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Loan approved for Clean Technology Centre

Friday, 8 June 2012, 5:30 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Council has approved a $1.5 million loan to support the development of the Clean Technology Park in Otaki. Councillors voted to confirm inclusion of the funding in the 2012 Draft Long Term Plan yesterday. More >>

Kapiti Coast Council votes in water meters

Friday, 8 June 2012, 9:00 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kāpiti Coast District Council has voted 8/3 in support of introducing water meters as a conservation measure, opening the way to their installation from July 1 this year and an operational date of July 1, 2014. More >>

Don Moselen resigns as Chair of Otaki Community Board

Thursday, 31 May 2012, 10:59 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Don Moselen resigns as Chair of Otaki Community Board Don Moselen has tended his resignation from Chair of the Otaki Community Board with immediate effect, says Deputy Chair James Cootes. More >>

Moves to secure train service are welcomed

Thursday, 17 May 2012, 11:58 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kapiti Mayor Jenny Rowan has welcomed the announcement that the Horizons Regional Council is seeking a three-way funding proposal with Greater Wellington and the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to keep the Capital Connection rail service running. More >>

Mayor On Fonterra Decision

Friday, 4 May 2012, 5:03 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kapiti Mayor Jenny Rowan said she was very disappointed about the Fonterra decision to close the Kapiti Cheese and Ice Cream Store at Lindale. More >>

Kapiti Mayor challenges Porirua Mayor: amalgamation comments

Thursday, 3 May 2012, 3:32 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Mayor Jenny Rowan says she’s disappointed Porirua Mayor Nick Leggett has criticised other councils in the region for not joining a Wellington Regional Council panel looking at amalgamation. More >>

Cost of water in Kapiti district to rise but by how much?

Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 10:59 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

The cost of reticulated water will rise across the district, no matter which development option is eventually chosen, says Mayor Jenny Rowan. “The current annual water charge of around $330 per household will rise to match the cost of maintenance and ... More >>

Unanimous support by Council for water charge consultation

Thursday, 5 April 2012, 5:01 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Public consultation will begin shortly on a charging regime for water meters based on a 50% fixed charge (similar to electricity line charges) and a 50% variable charge (a charge based on the amount of water you use). More >>

Wellington Region Emergency Management Office a step closer

Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 5:06 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Integrated Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) for the Wellington region has moved a step closer with agreement from the region’s Councils to support a plan for existing staff and resources to be brought together into one organisation. More >>

Discharge has no effect on water quality

Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 4:39 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Water quality in the Mazengarb drain has been unaffected by a problem at Fonterra Brands (Kapiti Cheese) yesterday that caused a small amount of whey to get into the waste water system. More >>

Discharge breach at Fonterra Brands

Monday, 26 March 2012, 5:18 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Some partially treated waste water may have found its way into the Mazengarb Drain because of a process failure at Fonterra Brands (Kapiti Cheese). Residents are being warned to avoid the drain as a precaution until water quality testing is completed. More >>

Seath of Paekakariki Community Board Chair

Friday, 2 March 2012, 2:44 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

It was with considerable sadness that we learned of the death of Adrian Webster and his wife Marei this morning, said Kapiti Mayor Jenny Rowan. More >>

Civic Building upgrade full justified says Mayor

Friday, 24 February 2012, 1:58 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

The substantial upgrade of the old Council building in Rimu Road is fully justified, says Mayor Jenny Rowan. More >>

Separate authority to set CEO salaries?

Monday, 13 February 2012, 10:22 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Mayor Jenny Rowan has raised the concept of a Remuneration Authority for setting Local Government CE salaries in a letter to Local Government New Zealand head Lawrence Yule. More >>

We got the message, says Mayor

Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 1:02 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Mayor Jenny Rowan said she and fellow councillors were not insensitive to the messages from the protest outside Council EOC building this morning. More >>

No change to CE's salary

Monday, 30 January 2012, 5:30 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kapiti Mayor Jenny Rowan said there is no comparison between the situation in Christchurch and her Council’s Chief Executive’s salary package. More >>

Kapiti Council on Chief Executive salary issue

Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 3:37 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Chair of the Kapiti District Council Corporate Business Committee, Ross Church, says Council Chief Executive, Pat Dougherty, is being paid what his job is worth. More >>

Council welcomes NZTA move to make SH1 safer at Otaihanga

Friday, 6 January 2012, 11:26 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Kapiti Coast District Council is pleased that the national roading authority NZTA is considering making permanent the speed restrictions and lane closure between Otaihanga and Waikanae on SH1 – the site of recent fatal accidents. More >>

Council plans for the future - significant land purchase

Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 11:31 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

Council has purchased a highly strategic 35.57 hectares of farmland beside the Waikanae River for future use as sports fields and passive open space. The area is known as the “Howarth Block”. More >>

Petition will be considered says Mayor

Thursday, 17 November 2011, 1:16 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council

Council will consider the issue of a referendum along with all the other information it is gathering on water meters, said Mayor Jenny Rowan. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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