Notes of a Regional Council Workshop
Date: 29 January 2025
Time: 12.15pm
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Council Chamber Hawke's Bay Regional Council 159 Dalton Street NAPIER |
Present: Cr H Ormsby, Chair
Cr W Foley, Deputy Chair (online)
Cr X Harding
Cr N Kirton
Cr C Lambert
Cr J Mackintosh
Cr D Roadley
Cr S Siers
Cr J van Beek
Cr M Williams
In Attendance: N Peet –Chief Executive
T Munro – Te Pou Whakarae
S Young – Group Manager Corporate Services
K Brunton – Group Manager Policy & Regulation
C Dolley – Group Manager Asset Management
I Maxwell – Group Manager Integrated Catchment Management
R Wakelin – Acting Group Manager Integrated Catchment Management
V Fauth – Manager Finance
D Cull – Strategy & Governance Manager
M Sharpe – Senior Corporate Planner
C Comber – Chief Financial Officer
L Hooper – Team Leader Governance
2025-2026 Annual Plan |
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Desiree Cull and Chris Comber introduced the item. Presentation (attached) and discussions covered: · Need direction on loan repayments for Mangarau Streams, economic development/ REDA, and Biodiversity consultation topics. · For the Mangarau Stream NIWE project the local share is $2.485M which will be collected by HBRC through a targeted rate. Options are to rate over 3 years (project period) of the project’s life or 20 years. HBRC is required to consult on the time period. Staff view that 3 or 20 years justified but no actual justification for a 10 year period – so propose to only consult on 2 options. · 3 years has a higher short-term impact for only the 3 years of the project. Rating over 20 years the increase is less but over the 20 years ‘intergenerational’ ratepayers will pay much more overall. · Commercial properties will bear the highest increases. · Must state what the overall average targeted rates impacts are – and this will be deliberately separated and explained. · Proposed and agreed that the preferred option for CD is 3 years. · Options for REDA – preferred option is to cut the funding, of 2 options to keep or cut. · Biodiversity – consult on retaining the funding (reversing the previous decision) or making cuts, and preferred option to retain the cuts. |
The workshop closed at 1.10pm on Wednesday, 29 January 2025.