by Don Palmer | Jun 10, 2017 | rates
Please stay with Us is the second message coming from this years budget consultation. Your participation is needed next year as well, and beyond. Not just so you can own the budget but …. You should stay with us because ratepayer involvement in the budget...
by Don Palmer | Jun 8, 2017 | Budget, Community Plan
Following on from my last blog post, there are two observations I believe warrant making in this platform. The first is welcome to our world and please stay with us. I will deal with the latter in a later blog post. With some of the observations that our ratepayers...
by Don Palmer | Jun 6, 2017 | Budget, Community Plan
Before this year I have not seen much interest from our community in setting our yearly budget. This year I can honestly say I am proud of our Community’s contribution to determining our next budget. So why am I proud of our Community’s contribution to...
by Don Palmer | May 8, 2017 | Budget, Community Plan
What do you want from Council in the next 12 months or even the next 4 years. We are asking you to help us prioritise what Council does for you in the next 12 months and beyond. The first step was for us to prepare a draft Community and Business Plan, and accompanying...
by Don Palmer | Apr 29, 2017 | Budget
Council has long had a policy of using loan funding for Capital Works and Replacement. Doing so spreads the burden of capital expenditure over current and future rates. Following on from my post introducing this years budget, if you look deeply into this years draft...
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