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More than three months after it was due, the Mackenzie District Council has finally adopted its draft Long Term Plan - which will now go out for consultation.
Bejon Haswell/Stuff Councillor Stuart Barwood said he supports removing the requirement for a consent to drop if a business changes hands. (File photo) Councillor Stuart Barwood said he would support a watered down version of the change, whereby the consent would drop only if the business closed and not if it changed management. Mayor Graham Smith said “We did workshop this and had a discussion and what did come out of that was that revenue comes through these machines and finds it way back through into the community”. Councillor Matt Murphy said he supported the change undiluted. “...
John Bisset/Stuff Mackenzie District councillors have asked for more time to fully understand Plan Change 18 before voting on it. (File photo) A decision on how to protect native species in the Mackenzie Basin has been delayed as councillors say they don’t properly understand the proposal. The district council proposal, known as Plan Change 18, is to designate vast swathes of the Mackenzie as areas of natural significance, and mostly stop new clearance and irrigation of that land, as well as making it more difficult to clear native vegetation in the rest of the basin. At a Mackenzie Distr...
A partial buy back of a growing staff annual leave bill is being considered by the Mackenzie District Council.