NOTICE OF MAY MEETINGS

Pursuant to Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, public notice is hereby given of the following meetings to be held in the Council Chambers, 36 Weld Street, Hokitika on Thursday 23 May 2019:

Government funding for Fox Landfill clean-up and flood recovery welcomed

The Westland District Council has today welcomed an injection of $400,000 from the Government to support recovery from the March floods, including cleaning up rubbish from river-beds and coastline after the wash-out of the long-closed Fox River landfill.

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING

Pursuant to Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, public notice is hereby given of the following meeting to be held in the Council Chambers, 36 Weld Street, Hokitika on Friday 3 May 2019:

Draft Annual Plan 2019/20

Inspection of Rating Information Database

Council’s Rating Information Database (RID) is available for public viewing from 1 May 2019. There is no fee to view the database.

Go to http://e-search.westlanddc.govt.nz/property/ at any time, or call into the Council’s Customer Service Centre, 36 Weld Street, Hokitika. We are open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 4.30pm.

Repairs have been completed at the Arahura water supply and the conserve water notice has been lifted.

UPDATE 7: 10 April

Great progress is being made by volunteers and specialist teams cleaning up rubbish, washed up from a disused landfill that is now in the Fox River.

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Westland District Council provided response to the Local Government Minister

Westland District Council received a letter from the Local Government Minister dated 20 March 2019. Chief Executive Simon Bastion says, “a response was sent to the Minister on 1 April 2019, and acknowledged by the Minister’s office. Reports that the Council did not respond to the letter before the briefing papers and letter were publicly released are incorrect.”

ENDS

Volunteer effort “massive”

A massive effort from volunteers over the weekend of 6-7 April has cleared significant amounts of rubbish from the area just north and south of the Fox River in South Westland.

“The initial clean-up of this area is now almost complete,” says Westland District Mayor Bruce Smith. “It’s a good start, however we’ve still got a big job ahead of us”.

While there is still a lot of work to, Bruce Smith says the scale of the rubbish dispersal from the flooded Fox River site is smaller than originally reported.