LGOIMA Requests
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| Received | Subject | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/08/2022 | Confirmation of dog attack charges and statements from other party and witness | Complete | Details |
| 05/08/2022 | Has Big Barrel Enterprises or any Big Barrel franchise store failed a Controlled Purchase Operation in your jurisdiction since 1 January 2014 | Complete | Details |
| 04/08/2022 | Prices for various Manawatu District Council services | Complete | Details |
| 30/07/2022 | Does your public body currently own, use, manage, operate, or otherwise control ANY (1 or more) Cameras with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)? | Complete | Details |
| 27/07/2022 | Would like a copy of report done by Building Officer following calls regarding flooding @ 54 Willoughby Street | Complete | Details |
| 11/07/2022 | Details of costs of providing sand and sandbags, and decision process. Also who does drain maintenance in Feilding and how often | Complete | Details |
| 09/07/2022 | Since 2015 flood, what work has been done, how many new houses approved and what are the plans for the $18m allocated for repairs | Complete | Details |
| 04/07/2022 | Information on Council Borrowing | Complete | Details |
| 01/07/2022 | Budget information - various areas of science research | Complete | Details |
| 29/06/2022 | History of noise complaints over last 6 months for 36 Duke Street and if possible the quantity and/or dates of these complaints. | Complete | Details |
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2097
Date received: 06/08/2022
Requested information: Confirmation of dog attack charges and statements from other party and witness
Status: Complete
Date responded: 17/08/2022
Response:
I refer to your official information request dated 06 August 2022.
Part of the information you have requested is below.
A. Please provide confirmation that the other party has been charged under the Dog Control Act 1996, and if so what the charge is, and the penalty applied by the MDC.
Owner was infringed against both dogs: 2 x Sect 52A: Failure to Carry Leash in Public - $100.00 each
2 x Sect 52A: Failure to Keep Dog Controlled or Confined - $200.00 each
B. Statements relating to the incident provided by the other party, and the statement from another party
We have decided to refuse this part of your request under section 6(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act – 'Good reason for withholding official information exists, if the making available of that information would be likely (a) to prejudice the maintenance of the law, including the prevention, investigation, and detection of offences, and the right to a fair trial'.
As proceedings are ongoing, details cannot be released until the process is completed.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2096
Date received: 05/08/2022
Requested information: Has Big Barrel Enterprises or any Big Barrel franchise store failed a Controlled Purchase Operation in your jurisdiction since 1 January 2014
Status: Complete
Date responded: 09/08/2022
Response:
Official information request - Has Big Barrel Enterprises or any Big Barrel franchise store failed a Controlled Purchase Operation in your jurisdiction since 1 January 2014.
I refer to your official information request dated 05 August 2022.
Council has two Big Barrel franchise stores in the Manawatu District.
No Controlled Purchase Operation has been failed in relation to these two stores.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2095
Date received: 04/08/2022
Requested information: Prices for various Manawatu District Council services
Status: Complete
Date responded: 10/08/2022
Response:
I refer to your official information request dated 04 August 2022.
The information you have requested is below.
1. Renewing a dog registration for 1 year -
2. A LIM for a residential property - $334.00
3. Parking for 1 hour on the main street in town – There are no parking fees in Feilding
4. 1 litre of water from the tap (but happy to take a different measurement of water rates if that one isn't possible) -
Manawatu District Council does not charge for water on a unit basis, as the Infrastructure does not allow this to occur.
5. Returning a library book 1 week late -
Overdue Fines Returned Late - up to 1 week overdue $ 1.00
Per additional week overdue (billed at beginning of each week, up to a maximum of 5 weeks - $5) $ 1.00
Note: Overdue fines are no longer charged on junior or youth account
6. Dumping 1 tonne of waste in the landfill - Please separate green and other waste if they are different price -
1 tonne of General waste is $275.80 incl GST and 1 tonne of Greenwaste is $43.00 incl GST
(please note this is the cost to dispose at the Transfer Station, not the rate for our disposal to landfill)
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact the LGOIMA Response Team on 06 323 0000 or by replying to this email.
Followup question - Could you please provide the median residential rates bill for your area. No need for anything complicated, just the median amount that a household pays.
Reply - The rating year 2022/23 (current year)
The median rates invoice all properties :including GST is $3279.97, with a median capital value of $432,500
The median rates invoice for Feilding residential properties: Including GST is $3730.99 with a median capital value of $395,000
We have the following property classifications
- Feilding residential
- Rural
- Utilities
- Defence
- Feilding CBD
- Industrial/Commercial
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2094
Date received: 30/07/2022
Requested information: Does your public body currently own, use, manage, operate, or otherwise control ANY (1 or more) Cameras with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)?
Status: Complete
Date responded: 03/08/2022
Response:
I refer to your official information request dated 30 July 2022.
Manawatu District Council have one camera with ANPR enabled at the Kawakawa Rd treatment plant, this is only used for commercial billing purposes.
The information you have requested is attached.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2093
Date received: 27/07/2022
Requested information: Would like a copy of report done by Building Officer following calls regarding flooding @ 54 Willoughby Street
Status: Complete
Date responded: 04/08/2022
Response:
I refer to your official information request dated 27 July 2022.
The information you have requested is below, the photos are available via this link - LG_2093_Photos.pdf. The link will expire after 7 days so please remember to save any documents you wish to have continued access to. We recommend that this link is opened on a PC.
The contact centre transaction 71764 relating to this flooding complaint included the following information recorded by the Building Control Officer:
21 JUL 2022 - 02:54p.m. - Lawrence Erihe
Visited 54 Willoughby Street, Halcombe in ref to CCR from ******.
No areas of flooding could be identified at the time of observation.
During the observation however I identified that the open drain along Levin Street and Ingham runs to the rear of the stated properties, had a large volume of water running through it from the neighbouring paddocks and runoff from Levin street.
Rung ****** at 1.41pm, with no reply, however left a message to confirm which property address was affected, as the only paddock area is 7 Levin Street, which is adjacent to Ingham Street open drain running adjacent to this property and is at the rear of properties.
I observed no open drain on the Willoughby Street access.
Photo evidence of the area captured and upload by Rachel Wisnewski (FOH)
Water sump located in the vicinity and the assumption is that the current size cannot handle the volume of water that passes through it.
No further action from Building Service.
The matter has been referred to the Infrastructure Team for further investigation relating to the drains.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2092
Date received: 11/07/2022
Requested information: Details of costs of providing sand and sandbags, and decision process. Also who does drain maintenance in Feilding and how often
Status: Complete
Date responded: 27/07/2022
Response:
I refer to your official information request dated 11 July 2022.
Part of the information you have requested is below. However, we have decided to refuse your request for information which relates to - How much the bags cost and How much the sand cost.
This information is being withheld under section 7 (2)(b)(ii) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, as it would be likely to unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the companies who are the subjects of the information.
The answers to your remaining questions are below.
What company was used to purchase these items?
There were 4 companies used to source resources. Smart Pack Limited, Rangitikei Aggregates, Tim McColl Contracting Limited, Higgins Contractors Feilding.
Was there any consultancy involved in this process?
No public consultancy was involved.
Who made the overall decision to approve this activity?
Chief Executive of Manawatū District Council.
Does MDC have a team that maintains the drains around Feilding?
Higgins are contracted to maintain drains around Feilding.
If so how often do they maintain the drains?
The drains are being monitored weekly and maintained as and when required.
I'm going to need it all in detail and a breakdown of the costs where the money came out and what was free and what wasn't
All budget expenditure came from the Civil Defence Emergency Management budget or through the normal annual roading contract with Higgins Contractors. Those budgets are available in our Annual Plan https://www.mdc.govt.nz/documents/plans/annual-plan.
As above a detailed breakdown of costs by supplier is not available. All other information available has already been released through our media release https://www.mdc.govt.nz/news/2022/media-release-operation-sandbag on the 13th of July 2022.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact the LGOIMA Response Team on 06 323 0000 or by replying to this email.
Attachments:
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2091
Date received: 09/07/2022
Requested information: Since 2015 flood, what work has been done, how many new houses approved and what are the plans for the $18m allocated for repairs
Status: Complete
Date responded: 03/08/2022
Response:
I refer to your official information request dated 09 July 2022. The information you have requested is below.
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2090
Date received: 04/07/2022
Requested information: Information on Council Borrowing
Status: Complete
Date responded: 07/07/2022
Response:
I refer to your official information request dated 04 July 2022. The information you have requested is below.
1: How much in 000's does the council owe to lenders? Total debt owed to external agencies as at 30 June 2022 is $88.8M.
2: Who does the Council borrow money from and what interest rates does the council pay? Council uses the Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA) for long term borrowing, interest rates fluctuate, the average cost of borrowing for council as at 31 March 2022 was 2.43%. (The average has not yet been calculated as at 30 June 2022.)
*Assuming you mean LGFA not LGIF
3: Is the Council a shareholder in the LGIF and if so what dividends has the Council received from the LGIF? Yes Council is a shareholder of the Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA), For the year ended June 2021, the total LGFA dividend paid was $857,000 which is a dividend rate of 3.428% on the $25 million of equity. Manawatu has 100,000 shares and received $3,428 for the 2021 financial year. LGFA pays a dividend of 1.5% over its cost of funds. This is calculated each year but is at the discretion of the Directors (no information on dividends for the 2022 year yet)
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2089
Date received: 01/07/2022
Requested information: Budget information - various areas of science research
Status: Complete
Date responded: 25/07/2022
Response:
Official information request for - Budget information - various areas of science research.
I refer to your official information request dated 01 July 2022.
The information you have requested is below.
| SCIENCE and RESEARCH CONSULTANCY subjects x budgets and people | Budget 2023 | Names of budget holders | role title | spent in the last 3 years |
| Air quality | $0 | Robert Rose | Environmental Team Leader | Nothing |
| Biosecurity | ||||
| Civil Defence | $0 | Jeff Graham | Senior Emergency Management Adviser | No research projects, normal operating costs only. |
| Climate change | ||||
| Coastal processes | ||||
| District Planning- land use and hazards | ||||
| Drinking water quality | $0 | Robert Rose | Environmental Team Leader | Nothing |
| Drought | ||||
| Energy planning | $26,000 | Rebecca Bell | Strategy Manager | Staff research and planning only |
| Erosion and sediment deposition | ||||
| Extractive resources | ||||
| Extreme Weather | ||||
| Fire risk and response | ||||
| Flooding- river, coastal | ||||
| Geothermal risks | ||||
| Groundwater | $0 | Robert Rose | Environmental Team Leader | Nothing |
| Harbour sedimentation | ||||
| Insurance Risk Assessment | ||||
| Lake health | ||||
| Landslide dams | ||||
| Landslide, avalanche, debris flow | ||||
| Liquefaction | ||||
| Seismic Hazards | $0 | Jeff Graham | Senior Emergency Management Adviser | $8,424 from MDC budgets with further $80,000 funding given from EQC. |
| Pandemic | ||||
| Pollution | ||||
| Rockfall | ||||
| Subsidence and land instability | ||||
| Supply Chain disruption | ||||
| Tsunami | ||||
| Volcanic Activity |
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact the LGOIMA Response Team on 06 323 0000 or by replying to this email.
Warm regards,
LGOIMA Request Details: LG2088
Date received: 29/06/2022
Requested information: History of noise complaints over last 6 months for 36 Duke Street and if possible the quantity and/or dates of these complaints.
Status: Complete
Date responded: 29/06/2022
Response:
I can confirm that there have been no incidents of excessive noise reported to Council including afterhours noise control officers in the past 6 months.
Only two reports of excessive noise have been received regarding this property, one in February 2019 and one in July 2017.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact the LGOIMA Response Team on 06 323 0000 or by replying to this email.