Press Release – Marlborough District Council Three councillors were appointed today to oversee the community consultation process for Marlborough District Councils representation review, which will consider whether councillors are elected as a whole or through a ward structure, or through a combination …
Three councillors were appointed today to oversee the community consultation process for Marlborough District Council’s representation review, which will consider whether councillors are elected as a whole or through a ward structure, or through a combination of both.
Councillors Nadine Taylor, Gerald Hope and David Croad were appointed to the group, alongside Mayor John Leggett.
The representation review is a formal process required under the Local Electoral Act 2001. Every six years a council considers and proposes to the public the basis on which it will be elected at the next elections, and how many elected members there should be, excluding the Mayor. The public has a
Blenheim breached air pollution standards twice last year.
Photo: LDR / Chloe Ranford
Councils have to worry about particulate matter smaller than 10 micrometres under New Zealand s air quality regulations, but the government is proposing a shift to particles under 2.5 micrometres, which go deeper into the lungs.
Marlborough District Council air scientist Sarah Brand said if the proposal went ahead, Blenheim s air pollution breaches could increase 20-fold, prompting significant management changes.
Marlborough s capital was already struggling to meeting the government s air quality target for bigger particles (PM10), having gone over the pollution limit almost every year since 2006.
The limit was more than 50mcgs of bigger air pollutants in a cubic metre of air, and exceeding this increases the chance of health issues.
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