Borough Brevities

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 14928, 16 March 1949, Page 2

Borough Brevities

Decisions And Reports

To Council

Rate Collection

An intimation that a rate collection of over 99 per cent, would be gained this year was given the Tamanga Borough Council, at its monthly meeting, by the Town Clerk (Mr R." B. Shearman).

Street Improvement The action of the Borough Engineer (Mr C. W. Boak) in doing formation work and metalling on the west boundary of the new State housing block as houses were being burlt on this street, has been approved. # Abattoir Extensions

The Abattoir Committee is to carry out an inspection of the abattoir'yards with the engineer and killing contractor, with a view to determining the future position and layout of yards and buildings. Storm Water Drainage

Storm water drainage, the engineer told the meeting, was functioning in Cameron Road from .Morris' Street to Wrigley Street and the branch to the low spots in Hunter Street was nearing completion. * * v * Centennial Park

A recommendation by the Works Committee that a committee from the council meet representatives of the Tauranga Co-operative Dairy Company to discuss the acquisition of company land at Centennial Park, was adopted.

Transit Camp Rentals On the recommendation of its Bousi'ng Committee, the council h to take legal action to recover rentals overdue from transit houses at the discretion of the council's solicitors. Meanwhile tenants in arrears with rents are to be given notice to quit. ijc * * '>

Borough Building- Permits Fourteen building permits representing a total expenditure of £13,894 were approved and issued during February. Seven were for new dwellings to cost £12.860; two were for alterations to dwellings costing £669; one was for business premises at a cost of £2OO and four were for garages and outbuildings costing £165. !.. IS •» *

Shortage of Labour "Lines work involving transmission, distribution and street lighting is very much in arrears due to labour shortage," stated the engineer. "A recent advertisement," he added, "resulted i'n one telephone inquiry and this came to nothing on account of housing difficulties."

Commercial Building Permits That permits for commercial buildings i'n present residential areas be deferred until the council completes its town-planning scheme and that the council call a special meeting to discuss fully town planning and approve of a scheme for the whole borough, was the text of a recommendation by the Town Planning Committee which was adopted.

Electricity Fund The town clerk stated that the current year's contributirn to ths Electricity Depreciation Fund was now due.' Last year this amounted to £SOO and he recommended that the same amount should be paid tins year. This, he added, should leave the fund at approximately £19,200 at March 31, 1949. The council adopted the recommendation.

Grass Cutting: in Borough A recommendation that the Parks and Gardens Committee consider the question of plant used ior cutting grass in the borough at an earlydate, was put forward by the engineer. The treatment that the power mowers received could only be described as most unsatisfactory, while the frequent change in operators, he added, precluded the blame attaching to any cne person. Streets Scaling Programme

The Borough streets sealing programme has been delayed owing to the'non-delivery of the spraying plant. Pointing this out, the engineer stated that this was due entire y to the shortage of necessary steel. It was still possible, he added, that the plant might come -to hand and permit some, i*f net all, of the priming in April or May. The bitumastic material was in stock, but not anything like the full amount of chips. The possibility of hiring a spraying plant was mentioned by Cr L. P. Lees.