28 October 2020, as per
the below email.

 

Please be advised that your request has been passed on to the relevant
team within Council and you will be informed of the outcome.

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 requires
that we advise you of our decision on whether the Council will provide the
requested information or not “as soon as reasonably practicable”, no later
than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We will
respond to you no later than 25 November 2020.

 

 

Ian Loiterton

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

Governance Unit

 

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

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Kia ora John

 

To enable a response to your request, the council would appreciate
clarification of what you mean by the following statement:

 

2. Has the council received any objection for removing the statue? If yes,
please provide the details.

 

The Council is able to collate the number of complaints received via the
call centre and objections received through our social media platforms and
private messages.

 

Is that what you require?

 

If you want deeper detail then this, it will be very difficult to meet
without substantial collation or research. This includes the data
extraction and collation of individual complaints, and the redaction of
these to protect the privacy of individuals.  

 

Unless your request is amended, we may have to refuse that part of your
request it under section 17(f) of the LGOIMA, which applies where the
information cannot be made available without substantial collation or
research.

 

Please let me know before 6 November 2020 whether you are prepared to
amend or clarify your request and, if so, how. Ideally, this would be
restricting the scope of the requested information to the number of
complaints, not the compilation of individual complaints.

 

Please note, if you do amend or clarify your request, this will be
considered to be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum
statutory timeframe for response—see section 13(7) of the LGOIMA. The
Council will, however, respond as soon as practicable.

 

 

Regards,

 

 

Ian Loiterton
Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

Governance Unit

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From: official information
Sent: Thursday, 29 October 2020 10:56 AM
To: John <[FOI #14044 email]>
Subject: LGOIMA 20320: re Removal of Hamilton statue

 

Kia ora

 

I write to acknowledge your information request of 28 October 2020, as per
the below email.

 

Please be advised that your request has been passed on to the relevant
team within Council and you will be informed of the outcome.

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 requires
that we advise you of our decision on whether the Council will provide the
requested information or not “as soon as reasonably practicable”, no later
than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We will
respond to you no later than 25 November 2020.

 

 

Ian Loiterton

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

Governance Unit

 

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |
www.hamilton.govt.nz

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views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may
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Kia ora John

 

I write to acknowledge your clarification, as per the below email.

 

Please be advised that your request has been passed on to the relevant
team within Council and you will be informed of the outcome.

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 requires
that we advise you of our decision on whether the Council will provide the
requested information or not “as soon as reasonably practicable”, no later
than 20 working days after the day we received your request. We will
respond to you no later than 27 November 2020.

 

 

Ian Loiterton

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

Governance Unit

 

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |
www.hamilton.govt.nz

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views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may
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Kia ora John

 

I refer to your information request of 28 October 2020 as attached /
below, Hamilton City Council is able to provide a response.

 

You requested:

 

I would like to request the following information regarding the removal of
Hamilton statue, Garden Place.

 

1. Who will pay the cost of the removal? what's the cost of the removal

2. Has the council received any objection for removing the statue? If yes,
please provide the details

3. What is the current status of the statue?

4. Does the council has any plan to remove other historial statues in the
city?

 

The Council’s Decision and Response:

 

Hamilton City Council has paid for the removal of the statue. The cost of
removal was $3,000.

 

The statue is currently off public display in a secure storage facility.

 

Council has no plans to remove any other statues.

 

Hamilton City Council has received objections to the removal of the
statue. These objections have included approximately 38 emails, 31 by
phone, four in person, and a further 21 by Facebook Messenger.

 

A breakdown of the figures is provided below.

 

 

Means of feedback In support of Against removal Other

removal
Email 120 34 4
Call centre 11 20 11
Hamilton City Council 2 4 1
reception
Facebook Numbers not available 21  

 

As per my attached email dated 31 October 2020, the Council is unable to
provide a deeper analysis of the type of feedback without significant
substantial collation and research that would have unduly impacted its
other operations. Detailed analysis of the complaints/objections is
therefore refused, in accordance with the LGOIMA 17(f).

 

In making the above decision, the Council considered the public interest
in this matter and determined it did not outweigh the undue impact the
collation would have had on its operations.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

 

Regards,

 

 

Ian Loiterton

Governance Advisor | Kaitohu komiti

Governance Unit

 

Email: [email address]

 

 

 

Hamilton City Council | Private Bag 3010 | Hamilton 3240 |
www.hamilton.govt.nz

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connection with this email and any attachments including in connection
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access or unauthorised amendment. Unless expressly stated to the contrary
the content of this email, or any attachment, shall not be considered as
creating any binding legal obligation upon Hamilton City Council. Any
views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may
not necessarily reflect the views of Hamilton City Council.

 

 

 

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