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Kaitaia Drainage Area Committee Meeting Minutes

2 September 2019

 

   MINUTES OF Far North District Council
Kaitaia Drainage Area Committee Meeting
HELD AT THE Nikau Room, Far North Reap, 33 Puckey Ave, Kaitaia
ON Monday, 2 September 2019 AT 10:09 am

 

PRESENT:                   Chairperson Fiona King, Member Adele Gardner, Member Jim Bennett, Member Mike Masters, Member Greg Yuretich, Member Joe King

IN ATTENDANCE:                Denny Chapman - Local Resident

STAFF PRESENT:               Steve Little – Technical Services Manager, Steven Smith - Stormwater Engineer, Troy Smith - Graduate Engineer, Chris Sargent -  Team Leader Strategy,  Kim Hammond – Meetings Administrator

 

1            Apologies and Declarations of Interest

Nil

2            Speakers

Nil

3            Confirmation of Previous Minutes

3.1         Confirmation of Previous Minutes

Agenda item 3.1 document number A2623596, pages 6 - 7 refers

Committee Resolution  2019/5

Moved:       Chairperson Fiona King

Seconded:  Member Brian Dawson

That the Kaitaia Drainage Area Committee confirms that the minutes of the meeting of the Kaitaia Drainage Area Committee held 18 March 2019 are a true and correct record.

Carried

 Notes:

-       Drone has not been purchased to date.

-       Requested that the drain lengths and the cost be shown in the Expenditure Reports, however this has not happened.

-       Staff have not checked with Northland Regional Council to investigate the use of other chemicals for problems weeds.

4            Reports

4.1         Kaitaia Drainage Area 18/19 Expenditure

Agenda item 4.1 document number A2598578, pages 11 - 15 refers

Committee Resolution  2019/6

Moved:       Chairperson Fiona King

Seconded:  Member Adele Gardner

That the Kaitaia Drainage Area Committee recommends the Te Hiku Community Board note the following financial summary for the past financial year 2018/19:

Kaitaia

Budget

2017-18 Residual funds (reserve funds available)

$41,676

2018 Opening Balance (rated income)

 $71,393

2018-19 Expenditure

$63,504

Historic Correction (subtracted from expenditure)

$250

2018-19 Closing Reserve Balance

$49,815

Carried

Note:

-       The $250 recorded as a historic correction in the resolution is due to a maintenance job costed under the urban budget which went to the Draining Committee, this has been funded back into the account for the Drainage Committee.

 

4.2         Kaitaia Drainage Area 19/20 Programme

Agenda item 4.2 document number A2598580, pages 16 - 22 refers

motion

Moved:       Member Jim Bennett

Seconded:  Member Greg Yuretich

That the Kaitaia Drainage Area Committee recommends the Te Hiku Community Board approve the Kaitaia Drainage Area 2019/20 work programme.

Amendment

Moved:       Member Jim Bennett

Seconded:  Member Greg Yuretich

That the Kaitaia Drainage Area Committee recommends the Te Hiku Community Board:

a)      approve the Kaitaia Drainaing Area Work Programme 2019/2020.

b)      request staff  check the additional maps and amend the 2019/2020 Work Programme     accordingly.

c)      increase the general contingency from $3,000 to $5,000 to include drains that have         been left off the 2019/2020 work programme.

The amendment became the substantive motion

Committee Resolution  2019/7

That the Kaitaia Drainage Area Committee recommends the Te Hiku Community Board:

a)      approve the Kaitaia Drainaing Area Work Programme 2019/2020.

b)      request staff  check the additional maps and amend the 2019/2020 Work Programme      accordingly.

c)      increase the general contingency from $3,000 to $5,000 to include drains that have         been left off the 2019/2020 work programme.

Carried

Notes:

-       Spains Drain - Member Jo King to speak to the landowner for the removal of the Leylandii trees.

-       Pukepoto Outfall (recorded as Pukieti Outfall in the report) – Mike Maters to continue discussion with land owner.

-       Birds Drain – only to be sprayed on request by landowner.

-       McMillans to Tupes Drain and Pairatahi Bank Drain – landowners have advised that gates are on the fences – FNDC staff to confirm

-       Maimaru Drain – mulching to be completed and landowner to be contacted.

-       Waimanone to Walkers Drain – staff to contact landowner.

-       Birds Boundary Drain – Committee is not aware of the trees.

-       Yates Drain/Wests Drain – Member Jo King to speak to Dave Grey, spraying to be only when requested by landowner.

-       Bells Road, Blairs Drain, Houstons Drain and Berghans Drain - machine clean requested for 2019/2020.

-       Request that contractors be more specific when making comments on issues on the drains and provide a map with the exact location.

-       Request staff keep a register of machine cleaning for records.

 

4.3         Kaitaia Drainage Area 20/21 Programme

Agenda item 4.3 document number A2598582, pages 23 - 28 refers

Committee Resolution  2019/8

Moved:       Chairperson Fiona King

Seconded:  Member Greg Yuretich

That the Kaitaia Drainage Area Committee recommends the Te Hiku Community Board:

a)      approve the Kaitaia Drain Area Work Programme 2020/2021.

b)      request staff  check the additional maps and amend the 2020/2021 Work Programme      accordingly.

c)      increase the general contingency from $3,000 to $5,000 to include drains that have         been left off the 2020/2021 work programme.

Carried

 

5            Meeting Close

The meeting closed at 11.54 an.

 

 

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CHAIRPERSON