The Dunedin City Council has been forced to pare back
original plans for the controversial South Dunedin Cycle
Network, as the true costs of the project become apparent.
A Dunedin City Council delegation's $18,000 trip to Otaru and
Edinburgh has turned into a political football amid barbs
about ''junkets'' and questions over the cost.
Opposition to the Dunedin City Council's sale of millions of
dollars' worth of surplus land is growing, with the second
recent sale to emerge infuriating a nearby community theatre.
More than $1 billion of previously uninsured Dunedin City
Council assets are now covered in the event of a major
disaster, although questions remain over some details of the
new deal, council staff say.
A multimillion-dollar cut to New Zealand Transport Agency
funding for Dunedin roading projects is a ''bitter pill to
swallow'', and could have implications for work programmes
across the city, Dunedin City Council staff say.
Dunedin city councillor Jinty MacTavish has blasted the
''complete absence of leadership'' from central government
over climate change, leaving ratepayers to face a possible
$75 million bill to protect part of the city from sea level
rise.
The Dunedin City Council will spend about $30,000 to move the
Sawyers Bay War Memorial. Chalmers Community Board deputy
chairman Trevor Johnson said the memorial was being shifted
to beside Sawyers Bay School.
An investigation into irregularities within the Dunedin City
Council's Citifleet and Citipark departments is examining the
disappearance of dozens of council vehicles, it has been
confirmed.
The Dunedin City Council will consider increasing rates or
cutting services as it grapples with earning $4.5 million
less from its companies, Mayor Dave Cull says.
