Good Morning Samuel

Acknowledgement of Request
Council acknowledges your request dated and received by Council on 25 May
2012 made under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
1987 (“the Act”).

1. A list of all positions (job titles) directly employed by the Council,
and the number of staff in each of those roles.

2. Any briefings, reports, advice, transcripts, notes, correspondence,
aide memoires or any other documents regarding any proposal to amalgamate
the Council with neighbouring Councils.

    
Legislation governing request: Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987
Decision on the Request
Section 13 of the Act governs Council's decision on the request.
Council shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, and in no case later
than 20 working days after the day on which the request is received,

(a) Decide whether the request is to be granted and, if it is to be
granted, in what manner and for what charge (if any); and

(b) Give or post to the person who made the request notice of the decision
on the request.
The 20 working days has been calculated as being no later than Monday 25
June 2012.

Reasonable Charge
Council is permitted to make a reasonable charge for the cost of the
labour and materials involved in making the information available and to
any costs incurred pursuant to a request of the applicant to make the
information available urgently.

Council generally provides the first 30 minutes of staff time at no cost
(on frequent requests the charging for staff time will be assessed on a
case by case basis). Materials; e.g. photocopying, may be charged on any
information request depending on the quantity of materials involved in
providing the information.

Council has adopted the Ministry of Justice rate of $38.00 (incl. of GST)
per half hour in addition to administrative costs and photocopying costs.

Council will advise you prior to processing the request if a charge will
be incurred.

Contact Person
If you have any queries in relation to this matter please contact the
writer.

Yours sincerely

Paul Drake

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Fraser [[1]mailto:[OIA #326 email]]
Sent: Friday, 25 May 2012 3:49 p.m.
To: Contacts WDC
Subject: Official Information Act request - staff

     Sir/Madam,
    
     Under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act I
     request the following information:
    
     A list of all positions (job titles) directly employed by the
     Council, and the number of staff in each of those roles.
     Any briefings, reports, advice, transcripts, notes, correspondence,
     aide memoires or any other documents regarding any proposal to
     amalgamate the Council with neighbouring Councils.
    
     I note that according to the LGOIMA response calculator on the
     website of the Office of the Ombudsmen, I should receive a response
     to this request on or before 25 June 2012.
    
     I would appreciate acknowledgement of this request.
    
     Regards,
     Samuel Fraser

Paul Drake
Legal Officer
Legal Services
Wanganui District Council

  06 349 0001
  06 349 0000
  [email address]
  Http://www.wanganui.govt.nz
101 Guyton Street
      PO Box 637
      Wanganui   4500
      New Zealand

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Good Afternoon Mr Fraser

Part 1 information requested is either attached or will be sent under
separate email owing to size of the document.

Part II A list of all positions (job titles) directly employed by the
Council, and the number of staff in each of those roles has not been
completed. Expected to be completed Wednesday 27 June 2012

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Paul Drake
Legal Officer
Legal Services
Wanganui District Council

  06 349 0001
  06 349 0000
  [email address]
  Http://www.wanganui.govt.nz
101 Guyton Street
      PO Box 637
      Wanganui   4500
      New Zealand
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Paul Drake
Legal Officer
Legal Services
Wanganui District Council

  06 349 0001
  06 349 0000
  [email address]
  Http://www.wanganui.govt.nz
101 Guyton Street
      PO Box 637
      Wanganui   4500
      New Zealand
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Good Evening
 
Your request was:
 

A list of all positions (job titles) directly employed by the Council, and
the number of staff in each of those roles.

As attached. Council has also approximately 25 casual staff not listed in
the attached Organisational Chart.
 
 
Regards
 
 
Paul

Paul Drake
Legal Officer
Legal Services
Wanganui District Council

  06 349 0001
  06 349 0000
  [email address]
  Http://www.wanganui.govt.nz
101 Guyton Street
      PO Box 637
      Wanganui   4500
      New Zealand
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