It was a big issue in the middle of last year when driven by then boss Mr Maxwell and the outgoing mayor, the council voted to close the facility off Park Avenue (see the several posts on it.)
Waikanae people affected were very unhappy about it and a public meeting in the Beach Community Hall unanimously called for Mr Maxwell’s sacking.
But the facility closed, and recently so has the Green Waste centre in the same area. The signs have gone and a locked fence now blocks off the driveway.
Last December the council then passed this motion by 10-1: “That Council approves … To establish a waste minimisation / recycling site in Waikanae as a trial, in partnership with the community, lead by the community and the Community Board, to understand how in the future, these sites could be established across the District.”
Has anything happened in the last 9 months? Nope.
Was it ever going to? Probably not, just a fob-off.
Could it reopen if the right Councilors are elected? Yes.
Waikanae ward candidate Nigel Wilson makes very clear the robbed Waikanae facility must be reinstated. The current Councilor for Waikanae, Prvanov, says nothing about it at meetings.
What you need on mass is show some guts for once in your lives. On mass, drop your recylcing off over the fence or at the gate. Once it builds up to appreciable levels council will have to do ‘something.’ Since all these clone councils blather on about the climate every chance they get this does seem an interesting situation. You can write all the letters to trained seal local printed media all you want. That won’t change much of anything.
Step 1:
Courage in the face of adversity. Not a lot of that around these days in our gutless society.
I well recall that the so called ‘rationale’ for this appalling closure of a key service – was tagged to the ‘criteria’ of whether the exisitng service was ‘effective’, ‘efficient’ and ‘equitable’. Despite the fact that the existing service was ‘effective’, efficient’ and ‘equitable’- the current Deputy Mayor and Mayoral candidate Janet Holborrow and Councillor James Cootes pushed hard for its closure-citing faulty statistics compiled by Councillor Cootes.
Never trust a man who overcharges for sub-standard bread rolls for a living. We won’t talk about his wife who moniters their shop workers from home on store cameras and then rings up workers abusefully. James and his sidekick Gaylor also stated in the local rag that Otaki had a water shortage problem that suddenly disappearred with the introduction of water meters. Funny that…
Composting just keep putting the price up of what should really be free. Next thing is they go to the council for a subsidy to keep it going.
Perhaps theres a better way
They have to pay for the facility and someone’s wages to staff the shop?
As to wages, it never seems to be a problem when council suck on the publics tits. They are and since 1986 have always been lying whores. Still if youb are thick enough to believe that shuffling the pawns around the board will change much of anything then enjoy your brief bit of power filling out and mailing your worthless votes. Sorry but that is what your votes are – Worthless…