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A Carterton council election candidate has called for more light on the district s major project - a multi-million dollar wastewater treatment plant estimated to cost $10 million.
Mike Osborne.
Photo: Wairarapa Times Age / Marcus Anselm via LDR
Mike Osborne, one of three runners in this month s by-election, will address Carterton District Council s (CDC) infrastructure committee tomorrow.
He said he wanted more scrutiny of the sewage works scheme. It has been underway at the town s south end for more than two years.
Committee reports did not highlight a plan, he said. To be blunt, what I see are little bloody puff pieces with photos of where we re at. But that s not transparency or anything like a proper project plan.
Candidates in the Carterton council by-election say residents are annoyed and frustrated by the town s ongoing water contamination.
Emergency water supplies at Carterton Events Centre.
Photo: LDR / WAIRARAPA TIMES-AGE
Voting papers are due to hit letterboxes in the central Wairarapa district on 8 April, with polls open until 30 April.
Mike Osborne, Grant Pittams, and Dale Williams are bidding to replace Steffen Bertram on the district s nine-person board.
The winner will arrive at an eventful time in the town s history.
Their first task may be approving the replacement of outgoing chief executive Jane Davis.
However, the priority will be pitching in to tackle the district s water crisis.
Monday, 1 February 2021, 10:09 am
Carterton District Council will be holding a by-election
following the resignation of Councillor Steffen Bertram,
effective from 1 February 2021.
Councillor Bertram was
elected onto council during the 2019 Local Body Elections
and was a member on the Audit and Risk Committee, Policy and
Strategy Committee, Rural Travel Fund Committee, Arts,
Culture and Heritage group, the Economic Development
Advisory group, Wairarapa Library Services committee and the
Carterton and District Returned and Services Memorial
Trust.
Mr Bertram said COVID-19 has seen his workload
increase in his central government role, making it
increasingly difficult to balance his work and council
responsibilities.
“Over the last 12 months, I’m