Proposed Fees and Charges Consultation

Waitomo District Council is seeking feedback on the proposed Fees and Charges for 2024/2025.

Our fees and charges play an important role in the delivery of the services we provide to our communities. To ensure our fees and charges are robust, we review them annually.

The Fees and Charges are set for services that we provide but don’t rate for, on the principal of user pays.

As part of the budgeting process for Year 1 of the LTP 2024-2034, fees and charges are reviewed to ensure the costs of providing these Council services are recovered by those who use them. This annual review provides the opportunity to reflect changes in the costs and services.

Due to the increased operating costs, most fees and charges are being increased by 5% in line with current inflation. We need to ensure costs are recovered so that Council services are not subsidised further by rates.

Some changes are proposed to the current Fees and Charges for the following activities:

• Building fees
• Animal and Dog Control 
• Environmental Health and Alcohol Licensing 
• Hawkers, mobile shops and stalls
• Resource Management 
• Hall hireage
• Elder persons housing
• Library fees
• Water supply
• Landfill and transfer stations

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Have your say by 17 May 2024 and tell us your views.

View the Statement of Proposal (PDF 1.41 MB) 

Download submission form (PDF 195 KB) - print version

Alternatively collect a printed copy from our Main Office at 15 Queen Street, Te Kūiti, or our Customer Services Centre at 160 Rora Street, Te Kūiti or at the Waitomo District Library, 28 Taupiri Street Te Kūiti.

Make a submission by:

• Online submission form
• emailing a hardcopy (pdf or photo) to [email protected] 
• posting it to Waitomo District Council, PO Box 404, Queen Street Te Kūiti 3941
• delivering it to our main office, Customer Service Centre or the Library.

A hearing will be held on 28 May 2024. If you wish to present your submission in person. Please make sure you tell us if you wish to be heard.

Deliberations will be held on 4 June 2024.

Council will adopt the Fees and Charges Schedule on 25 June 2024.