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Skip Navigation LinksHome Your Council 7 Year Plan What will it Cost?
Some $133M of projects, programs and services has been included in the 7 Year Plan. The plan is quite ambitious and with the inclusion of additional "running" costs a rate increase (above CPI) of around 6% per annum for the next 7 years would be required to deliver the program in full.

Council will use several sources to fund the proposed program including, reserves, loans, grants, developer contributions and donations/user charges. The increase in rate revenue will be funding 60% of the total program of $133M.

Look at your current year’s Rate Notice. Locate the line item "Residential Rate", (for some ratepayers this may be "Farmland Rate or "Business Rate"). In the right hand column of the Rate Notice will be the amount paid for residential rates for the current period.

Using the table below

Locate this amount in the left hand column of the table below. The amount of the proposed rate increase is located in the middle column.

Your 2005/06 Residential Rate Increase per annum (6% of left hand column) Number of Properties
$536
$536 - $582
$584 - $748
$792 - $915
$917 - $1,081
$1,083 - $1,248
$1251 - $1,414
$1,418 - $1,665
$1,670 - $3,332
$3,352 - $14,956
$15,854 - $73,372		 $32
$32 - $35
$35-$45
$45-$55
$55-$65
$65-$75
$75-$85
$85-$100
$100-$200
$200-$1,000
>$1,000		 18,401
2,370
5,829
2,340
1,601
1,086
745
929
1,365
357
28
Totals 35,051
 
The effect of the proposed 6% increase will be that 83% of ratepayers will pay around $1.00 per week extra for every year of the program.

To fund economic development projects in the proposed plan the average business rate could increase by $250 per assessment.

It should be noted that the above table is to be used as a guide only.

The above analysis is based on rates as currently levied
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