The 2009 Wanganui Christmas Parade gets under way at 1.00pm on Saturday, November 21, with a number of very special guests.

Santa will be joined by an array of floats and Wanganui's rugby heroes, Steelform Wanganui. Come along and congratulate our team on winning the Meads Cup for the second year running.

Wanganui District Council will be promoting "a family friendly community" as part of the parade. Look out for our family friendly crew who will be giving out lollies and other goodies during the parade. The littlies will enjoy our animal section, featuring the Animal Control team, some live animals and animal characters. Wanganui's official web portal Wanganui.com will be part of our float and the Rural Fire truck will be there too.

The parade starts in Ingestre Street and will travel down Victoria Avenue to Taupo Quay.

After the parade, the Butcher Boys and invited guests will attend a special civic function where Mayor Michael Laws will renew their Freedom of the City, bestowed after the team won the Heartland championship last year.

Maritime New Zealand and the Wanganui District Council invite interested people to attend the Wanganui-Manawatu Regional Pleasure Boat Safety Forum on Thursday, November 19, in Wanganui.

These forums are a great opportunity to discuss local navigation safety issues and keep you up to date on recreational boating policy and rules development. It is also a good opportunity to raise any local issues that need to be addressed by the National Pleasure Boat Safety Forum.

Maritime New Zealand is responsible for navigation safety on waterways in a number of regions throughout the North and South Islands and welcomes any suggestions you might have, or information you could provide, that would improve navigation safety in this region.

Where: Union Boat Club, Somme Parade
When: 7.00pm-9.00pm Thursday, November 19

The Wanganui District Council has significant infrastructure assets in the road corridor. Damage to those assets comes at a cost to the ratepayer of Wanganui.

The Wanganui District Council has introduced an infrastructure bond of $1500 for all Building and/or Resource Consents in relation to demolition, removal and relocation of dwellings and the construction of new dwellings. The enforcement of this infrastructure bond will become effective from Monday, 30 November 2009.

The $1500 bond is refundable at the completion of the work on the proviso that no damage has been done, or any damage that has been done has been repaired to the Council's standards. In addition to the bond, a non-refundable $200 inspection and administration fee will be charged per application.

Companies with multiple house consents may apply to the Wanganui District Council's Chief Executive to have their bonds reviewed. If granted, the applicant must fill out an Acceptance of Liability form to cover the sites that a bond has not been taken for. The non-refundable $200 inspection and administration fee will still apply (for each application).

Infrastructure bond forms will be available from the Customer Services desk in the main Council Building. These forms will be filled out in conjunction with a Building Consent or Resource Consent.

A new pedestrian crossing is being installed in Abbot Street between Harper Street and Duigan Street.

The new pedestrian crossing will provide pedestrians easy access between the Gonville shopping centre and the recently completed Gonville medical centre/library. The pavement markings have been amended, and construction of the traffic islands and lighting is expected to be completed over the following week.

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Details of the following vacancy are available on this page:

Archivist
Applications close 30 November 2009

We welcome members of the public to attend our meetings

Wanganui Rural Community Board – Thursday, November 19 (3.00pm, Committee Room 2)
- Draft Rural Halls Community Trust Deed; Wanganui District Council Leak Policy; Analysis for Funding by the Rural Ratepayer; Wanganui District Bylaw Part 4 – Animal Control Review; Mowhanau Liquor Ban.

Council - Monday, November 23
- The Council will consider the reports from Committee meetings held in October and November along with reports direct to Council – Wanganui District Plan Review; Hearings Committee; Plan Change 15: Central City Heritage Protection Operative Date; Revised Roading Activity and Budgets; Implementation – Wanganui Visitor Strategy Governance Component; Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) Update – Warm Up Wanganui; Open Sculpture Competition; Mowhanau Liquor Ban. Confidential – Wanganui District Council Holdings Ltd's Report; Wanganui Gas Update; Economic Development Activity Review; In-house Versus Contracting Out – Open Space Maintenance; Chief Executive's Report.

Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at 3.00pm in the Council Chamber, 1st Floor, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui.

Agendas are available at the Customer Services Counter, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui, and the Wanganui District Library two working days prior to the meeting.