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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.

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.

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. 

BOPLASS successfully managed a coordinated regional approach to a Provincial Growth Fund application for co-funding for LiDAR capture for the entire Bay of Plenty region.

Substantial savings have been achieved by BOPLASS councils through their ongoing participation in the collective aerial photography programme.

BOPLASS and Waikato LASS have worked together to develop an on-line contractor Health and Safety prequalification scheme.