utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the consent holder,
this report also assigns a rating as to the Partnership’s environmental and administrative performance
during the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for
both environmental and administrative performance.
the Meeting of Waters. The results suggest an impact from the increased rate of
take allowed by the variation of consent 2053 since 2016.
The Company has struggled to provide regular and timely updates on progress made towards monitoring
sedimentation within the lake in this monitoring period. Due to the late submission of a lake sedimentation
report during the writing of this report, a compliance assessment on the work undertaken by the Company
to date has not yet been made in this
b) approves the Taranaki Stadium Trust’s request for major transaction approval in
relation to the up to $50m repair and upgrade programme for Yarrow Stadium.
MacLeod/Joyce
8. Setting of Rates: 2019/2020
8.1 Mr M J Nield, Director-Corporate Services, spoke to the memorandum, advising
Members that having adopted the 2019/2020 Annual Plan on 21 May 2019, the purpose
of this memorandum is to set the rates for the 2019/2020 financial year. The rates are
driven from the adopted
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11. EOCs were detected at five of the eight Taranaki wells sampled during the 2018 survey.
The rate of EOC detection in Taranaki (63%) was similar to that seen nationally (70%).
There was also a high degree of commonality in the substances detected. There are no
MAVs for non-pesticide EOCs in New Zealand, so no health relates risk assessment is …
environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the Company, this
report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
approach to demonstrating
the 2021/2031 Long-Term
Plan (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 rise in
general rates.
While there are no new work programmes to those set
out in the LTP, specific additions in the Plan include
The stormwater system was upgraded to a first flush catch system, aimed at reducing the concentration of
contaminants entering the firepond.
The dilution rate of the wastewater discharge to the Inaha Stream was compliant for the duration of the
discharge (101 days). The analysis of the oxygen and the sodium absorption ratio of the wastewater was
compliant when assessed.
The application of wastewater to land was limited to below 250 kg N/ha across all irrigation paddocks,
including …
to resource management and, ultimately, through the refinement of methods
and considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The
surplus of $761,000 (total
comprehensive income). Expenditure was $777,000 below
budget while revenue was $238,000 above budget. This was
a good result, noting that general rates had been raised by
around 1.5% for each of the previous two years, which is
well below inflation levels. The Council’s balance sheet
remains very strong with no public debt.
We gratefully acknowledge the efforts and achievements of
Council staff during the year, ably governed by a team of
Councillors providing
assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of information to Council (such as contingency plans and water take data) …