Board member Ron Wallace says with encroachments from businesses operating along the road, it was becoming narrow and needed to be corrected.

Andrew Desmond, director of the Tararua Alliance network, says letters have been sent regarding the encroachment.

The current statutes “have no teeth,” he said, but changes made in the review could give the board more power to mandate cleanup.

Board member Terry Hynes says the problems have been going on for a long time with dropped items cluttering the trail.

“We need to find a solution to a real problem that persists. So I would like to see a way to negotiate, to work with these people over there.

Board members have been encouraged to submit comments on the proposed bylaw changes, with hearings expected to take place early next year.

Rate discount error

The council has consulted on the proposed deferral policy for those affected by the discount rate direct debit error.

It was highlighted at the meeting that deferral is one of the tools the council can use to help those affected by the error.

Twenty briefs were received and hearings were scheduled for early November.

The board will deliberate on whether any changes or adjustments are needed to the draft policy, with a final version presented to the board in mid-November.

Councilor Erana Peeti-Webber says the council worked slowly with everyone affected by the error, but a few were unreachable due to details not being updated.

Tararua Community Youth Services

Funding cuts are imminent for Tararua’s community youth services.

Terry attended the department’s annual general meeting and although everything was going “very well”, funding remained an issue.

“They are facing significant cuts to their funding, particularly in the area of ​​driving license training.”

Wackrow Price

A Dannevirke resident has raised concerns that the Wackrow Memorial Youth Awards have not been presented this year and has written to the board.

Ernie says he had discussions with some of the previous judges and many people thought the case should move forward with just three judges.

“We don’t do much for the city’s young people. »

Three applications were sent this year and it was felt that they deserved to be put forward.

“It’s our duty to continue on this path and make it happen this year.”

Terry says there was a lot of publicity for the awards, including visits to local schools, but there was very little response.

Although there were three nominations, it took more than three to organize the awards ceremony.

He said he spoke to the person who made the appointments and was in favor of not moving forward.

“I think the right thing was done.”

Terry says there is a policy that if there were less than four nominations they had to remove the pin and that’s what happened.

“It’s not for lack of trying to do something. We worked very hard to encourage people to apply.

He said the feedback he received was that it is “exceptionally difficult” to get people to nominate young people for the award.

Christmas parade

The Dannevirke Chamber of Commerce took care of organizing and preparing the Christmas parade.

Terry says there’s a lot of promotion going on trying to get support from local businesses for the parade, which is scheduled for Dec. 7.

It was noted that a letter had been sent to the community council questioning its budget and previous commitment to help fund the costs of the Christmas parade.

In 2015, the then community council made a recommendation or agreement to pay for traffic management that day and it was understood that this was an ongoing payment.

This council had also agreed to entrust the organization of the parade to the Chamber of Commerce.

However, council members were informed that a community council does not have the capacity to commit the council to provide ongoing funding and only has funding provided by the council.

Erana reminded board members that times have changed since 2015 and the board does not have the funds to commit.

The board has not yet met to decide its budget and what it will support with funding, which was reduced following the adoption of the long-range plan.