Nelson Weekly Your Community Newspaper
Tuesday 15 October 2013
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Rachel Reese elected mayor of Nelson Nelson has a new mayor and for the first time ever it’s a woman. Rachel Reese stormed to victory on Saturday, collecting 7887 votes, almost 1500 more than the incumbent Aldo Miccio. She heads up a new team featuring five new councillors and says the win was a clear signal from Nelson voters that they want change. She plans to start those changes as soon as possible. “I campaigned on very clear priorities and how I wanted to drive the council for the next three years. So I will be sitting down with councillors over the next few days and talking to them about what they want to achieve over the next three years.”
She says she celebrated the win with friends and family and was “absolutely delighted” with the result and the margin. “We went into Friday night thinking it could have gone either way so it was fantastic to hear the results. It’s a really strong, positive vote. I think people picked up on the messages I was delivering and they know how I operate and what I do and I feel really good about that.” Although not sworn in until next week, the mayor-elect said she started the job on Sunday morning with a public event and was looking forward to plenty more.
New mayor Rachel Reese at Nelson City Council on Monday. Photo: Andrew Board.
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Shock over $5k power bill
A power bill with no name on it has snowballed into thousands of dollars over five years and now one local man has been told to pay. Tavis De Smit has rented a Beatson Rd shed since 2008 and has never been asked to contribute to a power bill. The shed is one of three in the same building and all are connected to the same power source. He says he assumed the power bill was already taken care of because power was wheelchairs mobility scooters walker/canes electric beds ands hoists lift assist chairs bathroom solutions incontinence products daily living aids/products
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running when he first rented the shed and he never received a power bill or was approached to pay. But a month ago Tavis arrived at his shed to find a disconnection notice addressed to “unknown customer” from power supplier Contact Energy. Confused and concerned, he called them to clear up the matter and was told it had been disconnected due to non-payment. “It came as a surprise, as I had never had to deal with the power be-
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reporter@nelsonweekly.co.nz fore. I’ve seen meter readers over the years but other than that, nothing.” As he uses the space daily to store vehicles, parts and undertake hobby mechanics, he asked Contact if he could set up his own account and get the power back on as soon
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as possible. He was told the supply for that address was in arrears, but someone would be along to reconnect it and set up an account in his name, with the outstanding amount of $4952.79 to be discussed at a later date. With a 2008 lease agreement as proof of his authority at the shed, Contact have since told Tavis they will be back dating
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