Long Term Community Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council

Hurunui Community Long Term Plan 2012 - 2022
Service
Relevant Community
Outcomes
Relevant Issues &
Constraints
Who benefits, and
over what period
Future Funding & Sustainability
Environment and
Safety – Waste
Minimisation
The Council’s funding
of Solid Waste services
contributes to the Hurunui
district being:
A desirable and safe place
to live:
- We have attractive well
designed townships
- Communities have access
to adequate health and
emergency services and
systems and resources
are available to meet civil
defence emergencies
- Risks to public health
are identified and
appropriately managed
A place that demonstrates
environmental responsibility:
- We protect our
environment while
preserving people’s
property rights
- We minimise solid waste
to the fullest extent, and
manage the rest in a
sustainable way
This is a significant
service in terms
of expenditure, so
there are benefits for
accountability and
transparency from
funding it separately
from other services.
Funding this service
separately adds no
significant extra cost.
The predominant benefit
is to those disposing of
their waste but there is
a general benefit to the
District as a whole through
having adequate waste
disposal systems in place
and discouraging illegal
dumping or storing of
rubbish.
Benefits from capital
expenditure accrue for
the lifetime of facilities
such as transfer stations.
Benefits from operational
expenditure occur at the
time the expenditure is
made.
Operational Costs:
- -Refuse collection costs are all met through
targeted rates for each dwelling or business in each
urban area based on the cost of collection in that
urban area.
- -Rural rate payers on the route can have their
rubbish picked up for the above cost plus a marginal
charge for the provision of the rural collection
stickers.
- -Transfer station costs are met through fees set at
each transfer station. The fees are set to encourage
use and discourage illegal dumping. Any shortfall in
costs is met from a District Rate.
- -Litter bin collection costs are all met through a
District Rate.
Capital Costs:
- -Any capital expenditure on the transfer stations is
funded over the life of the asset through a District
Rate.
- -Income from the Council’s reimbursement from
the landfill levy maybe used for capital purchases.
Sustainability:
The ongoing negative effects on the economic
wellbeing of those who pay for solid waste collection
will be offset by future gains in social and environmental
wellbeing.
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