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We're keen to get your feedback on the proposed fees and charges for 2023/24.
Every year we review our schedule of fees and charges. This is to ensure that each charge recovers the costs associated with:
Goods, services and amenities that Council provides.
Issuing and monitoring of permits, inspections and other approvals associated with council’s bylaws.
Processing and making decisions on resource consents, plan changes and designations, and fulfilling other regulatory obligations under other legislation that empowers Council to prescribe fees.
Draft Fees and Charges
In this year’s review, Council needs to address rising costs caused by inflation. Inflation sits just below a three-decade high and everyday costs are increasing – highlighted by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) sitting at 7.2%.
CPI measures the changing price of the goods and services New Zealand households buy, for example, bread and milk. It provides a measure of inflation.
As a Council, we’re in a similar situation with the Local Government Cost Index (LGCI) ranging between 8.7% and 12.4%. Like CPI, LGCI measures the changing price of materials and services for local government activity - in other words it’s our own basket of goods for things like pipes and bitumen.
Given these rising costs many of the fees and charges are proposed to increase by around 10%.
We want to make it easy for you to share your ideas and thoughts with a number of options:
You can complete our online feedback form below.
Post your feedback to Fees and Charges review, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Private Bag 12803, Tauranga Mail Centre, Tauranga 3143.
Drop your feedback off at any of our Library and Service Centres in Waihī Beach, Katikati, Ōmokoroa, Te Puke or to the main Council Office at Barkes Corner.
Or come along to one of our community drop-in information sessions.
Feedback is open until 5pm Sunday 30 April 2023.
We're keen to get your feedback on the proposed fees and charges for 2023/24.
Every year we review our schedule of fees and charges. This is to ensure that each charge recovers the costs associated with:
Goods, services and amenities that Council provides.
Issuing and monitoring of permits, inspections and other approvals associated with council’s bylaws.
Processing and making decisions on resource consents, plan changes and designations, and fulfilling other regulatory obligations under other legislation that empowers Council to prescribe fees.
Draft Fees and Charges
In this year’s review, Council needs to address rising costs caused by inflation. Inflation sits just below a three-decade high and everyday costs are increasing – highlighted by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) sitting at 7.2%.
CPI measures the changing price of the goods and services New Zealand households buy, for example, bread and milk. It provides a measure of inflation.
As a Council, we’re in a similar situation with the Local Government Cost Index (LGCI) ranging between 8.7% and 12.4%. Like CPI, LGCI measures the changing price of materials and services for local government activity - in other words it’s our own basket of goods for things like pipes and bitumen.
Given these rising costs many of the fees and charges are proposed to increase by around 10%.
We want to make it easy for you to share your ideas and thoughts with a number of options:
You can complete our online feedback form below.
Post your feedback to Fees and Charges review, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Private Bag 12803, Tauranga Mail Centre, Tauranga 3143.
Drop your feedback off at any of our Library and Service Centres in Waihī Beach, Katikati, Ōmokoroa, Te Puke or to the main Council Office at Barkes Corner.
