I read with much concern the letters of: Stevenson 15-April, editors note, Harlen 22-April and Begley, City Partner Manager 29-April.
Ratepayers elected Councillors to represent us, only us. They should be accountable to ratepayers and that includes Building Act 2004 compliance.
It is ultimately there responsibility irrespective how many staff are employed.
It is of great concern that a public venue (owned by TCC since Sept-2007) has not been compliant with the Building Act. TCC have the building files, consent applications and issue the Compliance certificates yet this ‘little' divergence from the law has been known at TCC for many years, nothing has been done about it, why? So then TCC has: - building files, consents and issues the Code of Compliance Certificates (CCC) meanwhile all remained totally incomplete and potentially unsafe since 2001 until now, who has allowed this to happen?
The Governance/Proven Leadership must have been aware of this for a long time yet done nothing!. It is blatantly obvious that from 2001 to date that all have failed to comply with the Building Act 2004 on a proper and timely basis. Messrs Begley has merely confirmed the same on 29 April, when where the fines paid and by who? A Barnes, Tauranga.