The Waitaki District Council has moved a step closer to joining the Dunedin City Council in forming a 28-member South Island Strategic Alliance, but stopped short of joining as a full member.
Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton wants to revisit a rates cap which would restrict Waitaki District Council rates increases over the next 10 years.
Average rates rise of 6.5% for Waitaki district ratepayers - described as a "cost crest" by Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton - will be formally confirmed by the Waitaki District Council when it meets on Tuesday.
A by-election for the Waihemo Community Board could cost between $5400 and $16,000, depending on whether a vote needs to be held.
The Waitaki District Council wants hearings held in Oamaru to consider submissions from North Otago received on the Otago Regional Council water quality plan change.
Raising efforts to provide North Otago Search and Rescue with a new forward command unit this week reached the halfway point, despite the Waitaki District Council's refusal to contribute financially towards the purchase.
Migrant families living in the Waitaki district need more practical help to settle permanently in the area, according to a survey funded by the Ministry of Social Development.
With plunging temperatures this week, Waitaki Road Safe and the Waitaki District Council (WDC) have experienced huge demand for a timely project to supply free ice-scrapers.
Sports and clubs using Centennial Park and the Waitaki Community Recreation Centre will get the chance to set up a sports partnership to benefit all codes.
Waimate district councillor Sandy Mulqueen explains her views on the controversy surrounding her cannabis use.
Whitestone Contracting has made 14 staff redundant after losing two major contracts, but hopes plans it has for the future can limit further reductions.
A user-pays rubbish collection system in the Waitaki district has widespread support, but views differ over whether that should be run by the Waitaki District Council and paid for by rates, or ratepayers should use private contractors.
Waitaki District Council councillors now have 10 days to work out how to balance requests to spend more money against complaints rates are too high, so it can complete its 2012-22 long-term plan.
Grants totalling $15,000 have been made by the Waitaki District Council's grants and awards committee.
Future demand for increasingly rare business land, particularly for major developments, is one of the reasons behind planning the first major change in more than 15 years to where and how businesses can operate in Oamaru.
New signs on remote roads around the Waitaki district have had the spin-off effect of publicising a policy review by the Waitaki District Council which will determine maintenance of its roading network.
Water schemes throughout the Waitaki district could get almost $1.4 million back between them from the Waitaki District Council, comprising development levies and interest collected since 2006.
Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton and Waitaki District Council committee chairpersons will keep a casting vote to exercise at meetings when voting is deadlocked.
The Waitaki District Council's long-term budget and rates projections will get live television exposure for the first time on Oamaru station 45 South tomorrow.
Problems with the Moeraki landslip remain unresolved, five months after properties were placed in a natural-hazard red zone, prompting locals to call for a public meeting to explain the future of their properties.
