Response on Medolino station

THIS is our reply with regard to the Medolino pump station.

The mayor has received the pumps and the appreciation has been done by council, after the mayor accepted the donation.

The formal process was to take the project to council for adoption, of which it was adopted.

There were certain processes to be followed after the item was adopted by council so that the process of agreement is finalised.

ý In the last financial year, the municipality did not budget for the land surveyor;

ý That there was also a process of liaising with the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in regard to environmental issues on the process to be followed for adherence with the legislation;

ý That the two pumps be recorded on the assets register of the municipality; and

ý Part of the resolution was that the land surveyor be commissioned to undertake the survey and prepare the necessary diagram/s for the creation and registration of a servitude relating to the pumps and electrical cables traversing a portion of erf 283 situated in Hards street, Port Alfred and liaise with council’s legal advisers to prepare a Notarial Deed of Servitude Agreement in favour of the municipality and to record the affected area against the relevant title deed/s in terms of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 as amended.

In conclusion these are the processes that had to be effected before the agreement is signed by the municipality or the mayor.