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| Received | Subject | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/10/2024 | Information about any incidents with Assist/service dogs in the Manawatu District Council area | Complete | Details |
| 10/10/2024 | Policy on council workshops and briefings | Complete | Details |
| 08/10/2024 | Request for rating RID data | Complete | Details |
| 05/10/2024 | Clarification of reconsenting and capital improvements costs for Feilding wastewater system as quoted in the LTP | Complete | Details |
| 03/10/2024 | Makino Aquatic Centre financial and staffing information | Complete | Details |
| 01/10/2024 | Questions about the costs of renovating Manawatu Community Hub Library | Complete | Details |
| 30/09/2024 | Budgeted and actual costs for food and beverages for Council meetings, employee meetings and functions for 2021, 2022 & 2023 | Complete | Details |
| 30/09/2024 | Costs of maintenance of motor vehicles for 2022 and 2023 | Complete | Details |
| 19/09/2024 | All documents/information pertaining to the removal of the walk bridge at Almadale Reserve. | Complete | Details |
| 18/09/2024 | All Documents/information in relation to CCR79236, Stormwater discharge issues between 37 and 39 Haggitt Street | Complete | Details |
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2305
Date received: 15/10/2024
Requested information: Information about any incidents with Assist/service dogs in the Manawatu District Council area
Status: Complete
Response:
I can advise that the Manawatu District Council Dog Control Bylaw 2019 is due for review on 10th October 2029.
Unfortunately, Council does not specifically record if an incident involves an Assist/Service dog. To determine if an incident did involve an Assist/Service dog, staff would need to review every incident individually. This would incur a charge as it would be very time consuming.
However, we only have 4 known Assist/Service dogs in our area and the Animal Control Officers are unaware of any incidents involving these dogs.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2304
Date received: 10/10/2024
Requested information: Policy on council workshops and briefings
Status: Complete
Response:
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2303
Date received: 08/10/2024
Requested information: Request for rating RID data
Status: Complete
Response:
The information you requested is in this link - Rating_DB_2024.zip
We are currently looking at how we can make this information available on the website.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2302
Date received: 05/10/2024
Requested information: Clarification of reconsenting and capital improvements costs for Feilding wastewater system as quoted in the LTP
Status: Complete
Response:
The purpose for the Reconsenting and Capital Improvements budgets identified on p100 of the LTP is to provide budget for both the river discharge reconsenting process (e.g. Water Quality Panel, expert/technical consultant support as required, staff time, technical investigations), but also to ensure Council are able to fund any recommended improvements identified through the Future Directions report being prepared as a condition of the current consent.
To summarise, no specific uses have yet been identified for this budget, but it was prudent for Council to ensure there is available budget provision to fund upgrades (if any) identified within the Future Directions Report process, and any required by any future consent.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2301
Date received: 03/10/2024
Requested information: Makino Aquatic Centre financial and staffing information
Status: Complete
Response:
Operating Entity (CCO name or council) | Manawatu District Council – Makino Aquatic Centre |
Annual Customer/Visitor numbers | 115,617 |
Annual Operating Revenue split by:
| User Fees and Charges $597,365 |
Operating Expenses excluding overheads, depreciation, interest split by:
| Personnel Costs $781,900 Other Expenses $1,192,575 |
Overheads, depreciation, and interest
| Overheads $409,285 Depreciation $408,869 Interest $154,741 |
Rates funding type (targeted, general, UAGC)
| Targeted Rate |
Annual Rates Contribution $ | $2,161,587
|
Number of Staff FTE's 2023/24 - split by admin and pool side
| Admin 7.27 Pool side 2.3250 Please note our Lifeguards are provided by a contractor and are not included in these figures. |
Number of days closed in 2023/24 and reason | Full Complex closures were as follows: 25 December – Christmas Day 26 December – Boxing Day 1 January – New Years Day 2 January – Day after New Years Day 29 March – Good Friday (Easter) |
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2300
Date received: 01/10/2024
Requested information: Questions about the costs of renovating Manawatu Community Hub Library
Status: Complete
Response:
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2298
Date received: 30/09/2024
Requested information: Budgeted and actual costs for food and beverages for Council meetings, employee meetings and functions for 2021, 2022 & 2023
Status: Complete
Response:
1. What "other" groups are being catered for when you state "figures in 'other' are not staff only?
MDC financial system does not record all attendees at meetings but merely the details recorded on the invoice of the supplier, it is not possible to accurately group all expenditure into the headings requested of:
· Council meetings
· Employee meetings
· Functions
In the previous response the classification of "council" refers to Governance budget. Costs incurred in that budget relate to events and activities which are initiated or predominately related to elected members, there may or may not be staff involved in those meetings.
· Citizenship ceremony,
· Elected members induction,
· Lunches/Morning tea for Council meetings including focus groups, and hearings committee.
· Meetings with external parties and various elected members
The classification of 'other" refers to any catering that is not initiated or predominately involving the governance team, more specifically activity related.
· Costs associated with community events run at the Library – many are funded via selling tickets: such as the Murder Mystery evening
· Costs associated with community events
· Tea, coffee and milk for council buildings,
· Morning tea shouts for Long service celebrations, retirements, farewells for senior staff.
· Staff Christmas break up
The finance system does not usually record who/entity that was being catered for, the information recorded in the finance system is limited and records the supplier, good ordered, or description from the purchase order.
2. Can you please give us a breakdown of the 2023 expenses and why did this exceed budget by such a significant amount?
The 2023 financial result reflected $15,976 over budget which reflects and is reflected in a range of under and over variances, the main variances are:
The areas that:
· Tea coffee and Milk for council buildings were previously coded to 'general expenses. However, in 2023 the coding of the invoices was moved to more correctly identify the cost as food and beverages, this resulted in $9,619 of costs unbudgeted in food and beverages, and an underspend in $9,870 underspend in general expenses.
· Other variances across the council are small and include: Staff anniversaries, long service celebrations, farewells, The impact of election year, and induction of elected members
3. 2023 was excessively over budget, what groups were catered for in that time period which caused such an unexpected expense?
As above, the finance system does not record who is in attendance at events and meetings, the increase in costs recorded as Food and Beverages is predominately the reclassification of tea coffee and milk supplies.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2299
Date received: 30/09/2024
Requested information: Costs of maintenance of motor vehicles for 2022 and 2023
Status: Complete
Response:
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2297
Date received: 19/09/2024
Requested information: All documents/information pertaining to the removal of the walk bridge at Almadale Reserve.
Status: Complete
Response:
The information you have requested is below and in the attached documents.
Below is the timeline around the decision to removal the walk bridge;
December 2018: Council Senior Structural Engineer inspected the bridge and identified several structural areas of concern.
As a result of the recommendations from the structural assessment, Council undertook a load assessment and a review of the painting and erosion of the structure and reduced maximum occupancy to no more than 3 people at any one time.
February 2019: Council contracted WSP/Opus to undertake a full condition assessment of the bridge.
Council then engaged contractors to action the recommendations of the Opus report.
February 2023: Significant flood event due to Cyclone Gabriel. This caused significant damage:
1. Excessive stress put on guide wires
2. Some cross bracing was revealed, showing excessive corrosion and lack of structural strength.
3. The true left bank was washed away to the extent that the wooden steps were at risk of collapse.
4. Council’s Project Engineer recommended that the bridge be closed to pedestrians with steps removed and rails put up to prevent admittance to the structure.
February 2023: WSP/Opus Structural Engineers engaged to carry out a full structural inspection of the bridge following Cyclone Gabriel.
See attached email dated Tuesday 21 February 2023 for report findings and recommendations of the flood damaged bridges, including Almadale Bridge.
1. WSP/Opus identified that the cost of this would come to a considerable amount and would only return a live load capacity i.e. Maximum no more than 3 persons on the bridge at any one time.
2. WSP/Opus suggested that a full replacement of the bridge might be a more cost-effective solution.
OPUS report 15/01/2019 estimated a maintenance cost over the next 25 years to be $127,000 ex GST. This was prior to Cyclone Gabriel.
Following Cyclone Garbriel in 2023, the cost of this work increased significantly due to significant catastrophic damage to the bridge. Repairs would not have resulted in a fit of purpose product that was financially viable.
Engineers advised the bridge needed to be removed as a health and safety priority and this was actioned by Council officers.
MDC has no current budget allocated to replace the bridge.
See attached various emails: Council reached out to NZDF to see if they had capacity to undertake an engineering exercise to remove and replace the existing bridge, due to the prohibitive costs associated with replacement.
Unfortunately working in collaboration with NZDF was not feasible at the time and funding was not available for this.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2296
Date received: 18/09/2024
Requested information: All Documents/information in relation to CCR79236, Stormwater discharge issues between 37 and 39 Haggitt Street
Status: Complete
Response: