12 July 2022
Official Information Request No. 8140010544
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
JC Priestly
[FYI request #19840 email]
Dear JC
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Re: position description and salary bands for the Mayors office
I refer to your email, which we received on 06 July 2022, requesting information about position
descriptions and salary bands for each role in the Mayors office.
This information has been refused under Section 7(2)(f)(i ) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act -
the protection of such members, officers, employees, and
persons from improper pressure or harassment.
We consider that the release of this information would enable more accurate guessing of
individual staff salaries, as has occurred in the past. We consider the public interest in salary
information is met by our release of the global figures for the Mayoral Office, along with
information that is publicly available in our annual report concerning all staff earnings over a
certain amount, which can be found at the following link:
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-annual-
reports/Pages/default.aspx
It is not apparent that there is a public interest in position descriptions and salary bands for
the Mayoral Office and we consider the likely harm of release to outweigh any limited public
interest.
Decisions pertaining to the release of your information have been made by
Rose Leonard –
Manager Governance Services.
Should you believe Auckland Council has not responded appropriately to your request, you
have the right in accordance with section 27(3) of the LGOIMA to make a complaint to the
Office of the Ombudsman to seek an investigation and review of the decision.
If you have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101 quoting Official Information
Request No. 8140010544.
Yours sincerely
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
Grace Ray
Senior Privacy & Official Information Business Partner
Governance Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
