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Resolution number RD/2015/81
MOVED
by Member WW Flaunty, seconded by Chairperson BM Steele:
That the Rodney
Local Board:
a)
adopts local content for the Long-term
Plan 2015-2025 (Attachment A), including a Local Board Agreement 2015/2016, a
message from the chair and local board advocacy with
the following changes:
i)
Under the ‘Local Community Services’
activity:
a.
combine ‘Local discretionary community
grants fund including events ($75,000)’
and Community grants (contestable/non-contestable) criteria to be determined
($194,000) into one line to read ‘Community grants
(contestable/non-contestable) including events ($249,000)’ being a reduction
of $20,000.
b.
increase the funding for initiative
‘ongoing operational support for Rodney art facilities’ by $20,000 to a total
of $60,000.
ii)
Under the ‘Local Parks Sport and
Recreation’ activity:
a.
request
that the initiative ‘Construct footpaths to complete the pedestrian network
within our towns and villages ($1 million)’ be amended to change the value to
$750,000 with the remaining two years of funds being $750,000 in the
2016/2017 financial year and $500,000 in the 2017/2018 financial year.
b.
remove
funding for the initiative ‘Prepare a plan to identify the scope and extent
of methods to address coastal erosion and enable prioritisation ($20,000)’ in
the 2015/2016 financial year retaining funding for this initiative in the
2016/2017 and 2017/2018 financial years.
c.
alter the
timing of the initiative ‘Assess open space needs in Matakana to determine
the future use of Matakana Jubilee Park ($10,000)’ to the 2016/2017 financial
year and reduce the ‘Parks Response Fund’ by $10,000 in the 2016/2017
financial year to accommodate this change.
d.
amend the initiative
‘Enhance existing playgrounds to make them challenging ($380,000 capex)’ to
show funding to $100,000 capex in the 2015/2016 financial year, $200,000
capex in the 2016/2017 financial year and $100,000 capex in the 2017/2018
financial year.
e.
remove
funding for the initiative ‘Parks Response Fund ($28,000)’ in
the 2015/2016 financial year and decrease funding for this initiative in the
2016/2017 to $235,000 and $258,000 in the 2017/2018 financial year.
f.
insert a new initiative ‘Parks Minor
Improvement Fund ($28,000)’ in the 2015/2016 financial year and $30,000 in
2016/2017 and $30,000 in 2017/2018 financial years.
iii)
Under the ‘Local Planning and Development’ activity:
a.
amend the initiative ‘Planning for the upgrade of main
streets through the implementation of existing town centre plans’ to allocate
($30,000) in the 2015/2016 financial year.
b)
adopts Local Fees and Charges Schedules
for 2015/2016 (Attachment B to the agenda report), noting that there is no
substantial increase proposed.
c)
agrees Library Opening Hours for
2015/2016 for the Helensville, Kumeu, Mahurangi East, Warkworth and Wellsford
Libraries as per Attachment C to the agenda report.
d)
notes the following:
i)
supporting material for the Long-term Plan 2015-2025 (Attachment D to the agenda report),
including 10 year local activity budgets and 10 year local
performance targets;
ii)
local
activity budgets have been updated to reflect final budget decisions made by the governing body on 8 May 2015, budget adjustments arising
from new information (including the setup of a central risk fund for capital
projects) and the allocation of central costs;
iii)
that the
resolutions of this meeting will be reported back to the governing body when
it meets to adopt the Long-term Plan 2015-2025 on 25 June 2015.
e)
request governing body approval to allocate $600,000 of the
Rodney Local Board’s capital fund to the Warkworth Town Hall refurbishment
and underwrite an additional $675,000 to be reimbursed by the Warkworth Town
Hall Restoration Trust and/or Warkworth Town Hall Fund Raising Team as funds
allow.
f)
agrees that the Chairperson be
delegated authority to make any final minor changes to the Rodney Local Board
Agreement 2015/2016.
g)
request that the governing body reconsider the allocation of
$20,000 operational funding for arts centres in Rodney as an asset based
service, as the local board has consistently funded these centres over many
years.
CARRIED
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