Long Term Community Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council
Long Term Community Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council
Long Term Community Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council
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<strong>Hurunui</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Long</strong> <strong>Term</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>2012</strong> - <strong>2022</strong><br />
Service<br />
Relevant <strong>Community</strong><br />
Outcomes<br />
Relevant Issues &<br />
Constraints<br />
Who benefits, and over<br />
what period<br />
Future Funding & Sustainability<br />
Environment<br />
and Safety –<br />
Swimming Pool<br />
Inspections<br />
The <strong>Council</strong>’s funding<br />
Swimming Pool Inspections<br />
services contributes to the<br />
<strong>Hurunui</strong> district being:<br />
A desirable and safe place<br />
to live:<br />
- We have attractive well<br />
designed townships<br />
- Communities have<br />
access to adequate<br />
health and emergency<br />
services and systems<br />
and resources are<br />
available to meet civil<br />
defence emergencies<br />
- Risks to public health<br />
are identified and<br />
appropriately managed<br />
A place that demonstrates<br />
e n v i r o n m e n t a l<br />
responsibility:<br />
- We protect our<br />
environment while<br />
preserving people’s<br />
property rights<br />
- We minimise solid<br />
waste to the fullest<br />
extent, and manage the<br />
rest in a sustainable way<br />
Those with swimming pools<br />
benefit more from this service<br />
than others; hence there are<br />
benefits to accountability and<br />
transparency from funding<br />
this service distinctly from<br />
other services. There are no<br />
significant costs involved in<br />
this distinction.<br />
The <strong>Council</strong> is required to<br />
take all reasonable steps to<br />
en- sure private swimming<br />
pools meet the requirements<br />
of the Fencing of Swimming<br />
Act 1987. The <strong>Council</strong> is<br />
concerned at the level of noncompliance<br />
relating to this<br />
Act. The <strong>Council</strong> is currently<br />
auditing 33% of swimming<br />
pools on its register annually<br />
and believes this will increase<br />
pool owners’ awareness of<br />
the importance of maintaining<br />
existing fence standards to<br />
those required by the Act.<br />
100% benefit to swimming pool<br />
owners, as they would be held<br />
liable if an accident were to<br />
occur due to their swimming<br />
pool not having adequate<br />
fencing. There is also a benefit<br />
to other persons who may use<br />
the swimming pool in question,<br />
in the form of a reduced risk of<br />
accidental drowning, but this is<br />
impractical to quantify.<br />
The benefits from capital<br />
expenditure accrue over the<br />
life of the asset and the benefits<br />
from operational expenditure<br />
accrue at the time that the work<br />
is completed.<br />
Operational Costs:<br />
- 100% of the costs will be recovered from<br />
a targeted rate on each rating unit on<br />
which is located a swimming pool.<br />
- Pools which remain non-compliant will<br />
incur an inspection fee for any inspection<br />
and subsequent inspections.<br />
Sustainability:<br />
- The negative impact of the cost of this<br />
service is offset by the social wellbeing<br />
through having a safe and healthy<br />
communities.<br />
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