County declines invitation

Press, 7 October 1980, Page 6

County declines invitation

The Paparua County Coun-' cil has declined an invitation to take part in an independent working party on Christchurch’s rubbish disposal 1 problem. The invitation to appoint 1 two representatives to the working party came from the. Waimairi County Council, I i which said that other council 1, members of the Metropolitan ' Refuse Committee bad been 1 asked to send representa- ’ tives. The Redwood ActionCommittee. the Waimairi I Coastal Protection Commit-'i tee and other ecologicalil organisations would have'< one representative each. I i Cr A. Y. Shuker attacked; t the invitation, calling it "elec-l tioneering Paparua County had already; f invested a lot of money in c

membership of the refuse' committee. The chairman of the Waimairi County (Mr D. B. Rich);' ! obviously did not have con-p fidence and faith in his own!] senidr officers, he said. ! i Mr Rich was a member of! the refuse committee: hep had had ample time to con- 1 < vince the committee that it I: was doing the wrong thing! before it started building the I western transfer station. i Cr E. L. Shipley said that i he might have supported the t idea if only local authorities'£ had been invited, but the in-, g elusion of the other organ-; t isations put the ■whole thing; i out of balance. In refusing the invitation; r the council will tell Wai-. I mairi that it has been “quite; p happy” with the performance; i of the refuse committee. I t

M.O.T. move The council is concerned;! that the proposed shift of*the!’ Ministry of Transport Papa-il rua office to Riccarton will; inconvenience its ratepayers..;] The Ministry intends to; I shift to the new State Insur-p ance building in Division; i Street. . i Paparua residents would] 1 have to go to Riccarton tori renew their driver’s licences,; i although at a meeting be-i t tween council representatives; and the Ministry it was sug-l gested that drivers’ licences could still be renewed and issued in the county’s offices., s Cr J. C. Wilson said that; r parking would be almost im- : [ possible in Riccarton. The;, Ministry should move out' into Yaldhurst or Hornby, not to Riccarton. I <

The County Chairman (Mr J, Y. Pethig) said the council ■ had made it clear that it would not give up without a fair fight. The council would ask the Riccarton Borough Council how many car-parks were available at the new building. Mr Pethig said that the Ministry of Transport was considering the arguments raised against the shift by the council. Name change The council convened a special meeting to change the name of Middlepark Road. Sockburn, between street numbers 84 and 94. The new street will be called Sycamore Lane.