Invercargill City Council
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016
Annual Plan 2016/2017
Retail Success
One day workshop for Southland retailers
Venture Southland are bringing top consultants
First Retail Group to Invercargill on
Wednesday, 20 April 2016 from 9am - 4pm at the Kelvin Hotel
This training is for retailers of all sizes and formats
Chris Wilkinson and his team will give you practical tips and tools to
succeed in the rapidly transforming retail environment, where customer
behaviour and expectations are changing fast
Investment: $150 per person
Most businesses will be eligible for 50% funding support
$75 per person
Book your place and apply for 50% funding
Contact Rhiannon Suter on 03 211 1404 or email rhiannon@venturesouthland.co.nz
MOVING FORWARD: Council’s Strategy and Policy Manager Melissa Short with the 2016/2017
Annual Plan Consultation Document.
SUBMISSIONS for Council’s 2016/2017
Annual Plan have now closed and Council
received 63 submissions, with 30 of those
submitters wishing to be heard at Council.
Council’s Policy and Strategy Manager
Melissa Short said the big topics in the Plan
included: Alcohol licensing, Anderson Park,
building services, parks, solid waste, the
Southland Regional Heritage Rate, water
infrastructure, the Splash Palace Dry Gym,
debt limit, investment property, a City Centre
Co-ordinator and a Chinese garden.
“We received good feedback on the issues
included in the Consultation Document.
Submissions to Council proposals are one of
the best ways for people to influence Council
decisions, and so we encourage both those
who agree or disagree with Council’s plans
to have their say through the submission
process.
Council will hear those who wish to speak
to their submission in the first week of May.
Dates and times are determined by the number of people wishing to speak to Council.
“Once Council has heard those people who
wish to speak to their submission, they will
debate any suggested changes to the plan.
Staff will then prepare the changes and provide an updated draft for adoption. Council
will then adopt the revised plan in June. The
revised plan runs from 1 July 2016 to 30 June
2017,” Ms Short said.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016
New Building Services Manager appointed
COUNCIL’S new Building Services Manager,
Brendan Monaghan started earlier this month
after moving from his previous role as Parks
Operations Manager. He takes over from Simon
Tonkin, who has moved to another position
within the Council after 20 years in the role.
Mr Monaghan has nearly 20 years experience
in the building industry. He began his career in
drafting and telecommunications engineering,
working in that role for eight years. He then
entered the building industry through a local
sales role in Calder Stewart, progressing into
several other jobs within the company over a
period of years.
Mr Monaghan said those roles included supervising a small sales team, Branch Manager
and the National Sales Manager.
“I then began a new job in a sales role for
McRaeway Homes. I was there for three years
after which I joined Council’s Parks Operations
as its Manager. In this role I looked after a big
team, with a central focus on efficiencies and
making sure the team worked cohesively.”
“A key focus for my new role as Building
Services Manager is to look at efficiencies
without compromising our standards. We are
already adhering to the standards set by the law.
These are the performance standards we operate
under and this legislation is in place for many
reasons. We will be moving Building Services
from a paper-based system to an electronic
system. This will make things faster, easier and
more accessible for people. I will also be ana-
COUNCIL
MEETINGS
Notice is hereby given of the
following meetings
Community Services
Monday, April 18, 4.00pm
Regulatory Services
Tuesday, April 19, 4.00pm
Infrastructure Services
Tuesday, April 26, 4.00pm
Finance and Policy
Wednesday, April 27, 4.00pm
Events Committee
Thursday, April 28, 9.00am
ON THE JOB: Council’s new Building Services Manager Brendon Monaghan.
lysing how the new health and safety legislation works,” Mr Monaghan said.
Invercargill City Council’s Director of
Environmental and Planning Services, Pamela
Gare, said she was really delighted on the appointment.
“Mr Monaghan will be managing a really
busy team which has a high public profile. The
building industry is always under time and
pressure constraints, and Council strives to
provide a quality professional service; his role
will be mixing those two tensions.”
Invercargill offers Clean Air Loans Scheme
MAKING the move to cleaner home heating has
become easier for Invercargill residents with
the launch of the Clean Air Loans Invercargill
Scheme.
Loans are available to homeowners within
the Invercargill airshed who want to upgrade
to approved burners or heat pumps and/or improve their insulation.
The scheme is jointly funded by the Invercargill City Council and Environment Southland,
which have allocated $500,000 each per year
for the next three years.
Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt said City
Councillors were concerned about the potential impact of the clean air rules on some of the
City’s most vulnerable residents, especially the
elderly and others who rely on non-approved
heating sources for warmth, for example, open
fires.
Awarua Synergy Manager Sumaria Beaton
said anybody who lives within the Invercargill airshed and has a non-compliant burner or
open fire in their main living room can apply if
they are an Invercargill City Council ratepayer
and don’t have any rates in arrears. They can
borrow up to $5,000, which will be paid back
over a five-year period at a 3.95% interest rate.
To find more information including application deatils, visit http://www.awaruasynergy.
co.nz/home/clean-air-loans-invercargill
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