County to hear own application

Taupo Times, Volume 23, Issue 51, 27 June 1974, Page 4

County to hear own application

The Taupo County Council is to hear its own application for conditional use approvai to establish a temporary sewage treatment plant at Acacia Bay. At Tuesday's meeting the council decided the hearing would be at 10 a.m. on July 11. The application has caused some controversy among Acacia Bay ratepayers, who have had several discussions about it with county staff. Local residents are not opposed to the scheme itself. They object strongly to the proposed site in the Golden Groves subdivision, opposite an area zoned for shops.

The Gbvernment's economic stabilisation regulations looked like involving county building inspectors in a considerable amount of additional work, the health and building inspector, Mr W. E. Watters, said in his monthly report. He said changes were already being made to the original regulations, which were designed to ensure that sufficient ' resources were available for high priority building, particularly lower cost housing. Mr Watters added that he would not be surprised to see even further relaxations in the new law. * * * The use of insecticides for controlling grass grub had resulted in two people suffering chemical poisoning in the county last month, the council was told. Mr Watters said one of those affected was admitted to hospital in a fairly serious condition. "This incident highlights the potential hazards of roof water supplies, more especially in areas where fertilisers and other hazardous chemicals are dropped from the air," he said. "The insidious effects of many of these compounds, going under trade names which give no clues to their chemical composition, are not always understood by the people using them, and frequently the instructions are not adhered to." Mr Watters also reported on a weekend civil defence course he attended at Whakatane. , "It is fairly obvious that, in the event of a civil defence emergency, health inspectors will merely be carrying out their normal duties under abnormal conditions," he said. * * * Nominations for appointments to the consultative

committee for recreation and sport have been deferred until the council's July 9 meeting. Six names were put forward on Tuesday, - but the council has yet to decide how many representatives it will have on the committee. Mr J. H. Thorby said it was a common feeling in Turangi that there was no need for the consultative committee. Most people were happy for the county council to allocate grants. But the county chairman, Mr J. M. Black, said the council was required by regulation to set up such a committee. * * * The Taupo County Council has put the finishing touches to its annual newsletter to ratepayers. Varied and extensive information on county activities is included in the 10-page newsletter, and there is also a financial statement.