Infrastructure and Environment Committee meeting wrap

Museum update

Construction on Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa will start in June this year following confirmation of the final piece of project funding ($5million) from the Provincial Growth Fund through Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit.

View the full media release on this announcement here.

InfraCore operations report January – March 2024

InfraCore’s interim chief executive, Regan Fraser, reported that work on the new Service Level Agreements (SLA) is now 80% complete and will be able to inform Council’s Long-term Plan discussions. The SLA will also provide Council with options to work within a constrained budget.

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Infrastructure and Environment Group - Progress report – March 2024

Stage 1 of the Tarawera Sewerage Scheme is about 80% complete. Council received a petition in April from the Lake Rotokakahi Board of Control regarding the transmission of wastewater through Tarawera Road as part of the Tarawera Sewerage Scheme project. Infrastructure and Environment Committee Chair, Cr Karen Barker has responded to petitioners, addressing the concerns and possible solutions raised by the Rotokakahi Board.

More than 80% of on-property sewerage pre-treatment units at East Rotoiti have been installed with the collection working and treatment plant progressing in line with resource consent compliance.

Around 60 mana whenua properties have not installed the on-property systems yet due to Māori Land Court processes underway and contractors will install these as legal matters are concluded.

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View the agenda related to this matter here (Page 19).

Confidential items

The Committee moved into public excluded to consider the preferred tenderer evaluation outcome report for organic services and the appointment of a board member for a Council Controlled Organisation.

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Today’s meeting was livestreamed and you can watch the full recording of the meeting via the following link on Council’s YouTube channel: Infrastructure and Environment Committee - 01 May 2024