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BOPLASS welcomes the recently appointed Chief Executive of Western Bay of Plenty District Council, John Holyoake effective 19 July 2021. 

On behalf of BOPLASS, Waikato LASS, MW Lass and Hawke’s Bay councils BOPLASS led a procurement project for the appointment of an insurance brokerage and risk management services provider.

BOPLASS councils have jointly participated in a tender for orthophotography with aerial capture to be undertaken during the summer of 2020-21. AAM NZ Ltd have been awarded the contract.

A collective agreement on behalf of the BOPLASS councils has been established to provide access to the full range of catalogues covering all AS/NZS standards.

GIS data and tools are now an integral part of Civil Defence response and the BOPLASS councils have formed a group to work collaboratively on CDEM initiatives.

The Inter-Council Network (ICN) is a shared service high capacity fibre network connecting the majority of BOPLASS councils.

Partnering with MW LASS and being provided as a shared service, BOPLASS councils are now utilising Debt Management Central to provide specialised local government debt recovery services.

BOPLASS represented a collective group of councils in negotiations for placement of councils’ infrastructure insurance into the London markets.

Antenno is a local government communications app that allows councils to push notifications to their communities. 

Push Wireless have been appointed as preferred supplier to coordinate region-wide Radio Telephony services and technologies.