Noticeboard 22 OCTOBER 2014 THE RIGHT PIPE PROJECT Council is undertaking a project that it is calling the ‘Right Pipe’. By ensuring all stormwater is going to the ‘right pipe’, we can improve our sewerage network and help keep our community clean and healthy. Our drainage systems audit will require on-site inspections of residential properties on a suburb-bysuburb, basis over the next one to two years, starting with the Tinwald area. Each inspection will involve a Council representative checking gully traps to make sure they are positioned at the right height, and stormwater downpipes and soak holes to make sure the system is working to a satisfactory standard. Before we visit your property to do the inspection, we will send you a letter to notify you when it is scheduled to take place. To learn more about the Right Pipe Project visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz MEETINGS RUBBISH AND RECYCLING All meetings are open to the public unless specified and residents are welcome to attend. Labour Day Collection Monday 17 November 2014 Methven Community Board 1.30pm The Methven Community Board meets in the Board Room at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall and Heritage Centre, Main Street, Methven. Thursday 20 November 2014 Environmental Services Committee 1.30pm Service Delivery Committee - To follow Environmental Services Committee Thursday 27 November 2014 Finance and Business Support Committee • Rubbish and Recycling - Kerbside Collection If your collection day is a Monday, there will be a change for Labour Day. Collections normally scheduled for Monday 27 October 2014 will be collected on Tuesday 28 October 2014. There are no changes to any other collections. 1.30pm 1.30pm GR ANTS Council and Committee meetings are held in the Council Chamber, Ashburton District Council offices, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton. FREE FUNDING SEMINAR Do you need funding for your community voluntary organisation or club? Money to study, research, or for your professional development? A free funding seminar is being held to help you find the best funding matches from over 1200 grants to pay for administration costs, building redevelopment, salaries, volunteer expenses, equipment, furniture and much more! You can also chose from over 4000 scholarships and grants for students, professionals, researchers, sports people and artists. Date: Tuesday 11 November 2014, 6.00pm - 7.00pm Where: Ashburton Library, Havelock Street Can’t make it? Visit www.fis.org.nz HOURS OF SERVICE Biodiversity Grant Applications Funding applications are now being invited from groups and organisations for financial assistance from the Ashburton District Council’s Biodiversity Grants scheme. Council provides biodiversity grants to protect and/or enhance indigenous biodiversity in the Ashburton District. The maximum individual grant available is $5,000 and can be no more than 50% of the total project cost. The applicants share of the project’s cost can be in kind, or financial. Application forms and full criteria are available from the Council website and from the Council offices. For further enquiries please contact the Council on 307 7700 or email [email protected]. Applications close 5.00pm Tuesday 11 November 2014. Council Meeting Thursday 30 October 2014, 1.30pm • Receptionist - EA Networks Centre Grants Applications are open for the following schemes: • Biodiversity Grants For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz HAVE YOUR SAY Ashburton District Council’s draft Significance and Engagement Policy is now available for community consultation. The policy details the approach Council will take to determine the significance of any proposal, policy or decision and how it will decide on a community engagement approach appropriate to that significance. Council wants to hear what you think of the proposed policy. FACEBOOK The policy and accompanying information can be found on Council’s website, the Ashburton Library, or the Council Office. Ashburton District Council has joined the Facebook - you can follow us on facebook.com/AshburtonDC Submissions close at 5.00pm on Monday 10 November 2014. ASHBURTON RESOURCE RECOVERY PARK Range Street COUNCIL OFFICE 5 Baring Square West ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 180 Havelock Street Monday - Wednesday 8.30am - 5.00pm Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm Monday - Friday 9.00am - 8.00pm Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm Sunday 1.00 pm - 4.00pm www.ashburtondc.govt.nz Meetings Career Opportunities Monday 27 October 2014 Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day. Thursday 11 December 2014 Council Meeting Resource Recovery Parks The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on: Up & Coming Monday - Friday 8.00am - 5.00pm Saturday 9.00am - 5.00pm Sunday 1.00pm - 5.00pm PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740 E [email protected] P (03) 307 7700