Government ministers can expect terse emails from Horizons Regional Council, asking for better co-operation in dealing with toxic firefighting foam that has contaminated Manawatū drinking water.
The council unanimously voted on Tuesday to put an extra $100,000 towards more testing and technical work relating to compounds known as PFAS.
The Government put aside $1.7 million for PFAS issues in the Budget, presented on May 17, but Roygard said he had not had an answer about how that money would be spent.
There had also been confusing messages about who was responsible for what testing, he said.
The council was initially told everything would be taken care of, but that had changed.
The roles and responsibilities for future work were still being developed, but there would be more clarity about who was responsible for paying for what, the spokesperson said.
"The [Government] working party is dealing with a New Zealand problem, but what we have here is the need to act now for the local community and end this uncertainty."
Cr Gordon McKellar asked if it was possible to recover any testing costs from the Defence Force or another department.
McCartney said the Defence Force had been doing testing work and supplying water for people who had contaminated water.
Chairman Bruce Gordon said council staff had been doing everything they could to get information about the situation, and emailing Government ministers was another way to do that.