Arrowtown will lose its only representative on the Queenstown
Lakes District Council if the latest recommendation is
approved at Friday's council meeting.
The deputy chief executive of the Queenstown Lakes District
Council, Stewart Burns, would assume the role of acting chief
executive from Saturday, Mayor Vanessa van Uden announced
yesterday.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council's strategy of having
preferred contractors - which had been a major issue for
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden - has been changed.
The Queenstown Lakeview Holiday Park has "suffered hardest"
from the economic downturn, especially in the campervan and
tent market, out of the four holiday parks owned and operated
by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
After hearing nearly four hours of legal submissions
yesterday, a judge has reserved his decision in sentencing
Fiona Caroline Graham, sole director of embattled Wanaka Gym
Ltd, when she appeared in the Queenstown District Court.
Queenstown's three mayoral candidates are unimpressed with
the council's projected debt level of more than $400 million
in the next nine years and say a harder line needs to be
taken on spending.
Voters are being urged to attend a public meeting in
Queenstown this week, to hear from candidates in what is seen
as one of the most important elections in many years.
