Otago Regional councillors yesterday voted to consult the
public over a possible merger between Port Otago and
Lyttelton Port, despite deeming such a move to be
insignificant.
Two former Queenstown Lakes district councillors are pleading
with their successors to stop dithering and make a decision
on where Wanaka's sports stadium should be sited, before
local body elections later this year.
The number of council chief executives in Dunedin will
increase by 37 today as the local government chief officers
group meeting is held in Dunedin for the first time.
Dunedin's new borrowing is forecast to reach $178 million in
the next three years, as the city council continues with the
major multimillion-dollar construction projects on its books.
At this year's local body election, the Forsyth Barr Stadium
will, no doubt, be sitting high on the list of matters voters
will consider when they make decisions about the candidate
they choose.
Water users across Otago have been warned to adhere closely
to their resource consent conditions to ensure river levels,
which have again dwindled to low levels, do not drop any
further.
The budget for Queenstown's "chronic" water and wastewater
system is expected to blow out by $800,000 this financial
year, to the concern of councillors.
Auckland Regional Council has been ticked off for getting it
badly wrong when it hosted football superstar David Beckham
and his LA Galaxy team in a demonstration game which turned
into a financial disaster.
