Cottonwood Heights splash pad to remain closed due to drought, parents upset
and last updated 2021-05-28 19:08:57-04
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah â Some Cottonwood Heights residents are upset after the city announced it would not open a popular splash pad at the Mountainview Park for the 2021 summer season. We were so excited to get the splash pad up and going again and then all of a sudden we get that shortage of snow in the winter and now we re not having enough water, said Ben Hill, executive director of the Cottonwood Heights Parks and Recreation Service Area.
After
Gov. Spencer Cox declared a state of emergency because of worsening drought conditions, Hill and city officials met to discuss water usage plans for city recreation facilities.
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It means in total, weekly main benefit rates will increase by between $32 and $55 per adult by April 2022. The Government expects that 109,000 families and whanau with children will be, on average, $175 a week better off as a result of changes to income support, since 2017.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it was about reversing cuts to benefits made in 1991 under National Party Finance Minister Ruth Richardson - a Budget nicknamed the Mother of all Budgets.
Minister for Social Development
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· The indexation of Childcare
Assistance income thresholds to increases in the average
wage will benefit 1,000 families, or around 1,500
children
· 3,300 extra places in Out of School Care
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income thresholds for Childcare Assistance will be adjusted
every year in line with average wage growth,” Carmel
Sepuloni said.
“By indexing income thresholds for
Childcare Assistance to average wage growth, we’re
supporting parents and caregivers to participate in the
workforce.
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