Selwyn_Times: January 19, 2022

Wednesday January 19 2022 Selwyn Times
• The $22.2 million Te Ara
Ātea cultural facility and sensory
space of the Rolleston town
centre were completed by the
end of the calendar year.
• Selwyn continued to be
one of the strongest economies
nationwide, with GDP for the
district growing by seven per
cent in comparison to a national
average of 4.2 per cent in the
financial year.
• The strong growth contributed
to district council revenue
of $171.2 million, compared to
the expected budget of $158.6
million.
• The district council had
a surplus of $52.4 million in
the financial year. This is a
decrease of $26.7 million on
the previous year, mostly due
to lower levels of assets being
vested to the district council by
developers.
• Total expenditure was
$120.6 million, compared with
budgeted expenditure of $120.8
million.
• More than $15 million
worth of improvements to
drinking water, stormwater
and wastewater systems were
completed, while a further 6ha
of reserves were added to the
district’s network of parks.
Upcoming district
council project
highlights for 2022
include:
• Work to continue on
the new $13 million,
22ha, Springs Park sports
and nature reserve at
Prebbleton, as well as
upgrades to Kirwee
Reserve and the Darfield
Domain.
• Building of $4.2 million
artificial football and
hockey turfs, alongside
a 200-vehicle park to
replace the existing gravel
car park, at Foster Park.
• Completion of the
Darfield/Kirwee pipeline
to the Pines Wastewater
Treatment Plant, which
has $10.66 million shovel
ready funding. A new
sewer line along the
Darfield main street
will pave the way for
businesses and new
developments to connect
up.
• Water capacity
upgrades will begin
for Darfield, Leeston,
Prebbleton, Rolleston,
West Melton and the
rural restricted supplies.
There will also be water
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sealed, big projects finished
storage and quality
upgrades at Springfield
and Castle Hill.
• Repairs to Darfield Pool,
$1.5 million is budgeted
for the 2021/2022 financial
year.
• Continuing work around
the Rolleston town square
and reserve developments,
and town centre including
a Rolleston Drive/Tennyson
St intersection upgrade
and Rolleston Drive
roading upgrade. It will
be as the $85 million
Rolleston Fields private
enterprise shopping centre
buildings come under
construction.
• Building of a new
Leeston Medical Centre
to replace the existing
earthquake prone facility,
with potential to extend
Completion
of the
Darfield/
Kirwee
pipeline to
the Pines
Wastewater
Treatment
Plant is
scheduled
for this year.
or add complementary
services. Cost is $1.86
million funded by lease
rental income.
• Roading network
programme safety
improvements of $17.8
million over 2022-
2030, funded by Waka
Kotahi NZ Transport
Agency, development
contributions and the
general rate.
• Prebbleton arterial
intersection upgrades to
begin – Shands/Trents,
Shands/Hamptons Rds
and Springs/Hamptons
Rds. There has been $13.8
million allocated through
to 2025, funded by Waka
Kotahi NZ Transport
Agency, development
contributions and the
general rate.
NEWS 5
Majority of
staff fully
vaccinated
• From page 1
The district council employs
about 480 people. It is reviewing
feedback from staff after consulting
on its vaccination mandate
proposal.
It comes as the city council
introduces a mandate for its 2791
staff.
Washington said currently
all of the district council’s staff
required to be vaccinated under
the Government’s Covid-19 vaccination
health order were fully
vaccinated, and all of the senior
management team were fully vaccinated.
In addition, a recent voluntary
survey among staff based at facilities
where the district council was
not currently requiring full vaccination,
indicated the majority
were fully vaccinated.
“For roles where vaccination
is required and a staff member
declines and does not have an
exemption, we will work with
those staff to consider options for
them,” Washington said.
This would include alternative
working arrangements, modified
duties, redeployment or a period
of leave. Staff members ending
employment with the district
council would be a last case
scenario, “only where no other
arrangement can be reached.”
TRAILBLAZERS
IN
TERN
Applications Now Open
Local Government Internship
Forge your own path, blaze your own trail
In collaboration with Youth Pathways (Te Ara Rangatahi) and Ministry of Social Development,
Selwyn District Council is providing a five week group Internship in the following areas.
To support career pathways:
· Running a public facility
· Organising and delivering events
· Running recreation programmes
· Working in a library
· Organising and delivering community
programmes and activities
To be eligible for this Internship you need to be a New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or
refugee living in Selwyn district, aged over 18 years, and looking for work because you aren't
in work or are in paid employment for less than 30 hours per week.
The internship programme is based in Rolleston. Applications close 18 February 2022.
Intake starts 28 March 2022.*
Visit SELWYN.GOVT.NZ/TRAILBLAZERS for further information and application forms. These are
also available from Selwyn library and Service Centre or Rolleston Headquarters.
*Vaccine pass is required.