by Ron Scott | Apr 23, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 606 pages Hours in meetings: 1 hour Just an informal meeting of the council this week to catch up. Most councillors have been on a road trip to the far east of the Region....
by Ron Scott | Apr 22, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 1109 pages Hours in meetings: 19 hours Hours in meetings: 19 hours A big week this week with several meaty issues. For three days we travelled around the region hearing submissions on the regional land transport Plan. This plan shows the...
by Ron Scott | Apr 21, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 581 pages Hours in meetings: 6 hours Another light week for Council following Easter. The main meetings were on Friday when the Civil Defence Emergency Management Group met....
by Ron Scott | Apr 20, 2024 | Leadership, News
I am excited to have been nominated to join the board of Consumer NZ. Voting is taking place now. If you are a subscriber to Consumer NZ then I would appreciate your support. You will have received an email explaining how to vote. Thank you in advance for your...
by Ron Scott | Apr 19, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 114 pages Hours in meetings: 10 hours A light reading load this week and only the one formal meeting which discussed just a couple of items before going into ”closed”...
by Ron Scott | Mar 25, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 232 pages Hours in meetings: 9 hours Meetings this week included a review workshop on how you are represented. We have to do this every six years and the discussion centerd...
by Ron Scott | Mar 19, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 604 pages Hours in meetings: 9 hours A reasonably quiet week this week. The key meeting of the week was the Tauranga Public Transport Committee meeting. We heard there is...
by Ron Scott | Mar 12, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 1422 pages Hours in meetings: 12 hours A lot of reading this week as the final draft of the Long-Term Plan was given to us to check before it goes on the website for feedback...
by Ron Scott | Mar 4, 2024 | News, Regional Council
Reading: 356 pages Hours in meetings: 14 hours Council is gearing up for consultations and there are more meetings. Navigational by-laws has just ended consultation while the Regional...
by Ron Scott | Feb 26, 2024 | News, Strategy
This week I read about a plane that suffered bird strike, which damaged part of a wing and had to divert to a closer airport. Nothing particularly unusual about that. What really got me thinking was the passenger noticed the damage and was worried about its extent. He...
