Council Performance

Council's performance is governed by the programmes and targets in its Annual Plan or Long Term Council Community Plan and monitored in its Annual Report. In addition,

Council's progress towards achieving the community's desired outcomes is monitored through its State of the District Report.

For the current year, the key points from the Annual Report were:

*   94% of works reported in the Annual Report.

** Emergency road works caused the over expenditure

Key Projects/Achievements in 2009/10

• Notification of the new District PlanThe second year of meetings the Ruapehu District Maori Council
• A new basis of election and representation established for Community Boards
• SOLGM Supreme Award for Tourism initiatives.
• Rubbish entering the landfill is at the lowest levels since records were kept in 2002/03.
• Replacement of Taumarunui Street sewer in Taumarunui.
• Receiving station for sewage tankers established in Ohakune.
• Five successful mediation processes for Resource Consents.
• Three river valley meetings encouraging community input into road improvements.
• Realignment of 3km of Shorts Hill Ruatiti.
• New two lane bridge completed on Ohakune Mountain Road to replace single lane unit.
• Dobbs Bluff, Oio Road netting installed to protect traffic from falling rocks.
• Okahukura Road realigned from Ohura Road to the summit.
• Piriaka water scheme transferred to a community group.
• Ohakune water treatment plant Stage 3 completed.
• Ohura water treatment upgrade completed.
• Unsafe trees on Parapara Roadd in the centre of Raetihi felled.

   

Key Challenges

• Future of the District landfill.
• Resolution of Abandoned Land and other overdue rates issues.
• Economic downturn reducing revenue projections.
• Creation of a faster customer and solution focussed environment.