Upper Hutt City Council

Enforce responsible dog ownership through licensing and proactive animal control measures.

Implement weekly recycling collection.

Maintain and upgrade water treatment facilities.

Review the current street cleaning schedule to ensure it is not unnecessarily frequent and that it provides value for money.

Revisit the subject of rates-funded rubbish collection as Upper Hutt is out of step with other cities regionally and nationally.

Encourage and participate in sorting rubbish for recycling.

Recognise that past under-investment means rates cannot be frozen but people need help to pay their share.

Revive most beautiful street awards to build civic pride.

Increase the number of recycling stations throughout the city to encourage more residents to use them.

Investigate street cleaning services contractors and how they operate to ensure gutters and drains are kept clear during winter months.

Remove the per person daily water charges and add an incentive to store rainwater on properties with a lesser charge for supplied water usage.

Inventivise using less because nothing leaves the earth despite being removed from senses such as water and waste.

Advocate strongly despite water being an independent entity to ensure it is affordable and available to everyone.

Consider increasing shared services with Hutt Valley to reduce costs to ratepayers such as rubbish and dog fees.

Advocate for affordability with the new water entity.

Ensure waste minimisation commitments to the region are met.

Establish a second recycling station to meet community needs.

Ensure safe, clean drinking water and effective wastewater management.

Manage animal control and dog licensing responsibly and fairly. Educate residents on responsible pet ownership and community safety.

Monitor services to ensure efficiency, safety and sustainability.

Promote responsible animal handling as part of being an owner to reduce unnecessary harm to people and animals.

Protect Upper Hutt to ensure it gets a good deal in the Wellington region regarding drinking water, wastewater and stormwater.

Work with central government to improve digital and cellular accessibility around rural Upper Hutt.

Advocate for affordable Three Waters solutions that benefit the community.

Ensure investment in Three Waters is in line with the economic and population growth of the city.

Utilise recycling capabilities to enable resource recovery that develops an end-of-life product stewardship scheme.

Bring back kerbside recycling as soon as it is affordable and up-cycle plastics to fence posts or similar.

Mandate replenishment of potable water alkathene pipes between the water main and toby when repairs take place as current patching fails.

Start a web or text-based notification service so households know when the street cleaning truck is due to increase car movement and reduce blind spots.

Provide services within means and maintain the decision not to introduce kerbside recycling because it would increase rates.

Use nature-based stormwater drainage where possible, widen streams to manage overflow and retain permeable surfaces to absorb runoff.

Advocate for local interests in the Government's RMA reforms which affect how land is allocated for rural, industrial and housing uses.

Ensure adequate investment in Three Waters yet within the financial means of ratepayers.

Provide council streetside recycling.

Ensure long-term investment in core infrastructure so future generations are not left with higher costs.

Support practical, affordable recycling and waste reduction initiatives that actually work for households.