Councils to combine on plant control?

Press, 22 November 1980, Page 12

Councils to combine on plant control?

The Paparua County 1 Council and the Waimairi 1 County Council may com- ’ bine to tackle their noxious ’ plant problems. i A meeting of the Paparua i Rural District Council i considered a proposal from the Waimairi < County Council that the Pa- 1 parua District Noxious < Plants Authority be enlarged i to include parts of Waimairi ] County- ' The noxious plants officer, ] Mr S. K. Brown, told rhe i meeting that the Waimairi Council had made the sug- ( gestion because its officer j

had no power to act under the new. Noxious Plants Act. ; The council had to combine with a noxious plants authority in order to have i an officer who could serve i notices within the county. . i The Paparu County Engin- i eer, Mr J. D. Annan, said '■ that the Paparua County : Council would do the admin- i istrative work under the i proposal. The day-to-day work would be done by a 1 part-time officer in the Waimairi Couty. . The Waimairi County Council had proposed the joint venture to include only 1

two of the county ridings, adjacent to Paparua County. The county had proposed to meet 3 per cent of the increased expenses caused by the increased work for the Paparua authority. Of that, it recommended that 2.5 per cent would go to the noxious plants officer to meet his increased work and responsibility. Mr Annan said that he believed that the joint authority would work satisfactorily, but some problems would have to be resolved if the proposal was adopted.