The decisions explained – Community Preparedness and Response to Hazards

For the Community Preparedness and Response to Hazards core service, the medium level of investment option (Option 2) was also approved by Council for inclusion in the final Long-Term Plan, including the district-wide rate for Selwyn to fund river resilience and flood management.

The work involved in this core service

Our Community Preparedness and Response to Hazards services are:

• Building and maintaining flood and river resilience
• Providing a flood warning and advisory service
• Providing data and information on contaminated land and natural hazards
• Enabling civil defence emergency management support and leadership to the community
• Regulating and promoting navigation safety in ports, harbours, rivers and lakes.

These services contribute to Council’s long-term aspirations:

• Empowered communities taking action
• Prepared and resilient communities.

And to the Council’s strategic priorities to:

• Foster relationships to underpin regional leadership
• Help communities respond and adapt to climate change.

Council decisions

Other decisions for this core service include:

• A total combined increase to affected river and drainage rating districts of $757K in Year 1 for adjustments to river and drainage budgets
• An additional $65K for Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM)/Rural Advisory Group (RAG) as an adjustment
• Increase maintenance of our regional parks by $200K.