Piako County Council Finance.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4402, 24 April 1909, Page 2

Piako County Council Finance.

ANNUAL REPORT. The Finance Committee of the Piako County Cauncil reported as follows at the meeting on Tuesday :

£5579 3 11

The following works were filed for consideration at Finance Meeting : —Mr S. F. Hunt’s application ie No. 2 road is dealt with in Supervisor’s Report, Mrs J. M. McCabe, re Gratton’s Outlet, Mr Alex Thomson, re Drain at Gordon, Mr William Brumby, re Road at Gordon, Mr T. Hanna, re Waiata Waitoa Road, Mr J. Bridgeman, re Valley Road, Mr C. Q. Hutchinson, re Road at Walton, Mr S. S, Allen, ie Morrinsville-Matamata Road, Mr N. N’eilsen, re Motumoahn Road, Mr Wm. Richards, re No. 2 Road Drain. >

With reference to Brumby’s Road it is recommended that the matter be left in the hands of Cr. Brady and the Supervisor with power to act. It is also re commended that the Supervisor visit each riding in the County at least once during the month and also that he notify Ihe member for the ridiug of the date he is to be in the Riding. The Rates on the Capital and Unimproved values in County : A rate of l£d in the £ upon the capital value of the various ridings will yield, as under:—

A rate of 2£d in the £ upon the unirn - proved value of the various ridings will yield as under :

Supervisor Johnson wrote as follows: “ I beg to submit to ycuan estimate of the requirements for the ensuing year, which I trust you w'll find ‘n order and to you: satisf etion. With reference to the Waitoa Riding I have not included in the estimate any works that are laid down m the scheme for the roading of the Waitoa Estate which are to be paid for out of the monies received from the Bank of New Zealand.

In dealing with the estimates as a whole I have not in any ease taken into consideration the cleanmg of the drains at the road sines aid outlets that are anui ally being cleaned out by the Council.

I would suggest that the Council should go fully into this question of Road Drainage and to define as io the requirement of each road’s dram age as a sum could then bo fixed and tho Council would then I now how they stood with reference to the amount that is necessary to bo expended in the road drains and outlets.

There is no doubt that liitlieiio a greater amount than is necessary has been expended in the road side drains. Iu going through the estimates 1 would ask the Council to decide which works they are prepared to take in hand for tho ensuing year, us this would then give me a chance of preparing the necessary data piior to calli ig contracts and so arrange that there wi’l be no congestion of contracts in any one month.

£ s. d At the 31st March, 1909 the overdraft balance was Dr 1753 14 4 To this amoui.t add amount due Waitoa Roads account 2286 2 0 and also Contracts outstanding .. 355 0 0 £4,394 16 6 Less amount to be refunded from Bridges Loan A/c. 1167 0 0 Total Dr. Balance £3227 16 4 The Supervisor handed in Estima'es < of the various works that would require at tention during the coming year, a b SU 1 mary of which is as follows £ 8 d Waihou Riding 1138 2 9 Wnitoa Riding 520 1 5 (j Walton Riding 1605 1 5 0 Te Aroha Riding 494 5 0 Mauawaru Riding 1010 0 5 Morrinsville Riding .. 816 5 (3

Capital Yields Yalue Rate of Walton Hiding .. 133,333 633 6 7 Morrinsville Riding 140,903 880 12 10 Waitoa Riding 111,367 698 0 11 Waihou Riding .. 107,532 672 1 6 Te Aroha Riding. . 99,529 022 1 o Manaw iru Rid ing 113,171 707 6 5 £4411 9 2

Unimp. Yields Value. Rate of Walton Hiding 79,73d 930 11 5 Morrinsville Hiding 86,998 906 4 i Waitoa Riding .. 66,081 688 6 10 Waihou Riding .. 55,199 574 19 : 0 Te Aroha Riding . 57,929 603 s 6 Maria war u Riding 77,868 811 2 6 £4 :,414 13 8