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The number of Public Health and Safety performance measures have increased slightly from the last Long Term Plan, rising from 12 to 14. There were also some relatively minor adjustments to the measures to make them more measurable or meaningful. Achievement of many targets has remained relatively constant, except that the number of targets not achieved has increased in 2015/2016. The targets not achieved relate to satisfaction with civil defence and emergency services; the number of annual food inspections; satisfaction with building control work; and building consent processing times being 14 days - which is within statutory timeframes but below Council's own target of 10 days.
[Insert figures 8-12 from excel data sheets. now renumbered 14-18, as above]
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The transition arrangements for the Food Act 2014 commenced on 1 March 2016, and will run in stages for three years. During that three year period, all of the food businesses that the Council currently registers will be required to move to the new risk management and self inspection process that Environmental Health Officers will audit. In the current year, any new food businesses and food businesses which also sell alcohol will come under the control of the new Act. At the time of reporting, very good progress is being achieved with the aim that this task can be completed early enough to avoid staff having to deal with businesses over the busy summer tourist season.
A new Navigation and Safety Bylaw was adopted by the Council in September 2015 to meet the requirements of the amendments to the Maritime Transport Act. The process by which all infringement provisions are promulgated is being worked through with Ministry and should be completed before the end of 2016.
Carry out navigation and safety functions including implementation of the Joint Oil Spill Contingency Plan (with Nelson City Council).
Two oil spill events were dealt with, one on the West Coast and the other in Abel Tasman National Park. In both cases discharged oil was of a quantity that caused no significant environmental effect. One of the vessels was refloated to prevent further release of oil, and the other was completely destroyed by wave action.
We have one trained Regional On Scene Commander (ROSC) and we are in the process of increasing the number of trained oil spill repsonders to the required level following some loss of capacity.
Carry out animal control responsibilities.
We continue to administer the Dog Control Bylaw with service delivery being undertaken by Control Services (Nelson) Ltd. There were 5594 rural and 4880 urban dogs registered in Tasman District during the year. Council’s contractors responded to complaints regarding wandering stock and dogs and impounded animals as required. 212 Dog Control Infringement Notices were issued, 184 of which were for unregistered dogs (cf 107 in 2014/2015). A separate annual report to the Secretary of Local Government is available for further details (REP16-07-06).
91.8% of residents were satisfied with the Council’s efforts in controlling dogs (cf 96.1% in 2014/2015).
Carry out civil defence and emergency management responsibilities.
The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management carried out an assessment of out CD Capabilities in 2015. The Nelson Tasman Group was rated at 82.1%, the best in NZ. Opportunity for improvement still exists and ongoing training and preparation will assist in this.
The Emergency Operations Centre was activated on one occasion and Council participated in multi-agency exercises.
We have continued training and preparedness and commenced the review of the Nelson Tasman Lifelines Project which looks to ensure resilience of major utilities and supply networks in the event of an emergency.
Carry out parking control responsibilities under Council’s Parking Bylaw.
Parking enforcement responsibilities are carried out under contract by Control Services (Nelson) Ltd. 1,546 infringement notices were issued (cf 2,076 in 2014/2015) during the year along with other advisory warnings concerning parking. We applied the same resources to parking enforcement as the previous year, so it seems a better level of compliance was achieved.
Ensure fire risk in the District is effectively managed through supporting rural fire parties and the Waimea Rural Fire Authority.
Rural Fire risk in the District is being effectively managed by the Waimea Rural Fire Authority through a contract with Rural Fire Network and the ongoing support of rural fire parties. There were 419 callouts within Tasman District, 224 of which were attended by Volunteer Rural Fire Forces. Of these 21 were unpermitted rubbish fires and 49 were false alarms to permitted rubbish fires.
On 1 July 2017 Fire Emergency NZ (FENZ) will be formed. This organisation will be an amalgamation of the NZ Fire Service and the NZ Rural Fire Authority.
The Waimea Rural Fire Authority will cease to exist. A large volume of work will take place over the next 12 months to ensure there is a smooth transition and
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that our communities will continue to be protected at a suitable level.
New capital expenditure:
The assets owned by this activity include a building, used as a dog pound, the harbour master’s vessel, and equipment, appliances and depots associated with rural fire management. Following is a list of the capital expenditure planned for 2015/2016 in relation to these assets.
Project Name LTP
Yrs 1-3
2015- 2016 Budget ($)
Actual 2015/2016
Harbour Master Vessel Replacement
300,000 306,900 Replacement purchase of a new harbour master vessel. $292,259 was spent in the current financial year, the remaining $14,000 has been held back from the supplier until the vessel is fully
commissioned. The $306,900 reflects the full cost of the new vessel.
Rural Fire Appliances Replacement
34,000 35,805 $30,416 was spent in the current financial year, predominantly on the purchase of handheld radios, and a replacement vehicle for Tasman Voluntary Rural Fire Force (VRFF) who provided an older vehicle to Marahau VRFF. Marahau's existing appliance will be sold in the near future.
Rural Fire Depots 30,000 61,380 $83,997 was spent in the current financial year on the new Tasman Rural Fire Force Fire Depot at Motueka Aerodrome. $46,215 was recovered from the Waimea Rural Fire Committee as a contribution towards this cost. Some money was also spent on building Health &
Safety improvements for Appleby and Wainui VRFFs.
Note: the 2015/2016 budget figures above include inflation, whereas they were stated excluding inflation in the Long Term Plan 2015-2025. The Rural Fire Depot budget is actually $60,000 bi-annually plus inflation, rather than the $30,000 plus inflation per annum stated in the Long Term Plan.
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Comment:
Fees and charges
Rural Fire Forces Recoveries were well up on budget expectations partly due to an unbudgeted contribution received towards the Tasman Volunteer Rural Fire Force shed built at Motueka Aerodrome. Building application fees revenue was up slightly due to the fee increase introduced in January 2016 to cover the additional costs in this area.
Payments to staff and suppliers
We were subject to weather tight home claims during the financial year, legal fees relating to these claims, including settlement of one claim, were not budgeted for. Also subject to a development contribution objection, which we successfully defended, the costs relating to the challenge were however not budgeted for. Some of
2 0 14 / 2 0 15 2 0 14 / 2 0 15 P ublic H e a lt h a nd S a f e t y 2 0 15 / 2 0 16 2 0 15 / 2 0 16 % of Long Te rm P la n
Budge t $ 0 0 0
Ac tua l
$ 0 0 0
Ac tua l
$ 0 0 0
Annua l P la n Budge t $ 0 0 0
Annua l P la n Budge t
SOURCES OF OP ERA TING FUNDING 1,692
1,403 General rates, unifo rm annual general charges, rates penalties 1,576 1,576 100%
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- Targeted rates - - -
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- Subsidies and grants fo r o perating purpo ses - - - -
3,422 Fees and charges 3,526 3,298 107%
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- Internal charges and o verheads reco vered - - -
3,266
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Lo cal autho rities fuel tax, fines, infringement fees, and o ther
receipts 82 95 86%
4,958
4,832 TOTA L OP ERA TING FUNDING 5,184 4,968 104%
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A P P LICA TIONS OF OP ERA TING FUNDING
3,025
3,203 P ayments to staff and suppliers 3,736 3,132 119%
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14 Finance co sts 17 21 81%
1,817
1,767 Internal charges and o verheads applied 1,802 1,730 104%
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- Other o perating funding applicatio ns - - -
4,857
4,984 TOTA L A P P LICA TIONS OF OP ERA TING FUNDING 5,555 4,883 114%
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(152) SURP LUS (DEFICIT) OF OP ERA TING FUNDING (371) 85 - 436%
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SOURCES OF CA P ITA L FUNDING
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- Subsidies and grants fo r capital expenditure 5 - -
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- Develo pment and financial co ntributio ns - - -
(20)
(50) Increase (decrease) in debt 267 339 79%
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11 Gro ss pro ceeds fro m sale o f assets - - -
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- Lump sum co ntributio ns - - -
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- Other dedicated capital funding - - -
(20)
(39) TOTA L SOURCES OF CA P ITA L FUNDING 272 339 80%
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A P P LICA TIONS OF CA P ITA L FUNDING
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Capital expenditure
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- - to meet additio nal demand - - -
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3 - to impro ve the level o f service - 64 0%
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132 - to replace existing assets 410 346 118%
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(326) Increase (decrease) in reserves (509) 14 - 3636%
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- Increase (decrease) in investments - - -
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(191) TOTA L A P P LICA TIONS OF CA P ITA L FUNDING (99) 424 - 23%
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(101)
152 SURP LUS (DEFICIT) OF CA P ITA L FUNDING 371 (85) - 436%
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- FUNDING B A LA NCE - - -
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the Commissioner costs were able to be recovered from the applicant. Additional consultancy fees were incurred in our building control team to ensure statutory timeframes were met for processing of building consent applications.
Policy and Objective
The objective of Engineering activities is to maintain and enhance the Council-owned roading, harbour, water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste and river infrastructure of the District.
Nature and Scope
There are seven significant areas under which this activity is performed by Council.
(a) Transportation, Roads and Footpaths (b) Coastal Structures
(c) Water Supply
(d) Wastewater and Sewage Disposal (e) Stormwater
(f) Solid Waste
(g) Flood Protection and River Control Works