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change and dealing with high inflationary pressures. To meet these challenges, the Plan includes additional investment and spending will rise to $53.8m (compared to $45m for 2023/2024 in the LTP). General rates will increase by $1.77m (15%) for 2023/2024 – an extra $30 per year for most residential ratepayers. The LTP had forecast a $0.58m (5%) rise for 2023/2024. The Dividend Equalisation Reserve, grown through the Council’s long-standing ownership of Port Taranaki Ltd, contributed $1m to offset the
stadium redevelopment has moved from $70m to $79.7m. While the budget has increased, the total contributed by ratepayers remains under the $50m approved in 2019 as part of an extensive public consultation and engagement process. The Council secured $30 million in funding from the Government's Infrastructure Reference Group (IRG) programme which has limited the impact of rising construction costs on ratepayers The Yarrow Stadium targeted rate is not changing. What will be different? The redeveloped
takes account of how sensitive each creature is to the quality of the stream habitat.
Groundwater level and quality assessments.
Soil sampling, to check for any contaminants.
Stream flow measurements, to set abstraction rates for water users and dilution rates for discharges.
Electric fishing, a method of temporarily stunning fish so they can be identified and counted, to assess the health of a waterway and the effects of in-stream structures and the effectiveness of fish passes.
Dye dilution
account of how sensitive each creature is to the quality of the stream habitat.
Groundwater level and quality assessments.
Soil sampling, to check for any contaminants.
Stream flow measurements, to set abstraction rates for water users and dilution rates for discharges.
Electric fishing, a method of temporarily stunning fish so they can be identified and counted, to assess the health of a waterway and the effects of in-stream structures and the effectiveness of fish passes.
Dye dilution studies, in
secured $30 million in funding from the Government's Infrastructure Reference Group (IRG) programme which has limited the impact of rising construction costs on ratepayers
The Yarrow Stadium targeted rate is not changing. The West Stand project The West Stand (also known as the Noel & Melva Yarrow Stand) has been repaired and refurbished. It required major earthquake strengthening works, including improvements to ground stability, foundation tiebacks and new steel beams. This involved the removal of
hourly rate is often based on market rates for technical services. Similar to how a tradesperson might prepare a quote, it’s important that applicants ask: • How the tāngata whenua group will identify potential cultural effects
• How long it’s likely to take for any agreed work to be completed
• What form the response will take, i.e. email, report or other Assessment of cultural effects Depending on the activity and scal of potential effects, a short report summarising the effects and any proposed
from a record low 9.8% last year. It is still significantly less than the 33% in 2018, when Taranaki Regional Council launched the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki programme. Programme lead Sam Haultain says this year’s result was no great surprise to her team or regional council scientists. “We’ve had amazing weather over the last year or two, which rodents love. They have plenty of food and it has been warm, so last year was always going to be hard to beat! Keeping the rate at 17% is testament to
low-rate application system should be used on these areas so no surface runoff or ponding occurs. Generally, more storage will be required in these cases.
What you need to ensureWhen discharging effluent to land, resource consent conditions typically include: Design, construction, location, operation, and maintenance of the effluent storage facilities, including the storage volume;
Location, size and physical characteristics of the irrigation area;
Application rate and frequency of the discharge,