ST. KILDA COUNCIL

Evening Star, Issue 22336, 12 May 1936, Page 14

ST. KILDA COUNCIL

EFFECT OF NEW VALUATION DRAINAGE LEVY REDUCED OVfR £7OO When advice was received at last night's St. Kilda Council meeting in respect of the rates struck by the Drainage Board for the current year, it was reported that, under the borough’s new valuation recently completed, last year’s levy for this purpose of approximately £7,300 would be reduced by over £7OO. Present at the meeting were Mr J. J. Marlow (mayor) and Crs George Glue. \V. J. Davidson, J. H. Hinton, R. S. Brent, T. D. B. Roy, N. D. Anderson, J. C. Cherry, W. J. Lovell, J. A. Cameron, and W. Rutherford. ST.G2sPOSTING STREETS. The Precision .Engineering Company Ltd. (Wellington) submitted quotes for the manufacture of street name plates, similar to those supplied to the Wellington City Corporation. Cr Hinton reported having inspected the street signs of the borough and recommended the purchase of 31 new plates at the price cpiotcd, £lO 0s l()d. Painted signs were neither suitable nor lasting, ho added. It was agreed that the designation of streets was not satisfactory, and when Cr Carman suggested that it, was not desirable that the council should economise in the matter, it was explained that expense might at least he trebled, but there was really no object iu providing a surfeit of signs. It was decided to order the signs as recommended. REVENUE INCREASES. Revenue increases produced since Jus appointment in May, 1931, were revealed in a special report submitted by the borough inspector. Greatest revenue was accrued from traffic licensing, which had produced an increase of £54 ss—£l9B 5s (793 licenses) in 1930-31, as against £252 10s (1,010) in 1935-3 G. For five years fines totalled £ll9 2s, or an annual average of £23 I6s sd. Dog registrations had increased by £4O from £BB (17G) in 1930-31 to £l2B (25G) for tbo year just ended. In addition to these figures, other revenue, which had not been assessed, included that collected from heavy traffic licenses, building permits, and hawkers’ licenses. It was finally suggested that the time was opportune for the provision of a by-law providing for the annual licensing of all shops where food was sold and also of stables. GENERAL. The annual grant of sgs to the St. John Ambulance Association was approved. A refund of portion of the amount paid for ball hire for its recent jubilee dance was granted to the Ocean Beach group of the Boy Scouts’ Association. On the application of tho St. Kilda Unemployed Association, it was decided to install a heater in the Town Hall, FINANCE. The Finance Committee reported that receipts for the past two weeks totalled £238 11s 2d, and that after the payment of accounts amounting to £1)0 2s 6d there would be a credit balance of £1,797 0s 7d. LICENSES ISSUED. Nineteen motor drivers’ licenses for tho new 1936-37 registration period, three building permits, two hawkers’ licenses, three dangerous goods licenses, and 27 dog registrations bad been issued in the past two weeks, stated the borough inspector’s report, which was adopted. WATER CONSUMPTION. During the past two weeks the borough’s water consumption was 3,684,000 gallons, at a cost of £92 2s, as compared with £B3 10s for the preceding period. FOREMAN’S REPORT. The foreman’s report on work done in the borough during the past two weeks stated that 18 chains of the flank of Victoria road had been tar sealed, and a stone kerb placed in Royal Crescent, which bad also been graded and metalled. Streets bad been patched, channels swept, and motor vehicle crossings installed. For the ensuing fortnight it was recommended that the work in Royal Crescent bo completed, including the tarring of the road flank, if tho weather permitted, and that further streets be patched and channels grassed,—Adopted.