In the rearranged seats were commissioners Stephen Selwood, Shadrach Rolleston and Bill Wasley. The meeting coincided with the 10-year anniversary of the Christchurch earthquakes with Tolley paying respect to the dead. Business was conducted quickly, aided by not being bogged down in personal point-scoring, anecdotes or getting lost in minutiae. Those issues that arose with elected members. The main purpose was to receive an executive, ask questions of the administration and set a timeline for completion of the long term plan for 2021 to 2031. It was Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta’s lack of faith in councillors to deliver a “robust and comprehensive” long term plan that led to her appointing commissioners to replace councillors.