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Still Time To Submit To Year Two Of The Long Term Plan
1 May 2013
Still Time To Submit To Year Two Of The Long Term Plan
The council has received more than 90 submissions to the council’s draft Annual Plan 2013/14 (Year Two of the Long Term Plan) and we want more.
Consultation closes Monday, 6 May 2013.
Mayor Allan Sanson is urging residents and ratepayers to make the most of the on-line submission form, which makes it easy for people to make their views about the draft plan known to the council.
“With six days to go, there’s still time to read the summary or the full plan, see what’s planned for your area, and make a submission. We need to know peoples’ views so we can make our decisions with a sound understanding of how residents view our work programme,” Mayor Allan says.
Evening meetings around the district so far have produced a lot of feedback from those attending, and the council is expecting to hear more constructive comments from the one remaining meeting in the Aka Aka Hall on Thursday 2 May 2013 – 7pm.
Both the summary and the full document are available on the council’s website www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz. The submission forms are also on line at (http://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/Have-your-say.aspx.)
Key draft Annual Plan consultation items
include:
• Reduction in the proposed general rate
increase from 2.37 per cent in the second year of the Long
Term Plan, to 1.87 per cent in the draft Annual Plan.
• The council proposes putting more money towards its
Disaster Recovery Fund.
• Targeted rates are proposed
to increase for some halls, Raglan recycling and the Huntly
septage facility.
• A new forestry targeted rate is
proposed to help fund the maintenance of rural roads
affected by the heavy vehicles servicing the forestry
harvest.
• A grant of up to $15,000 is proposed for the
Raglan Chamber of Commerce to help fund a Sunday bus
service.
• Changes are proposed to grants and
donations, with $20,000 proposed to be put aside for
possible Annual Plan grants. People will be able to make
submissions on the types of grants and donations that should
be made and the benefit they provide to the
community.
• Some fees and charges are proposed to
change.
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