Waitomo District Council’s Exceptions Annual Plan 2019/20 (EAP) and rates resolution was adopted on 28 May 2019 and will become operative from 1 July 2019.

As there are no major changes to the programme and levels of service set out in the Long Term Plan 2018-2028 (LTP), Council agreed to not carry out a special consultative process. 

Over the coming year, Council intends to progress with the following key initiatives:

• Continuation of the District Plan review 
• Support for a range of district promotion and marketing initiatives
• Continue to develop and implement the Vibrant, Safe Waitomo initiative
• New pedestrian footbridge for Te Kuiti
• Health and safety improvements and new runway for Te Kuiti Aerodrome
• New public toilets at Mokau
• Investigation of new public toilets at Waitomo Village 
• Development of coastal reserves
• Improvements to Mokau water treatment plant filtration system
• Completion of a new pipeline to Piopio reservoir
• Obtain resource consent for and start capacity extension of Waitomo District Landfill.

The rates revenue requirement in the EAP is $20.54 million. This is an overall average 2.4% rates requirement increase over the current year, but is less than the 3.08% increase ($20.67 million total rates) forecast in the LTP. 

Public debt at the end of the 2019/20 year is forecast to be $3.9 million less than the forecast contained in the LTP. 

Click here to see 2019/20 rates for your property.

The EAP document will be made available on our website on 11 June 2019.

Chris Ryan

Chief Executive