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Long Term Plan 2024 - 2034. We've reviewed our Revenue and Financing Policy
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Consultation has concluded
CLOSED: Consultation has concluded. Please see key dates within the timeline for next steps.
What is the Revenue and Financing Policy?
The Revenue and Financing Policy sets out how Council works out who pays for what. It looks at each of our activities and thinks about who benefits, who creates the demand and how should we share costs. We want to make this thinking clear for our community.
As part of the Long Term Plan 2024-34 process, we've reviewed this policy and made some changes. We want your thoughts on the changes and how we can make the policy better.
We are proposing to:
Simplify the policy and introduce banding;
Simplify our rates and move some targeted rates to the Uniform Annual General Charge (UAGC);
Increase the roading differential for industrial/commercial and post-harvest zones;
Change how some of our activities are funded, with regulatory services activities; water supply; and natural environment and sustainable living having notable changes.
These changes aim to make the way Council activities are funded easier to understand. The proposed changes also reflect changes in the approach to funding some activities.
These proposed changes match up with our Long Term Plan 2024-34, which is currently also out for consultation. The Long Term Plan sets Council’s vision, work programme and budgets for the next 10 years. We’re making these changes based on the strategies and reviews we’ve done to see what’s working well and what needs to be improved.
Council has held a largely user pays approach. The thinking being that when an individual or group of people receive a direct benefit, then they should be responsible for those costs. However, often with a lot of what Council does, there is an element of wider public good. Considering both elements is reflected in the rationale for each of our activities. Our overall approach of leaning mostly towards a ‘user-pays’ approach has not changed with the review.
CLOSED: Consultation has concluded. Please see key dates within the timeline for next steps.
What is the Revenue and Financing Policy?
The Revenue and Financing Policy sets out how Council works out who pays for what. It looks at each of our activities and thinks about who benefits, who creates the demand and how should we share costs. We want to make this thinking clear for our community.
As part of the Long Term Plan 2024-34 process, we've reviewed this policy and made some changes. We want your thoughts on the changes and how we can make the policy better.
We are proposing to:
Simplify the policy and introduce banding;
Simplify our rates and move some targeted rates to the Uniform Annual General Charge (UAGC);
Increase the roading differential for industrial/commercial and post-harvest zones;
Change how some of our activities are funded, with regulatory services activities; water supply; and natural environment and sustainable living having notable changes.
These changes aim to make the way Council activities are funded easier to understand. The proposed changes also reflect changes in the approach to funding some activities.
These proposed changes match up with our Long Term Plan 2024-34, which is currently also out for consultation. The Long Term Plan sets Council’s vision, work programme and budgets for the next 10 years. We’re making these changes based on the strategies and reviews we’ve done to see what’s working well and what needs to be improved.
Council has held a largely user pays approach. The thinking being that when an individual or group of people receive a direct benefit, then they should be responsible for those costs. However, often with a lot of what Council does, there is an element of wider public good. Considering both elements is reflected in the rationale for each of our activities. Our overall approach of leaning mostly towards a ‘user-pays’ approach has not changed with the review.
