When putting this document together for you, we followed Section 95A of the Local Government Act. It says that we must let you know about any significant or material differences between what we’re proposing in the Annual Plan and the content of the Long Term Plan for the relevant financial year.
While we're not making any significant or material changes between the 2021-2031 Long-Term Plan and the proposed 2023/24 Annual Plan, our Annual Plan budget does show the funding needed to maintain current operations and activities for the coming year will need to increase by approximately 14%. This increase exceeds what was expected for the year 3 budget in the Long-Term Plan.
In our information document you can read about:
- The significant work staff and elected members have undertaken to develop the Annual Plan including considering a range of options in relation to the proposed increase
- His Worship the Mayor, David Moore talks about the impacts of inflation on our activities and the impacts to government reforms
- Where your rates dollar is spent
- The major projects we're taking on this year
- What's contributing to cost increases
- What your rates might look like and why - includes an indication of rates across a range of properties of different values and types.
