MINUTES OF A
mEETING OF THE Teviot
Valley Community Board
HELD IN THE Roxburgh
Service Centre, 120 Scotland Street, Roxburgh and live streamed on microsoft
teams ON Thursday,
25 November 2021 COMMENCING AT 2.00 pm
PRESENT: Mr R Gunn (Chair), Ms S Feinerman (Deputy Chair), Ms C Aitchison, Mr N Dalley, Cr S Jeffery
IN ATTENDANCE: S Righarts (Chief Advisor), L Macdonald (Executive Manager - Corporate Services), L Webster (Acting Executive Manager – Planning and Environment), G Bailey (Parks and Recreation Manager), L Stronach (Statutory Property Officer), K McCulloch (Corporate Accountant), J Whyte (Parks and Recreation Administration Officer), M Gordon (Parks Officer – Projects), M Tohill (Communications Support), R Williams (Governance Manager) and W McEnteer (Governance Support Officer)
1 Apologies
2 Public Forum
Hilary Spedding – Millers Flat Cavalcade Committee
Ms Spedding from the Millers Flat Cavalcade Committee spoke to the Board on the possible options that the committee was looking at for any profits that might be made from hosting the Cavalcade in 2022. They proposed part funding a new playground in Millers Flat and wanted to gauge initial interest in their idea. Ms Spedding then responded to questions from the Board.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
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Moved: Jeffery Seconded: Feinerman That the public minutes of the Teviot Valley Community Board Meeting held on 21 October 2021 be confirmed as a true and correct record. |
4 Declaration of Interest
Members were reminded of their obligations in respect of declaring any interests. There were no further declarations of interest.
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To consider a request from the Roxburgh Cemetery Trustees for Council to take over the management and running of the Roxburgh cemetery. After discussion, it was agreed that for clarity resolution two would be reworded to delete “return” and add “accept” and “Central Otago District Council”. |
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Moved: Gunn Seconded: Feinerman That the Teviot Valley Community Board A. Receives the report and accepts the level of significance. B. Agrees to accept the administration, management and operation of the Roxburgh Cemetery from the Roxburgh Cemetery Trustees to the Central Otago District Council, subject to the land encroachment of the Cemetery being resolved. |
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His Worship the Mayor was not present at the meeting. |
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The Chair gave an update on activities and issues since the last meeting: · Attended a meeting for the Roxburgh Pool committee. · Attended a Zoom meeting to investigate ways of lifting vaccination rates in the Teviot Valley. · Attended a meeting with Energy Minister Woods and affected landowners for the proposed Lake Onslow project. · Attended a meeting with National Party Energy spokesperson, Barbara Kuriger. · Attended a Zoom meeting for the NZ Battery Project. · Attended a Medical Services Trust meeting. · Attended a meeting of the museum committee and the masonic lodge regarding the lodge building. Updated members on recent developments at the Teviot Valley museum. · Attended a Teviot Valley rest home meeting. |
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Moved: Dalley Seconded: Aitchison That the report be received. |
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Members gave an update on activities and issues since the last meeting. Ms Aitchison reported on the following: · Attended a discussion group on future of tourism. · Attended a Teviot Valley Museum board meeting. Councillor Jeffery reported on the following: · Attended weekly meeting of the Regional Labour Chairs. · Attended the Eden Hore Central Otago launch at Orchard Garden. · Attended a Zoom meeting to investigate ways of lifting vaccination rates in the Teviot Valley. · Attended the Council meeting and updated Members on topics discussed. · Attended a meeting of the Medical Services Trust. · Attended a meeting of the Hearings Panel. · Attended the New Zealand Cycling Trails forum in Wellington. · Attended a site visit to Luggate for the Hearings Panel. · Attended a Teviot Prospects meeting. · Attended a meeting of the Central Otago Labour Governance Group. · Noted a proposal for a helipad behind the medical centre. · Noted that there has been no further progress regarding the toilets at Lake Roxburgh Village and that he had been in communication with Contact Energy. · Noted that it had been reported to him that the Roxburgh toilets were in poor repair even after they had been cleaned. A service request had been sent to staff. Mr Dalley reported on the following: · Attended the Teviot Valley Reast Home AGM. Noted that there were a lot of volunteers came forward for the committee. · Attended the Roxburgh Medical Services Trust AGM. · Attended the Entertainment Centre AGM. · Assisted at the pop up vaccine site in Millers Flat. Ms Feinerman reported on the following: · Attended a Clutha Gold Trails meeting. · Attended a Roxburgh Pool Committee meeting. Gave Members an update on current developments . · Attended a Future of Tourism workshop. · Attended a Teviot Prospects meeting. · Attended a meeting of the Walkways Committee. Gave Members an update on current activities. · Noted that she had recently walked the Commissioners Track and that it was a good walk to promote.
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Moved: Jeffery Seconded: Dalley That the report be received. |
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To report on items of general interest, receive minutes and updates from key organisations and consider the legacy and current status report updates. |
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Moved: Aitchison Seconded: Feinerman That the report be received. |
The date of the next scheduled meeting is 3 February 2022.
The meeting closed at 3.38 pm.
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