Council News
Council will have a stall at this year’s Positive Ageing Expo and staff will be armed with information about a range of subjects, from rates rebates to over-80s parking, kerbside recycling and civil defence.
Residents wishing to donate to flood and cyclone affected areas in the North Island can deposit into the Council’s official Westpac bank account (03-1592-0521970-04) that was originally set up by Council for the Auckland flood event in January.
Promoting the Ashburton District to visitors has become a direct Council role, after Christchurch NZ withdrew from a three-year contract to provide visitor promotion for the district.
Council has adopted a conservation management plan for Ashburton’s historic rail footbridge and will seek funding assistance for the identified maintenance and renewal work, including the restoration of the central steel truss.
A by-election is required to fill an extraordinary vacancy for a councillor for the Western Ward. The vacancy has arisen from the recent death of Cr Rodger Letham.
Images of the carnage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle have dominated our news feeds this week and our thoughts go out the people and authorities who have been battered by the winds and rain.
On Fridays for the rest of the season the pool will be open from 4-7pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays it will open from 2-5pm. Mondays to Thursdays the pool will be closed, and from Monday, 6 March the Tinwald Community Pool will be closed for the season.
Nominations open Thursday 16 February in the by-election for the Western Ward seat on the Ashburton District Council.
Contractors will soon begin work on a 500m section of Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road, near Mayfield.
Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown is a member of a nationwide network of mayors working together to help young people under 25 into employment, education, training and other positive activity in their communities.