Official Information Request - 3 December 2019

Sent: Monday, 9 December 2019 3:33 pm

Subject: LGOIMA request - road cones

I refer to your Official Information request by email of 3 December 2019 for information regarding road cones purchases, and reply as per your email below:

• How many road cones were ordered by the Rotorua Lakes Council from 1 January 2019 to date?The Energy Events Centre purchased 80 road cones in October 2019 for use with their Traffic Management Plans and carpark for large conferences and events. No other Council departments purchased road cones in 2019.
• How much did this cost?$1,840 + GST
• How much money was budgeted for road cones this year?Nil - the above purchase was made from operating expenditure.
• How many have been ordered for the remainder of the year and 2020 and how much will this cost?Nil

Road cones used for roading and other purposes are purchased by the contractors engaged to carry out the work.

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