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By local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
The cost for council stockwater services in Mid Canterbury could more than double.
The minimum charge for Ashburton District Council’s stockwater is proposed to increase from $260 to $700.
The cost increase will be part of a wider revenue and … View moreBy local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
The cost for council stockwater services in Mid Canterbury could more than double.
The minimum charge for Ashburton District Council’s stockwater is proposed to increase from $260 to $700.
The cost increase will be part of a wider revenue and financing policy consultation process coinciding with the draft long-term plan, in which the council proposes to end delivering stockwater by June 2027.
Councillor Russell Ellis was concerned about the message the proposed increase could be sending.
“I wonder if there is a perceived risk to council going out with this increase to $700 at the same time we are going out with the stockwater closure in three years’ time, for people saying we are trying to influence that decision by doing this as well.”
But councillor Richard Wilson said the proposed increase would only help encourage stockwater users to start seriously considering alternate delivery options sooner.
“It will bring out where we are trying to head with stockwater.
“This will focus their minds and should help with our process.”
The targeted rate is based on the race length crossing or adjoining a property and is used to fund race maintenance.
A declining number of contributors means that the stockwater budget, which exceeds $1m, is being divided between fewer ratepayers over time and making the current approach unsustainable, the council report stated.
The solution is for the remaining users to pay more.
The minimum charge for race lengths up to 246m is proposed to more than double by increasing to $700.
The increase would also reduce the per metre charge for the races over the 246m.
The other options are to increase the charge to $500, increase it to $700 by 2025-26 – making consecutive $220 increases, or keep the status quo.
The council previously consulted on increasing the minimum charge to $600 in 2021.
The majority of the 105 submissions supported the status quo and the council decided to only increase the minimum charge by $50 each year for the first three years of the 2021-31 long-term plan.
Since 2021, there has been a reduction of 25% in stockwater ratepayers and a 20% reduction in network length, senior policy adviser Richard Mabon said.
It was unclear if the reductions were driven by the $50 increases or other factors, Mabon said.
Volumetric charging is not an option as the council is not able to gauge what each property uses.
Stockwater is part-funded from the general rate due to the community-wide benefit aspects, and in 2023-24 it was 7.5% of the total funding.
It is proposed to increase to be between 10% and 20%.
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By local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
A changing room will be exclusively designated for disabled pool users at the EA Networks Centre in Ashburton.
But whether it can actually be enforced - and therefore have a positive impact - has been questioned by the council.
The decision to … View moreBy local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
A changing room will be exclusively designated for disabled pool users at the EA Networks Centre in Ashburton.
But whether it can actually be enforced - and therefore have a positive impact - has been questioned by the council.
The decision to provide one accessible changing room followed a request through a public submission.
Mark Somerville asked the council in December to consider making the poolside accessible change rooms solely for disabled people and their carers, following a previous submission in 2016.
EA Networks Centre aquatic centre has four disabled changing rooms available, including one with an electric hoist. The hoist was paid for by external funding sourced by Somerville.
However, unlike disabled car parks, there is no legislation enforcing who can use accessible changing rooms, only that they should be provided.
In a report recently presented to council, staff recommended not making any changes to the status quo - having both pool-side accessible rooms be open to all pool users.
But councillors decided to designate the changing room with the hoist to be exclusively for disabled use, in six votes to four.
As the motion was put forward for a vote, Ashburton mayor Neil Brown pointed out “the staff don’t have any ability to enforce this, be aware of that”.
Councillor Richard Wilson said he was not opposed to accessible toilets, but was opposed to exclusive use of the changing rooms.
“One of the biggest problems at a pool is code browns and you want as many toilets open to all people as possible.
“I’d rather see them open to all.”
Councillor Leen Braam said it was out of respect to those with a disability in the community who may find it harder to access the pool.
Councillor Carolyn Cameron agreed, believing at least one dedicated room for people with disabilities “is the minimum we can do to ensure that our disabled community can access a publicly provided facility”.
“When you look at the footprint of the [aquatic centre], it’s not that vast that people can’t go to a bathroom further away.”
Councillor Tony Todd said he was sympathetic, but understand the inability of staff to enforce the toilet's use.
New signage will be installed to indicate exclusive use to those with a disability in one change room, but it won’t guarantee use of facilities.
People and facilities group manager Sarah Mosley said the number of disabled users at the pools was not monitored as staff couldn't always identify or determine if a person has a disability, with some disabilities not being visible.
This meant staff will not be able to enforce who is eligible to use the changing room.
Sport and recreation manager Richard Wood said he has never personally observed someone with a visible disability having to wait for a disabled change room.
The hoist cannot be used without staff “providing a piece of equipment”, Wood said
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