Resource consent approved for proposed Melville youth facility 26 April 2005Hamilton City Council has today announced that a resource consent has been approved for a proposed Ministry of Justice youth facility in Melville.The facility looks to provide medium term residential care of up to a year where youth offenders can receive specialised and individual support and supervision to break thei... more...

There is no queuing required for current members of the Central Library with the recent installation of self-issue technology. Library patrons can now issue their own books providing they are a current borrower and have a charge free library card. Self-issue allows borrowers to issue themselves all free books and magazines that are available for loan. Pay items such as CDs, DVDs, videos, ta... more...

Resurfacing work along Victoria Street will be carried out during the evening this Sunday through to mid-next week to minimise the effect on traffic. From this Sunday through to next Wednesday [Sunday, 10 April - Wednesday, 13 April] Victoria Street from Bridge Street through to the Hood Street intersection is being milled - removing the road's top layer - and resurfaced. Traffic management w... more...

Hamilton's Youth Council has seven new faces to assist in forging strong links between Hamilton City Council and youth. The seven new members will have four city councillors as their mentors on the Youth Council. The Youth Council comprises 15 youths aged between 15 and 25 years. With the aim of representing the widest possible cross-section of Hamilton's youth community, Youth Council members... more...

Hamilton City Council's building unit is facing more work than it can currently handle resulting in delays for building inspections. Council's building control manager Phil Saunders says that changes ushered in by the new legislation together with an industry-wide shortage of building inspectors has placed the building industry under pressure to cope with inspection demands. "The whole buildin... more...