4 Council Controlled Organisations - Palmerston North City Council

Council Controlled Organisations
The Council does some of its work through Council Controlled Organisations (CCOs).
A CCO is any organisation in which the Council owns or controls at least 50 percent of the voting
rights or has the right to appoint at least 50 percent of the directors or trustees. CCOs are mostly
set up to independently manage Council facilities, or deliver specific services and developments
on behalf of local residents.
The Council has four reporting CCOs:
• Caccia Birch Trust Board
• Globe Theatre Trust Board
• Regent Theatre Trust Board
• Te Manawa Museums Trust Board.
A Council Controlled Trading Organisation (CCTO)
is a CCO that is set up to make a profit for the
Council and hence for the ratepayers.
The Council has one CCTO:
• Palmerston North Airport Limited.
CCOs and CCTOs operate at arms length to the
Council. They are run by their Boards, not by the
Council. Each year the Council and the Board
agree on what services that Board will provide.
This agreement is called the Statement of Intent.
The Council then provides funding so that the
Board can implement the Statement of Intent.
The Council works through CCOs and CCTOs
because they bring business and community
expertise that the Council may not be able to
easily access otherwise.
They can also attract funding from sources other
than ratepayers.
All the CCOs (other than the Airport) particularly
contribute to the Council’s goal of making
Palmerston North a socially sustainable city where
people want to live because of its safe and easy
lifestyle and its many social, cultural and leisure
opportunities. They do this by providing a range
of leisure opportunities for both performers and
audiences. They also do this by making the City
more attractive by preserving and promoting its
heritage.
By attracting visitors to Palmerston North they
also contribute to economic development in the
City. Te Manawa, especially, also adds to the City’s
science, education and research base.
Palmerston North Airport Limited contributes
to the Council’s goal of being an economically
sustainable city which attracts, fosters and retains
businesses and jobs to create a prosperous
community.
The Council can exempt small CCOs from the
planning and reporting requirements of the Local
Government Act. These are called exempted
organisations and the Council has three of them:
FreightGate Ltd (associated with the airport) the
Palmerston North Performing Arts Trust Fund, and
the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Disaster Relief
Fund Trust.
Council Controlled Organisations Overview
Palmerston North City Council Annual Report 2011/12
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