Town Council

General presentations

• SB040377 – Minutes of the Planning and Building Officer

  Minutes from the processing meetings of the planning and building officer on 27.06.12, 04.07.12, 11.07.12, 18.07.12, 25.07.12, 01.08.12 and 08.08.12. Item A was dealt with by the building control officer in accordance with the Building Regulations Act no. 160/2010. Submitted.

• 1111178 – Hamranes Mine, detailed plan

  Item 8 from the SBH minutes of 14 August. The proposal for a detailed plan for the Hamranes quarry, dated 23 April 2012, was reconsidered. A public information meeting was held on 10 May 2012. The Hafnarfjörður Town Council has approved a minor amendment to the Hafnarfjörður Master Plan concerning the quarry. The detailed plan proposal was advertised in accordance with section 41 of the Planning Act no. 123/2010, and the comment period has now closed. One comment was received. Presented: archaeological survey of the quarry area by the Hafnarfjörður Folk Museum. Presented: report from the Department of Planning and Building on the received comment. The Planning and Building Committee endorses the report of the Planning and Building Department, approves the detailed plan, and resolves that the matter be concluded in accordance with Article 41 of the Planning Act no. 123/2010. The Planning and Building Committee makes the following recommendation to the Town Council:$line$“The Town Council, on behalf of the Municipal Council, approves the detailed plan for the Hamranes Quarry, dated. 23.04.12 and that the processing be concluded in accordance with section 41 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010.“$line$

  Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir took the floor. The Hafnarfjörður Town Council approved the proposed motion with 11 unanimous votes.

• Regulations on street trading and open-air markets

  Item 5 from the minutes of the BÆJH meeting of 23 August. Taken up again. The requested reviews were submitted. The Town Council confirms the regulations on street trading and open-air markets for its part, with the amendment that the reference to the Environment and Operations Department in Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 is changed to the Planning and Building Department. The regulations, as amended, are referred to the town council for approval.

  Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir, the mayor, spoke. The Hafnarfjörður Town Council approved, by 11 unanimous votes, the proposed regulations on street trading and open-air markets.

• 1202097 – Borrowing powers of the municipal fund 2012

  Item 7 from the minutes of the BÆJH meeting of 23 August. A loan agreement for the land division was presented.A renewed agreement with Arion Bank for a bank line of credit was presented. The Finance Manager attended the meeting and went over the matters. The Town Council refers the loan agreement for land subdivision and the renewed agreement with Arion Bank for a bank line of credit to the Town Council for approval.

  Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir, the Mayor, took the floor and put forward the following proposals:$line$“The City Council of Hafnarfjörður hereby resolves to take out a loan from Íslandsbanki in the amount of kr. 60,000,000 for a term of 12 years, in accordance with the approved loan terms presented at the meeting. The loan is taken to finance the land division on the plot Dofrahella 1.$line$$line$Furthermore, Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir, reg. no. 121066-4919 is hereby granted full and unlimited power of attorney, on behalf of the City of Hafnarfjörður, to sign a loan agreement with Íslandsbanki in accordance with the foregoing, as well as to receive, sign, issue and deliver any and all documents, instructions and notices relating to this borrowing.“ The proposal was approved by the City Council of Hafnarfjörður with 6 votes in favour and 5 abstentions. $line$$line$“The City Council of Hafnarfjörður hereby approves the renewal of a loan agreement with Arion Bank to the amount of kr. 300,000,000, m.i.e. short-term financing in the form of an overdraft facility on a current account in Icelandic krónur, in accordance with the approved terms of the loan agreement which are before the meeting. $line$$line$Furthermore, Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir, reg. no. 121066-4919 is hereby granted full and unlimited power of attorney, on behalf of the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður, to sign a loan agreement with Arionbanki in accordance with the above, as well as to receive, sign, issue and deliver any and all documents, instructions and notices, relating to this agreement.“ The City Council of Hafnarfjörður approved the proposed motion with 6 votes in favour and 5 abstentions.

• 1112095 – Loan refinancing, freedom of information act, decision of the Information Appeals Tribunal

  Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir, the mayor, took the floor. Then Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir took the floor. Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir interjected. Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir responded to the interjection. Krstinn Andersen took the floor. Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir made a point of order. Geir Jónsson took the floor. Then Helga Ingólfsdóttir, Eyjólfur Sæmundsson. Helga Ingólfsdóttir made a point of order. Eyjólfur Sæmundsson replied to the intervention. Helga Ingólfsdóttir intervened for a second time. Eyjólfur Sæmundsson replied to the intervention for a second time. Hörður Þorsteinsson left the meeting at 15:00. He was replaced by Gunnar Axel Axelsson. Geir Jónsson made a point of order regarding Eyjólfur Sæmundsson's previous speech. Eyjólfur Sæmundsson replied to the point of order. Geir Jónsson made a point of order a second time. Eyjólfur Sæmundsson replied to the point of order a second time. Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir made a point of order regarding Eyjólfur Sæmundsson's previous speech. Eyjólfur Sæmundsson replied to the point of order. Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir made a point of order for a second time. Eyjólfur Sæmundsson replied to the point of order for a second time. $line$$line$Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir took the floor and, on behalf of the representatives of the Social Democratic Alliance and the Left-wing Green Party, submitted the following statement:$line$$line$“The decision of the Information Commission was presented to the Town Council on 26 July last, at the first meeting of the council after the decision was received by the council. At Depfa's request, a postponement of the implementation of the ruling was requested so that Depfa would have the opportunity to defend its rights before the panel and support its position with its own arguments. As is clearly stated in the terms and conditions document dated 5 December 2011, Depfa's winding-up committee demanded full confidentiality regarding its interests. Hafnarfjörður did not agree with that requirement, but on the basis of the interests of the town and its residents, it was decided to accede to it. Hafnarfjörður therefore has no interest in the matter other than to honour its promise to its counterpart. $line$“An inquiry from the representative of the Independence Party regarding the ruling of the Information Commission, which was presented at the town council meeting on 23 August, will be answered at the next regular town council meeting, to be held on 6 September.“$line$Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir (sign), Guðmundur Rúnar Árnason (sign), Guðfinna Guðmundsdóttir (sign),$line$Gunnar Axel Axelsson (sign), Eyjólfur Sæmundsson (sign), Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir (sign). $line$$line$Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir took the floor and, on behalf of the representatives of the Independence Party, submitted the following statement:$line$$line$„The Town Councillors of the Independence Party express their surprise at the comments made today by the Town Councillor of the Social Democratic Alliance regarding the professionalism of Landsbanki Íslands in the run-up to the re-financing of Hafnarfjörður Municipality last autumn, when domestic re-financing talks fell through. It has therefore been stated at this meeting by representatives of the majority that the conditions and offer from Landsbankinn were made with complete irresponsibility and were ridiculous. This is news!$line$It is then incredible how it was kept secret from the townspeople and the town council that Landsbankinn had made it a condition for refinancing that three billion would be written off the debts to Depfa last autumn. autumn when talks on the refinancing here were called off, but it was suggested that other reasons lay behind it. This is all the more surprising given that the majority had, at the same time, played down the arguments of the Independence Party, which were on a similar note to the condition set by Landsbankinn.$line$Ecounty councillors of the Independence Party also express great dissatisfaction with the majority's working practices in the county council due to a lack of information provided to councillors and their conduct in dealings with the Information Appeals Board. It was not disclosed at the town council meeting that the town had tried to have the legal effect of the Information Commissioner's decision deferred, so that it would be possible to bring a case to have the decision overturned. It appears that the municipal authorities did everything possible not to disclose information to the town's residents about the agreement with Depfa. "$line$Valdimar Svavarsson (sign), Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir (sign), Kristinn Andersen (sign), $line$Geir Jónsson (sign) and Helga Ingólfsdóttir (sign).

Minutes

• 1201159 – Minutes of 2012, for presentation to the town council.

  Minutes of the Environment and Operations Committee from 22 August. $line$ a. Minutes of the Board of Sorpa bs. from 10 July. $line$ b. Minutes of the Board of Strætó bs. from 29 June 2010.$line$Minutes of the Education Committee from 20 August 2010.$line$Minutes of the Municipal Council from 23 August 2010.$line$a. Minutes of the Culture and Tourism Committee from 9 August 2021.Minutes of the Planning and Building Committee from 14 August 2021.Minutes of the Family Council from 22 August 2021.

  Helga Ingólfsdóttir spoke under item 5 – Ásland School, leisure centre (youth centre/after-school club) in the minutes of the Education Committee from 20 August. Geir Jónsson and Kristinn Andersen spoke under the same item. Gunnar Axel Axelsson made a point of order. Kristinn Andersen replied to the point of order. Gunnar Axel Axelsson made a point of order a second time. Kristinn Andersen replied to the point of order a second time. Gunnar Axel Axelsson made a brief comment. Kristinn Andersen made a brief comment. Eyjólfur Sæmundsson spoke under the aforementioned item in the minutes of the Education Committee from 20 August. Geir Jónsson spoke a second time under the aforementioned item 5 in the minutes of the Education Committee from 20 August. Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir spoke under the same item and also under the minutes of the town council from 23 August regarding a question from the Independence Party concerning the work permit of the cultural and tourism officer for the City of Hafnarfjörður. The first deputy chair, Kristinn Andersen, took over the chair. Guðrún Ágústa Guðmundsdóttir rose to reply. The Speaker of the Town Council resumed the chair. Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir replied. Gunnar Axel Axelsson rose to reply to Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir's previous speech. Guðfinna Guðmundsdóttir left the meeting at 16:00. Margrét Gauja Magnúsdóttir took her place. Eyjólfur Sæmundsson made a point of order regarding Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir's previous speech. Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir responded to the point of order.