20 October 2020
Andrew Price
By Email: [FYI request #13587 email]
Dear Andrew
INFORMATION REQUEST – Tauranga City Councils eligibility to apply for the Covid-19
wage subsidy - Follow-up Questions
We write in response to your phone cal of 25 September 2019 and email of 1 October 2020
in which you requested the fol owing information further to our 8 and 10 September
responses to you.
25 September 2020:
1. How much revenue was there from rates in April 2019 and April 2020?
2. How much from rates was applied to the Covid-19 wage subsidy calculation?
1 October 2020:
3. Please provide the rates amount included in the summary previously provided
for April 2019 and April 2020.
We have considered your request in accordance with the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (“LGOIMA”) and respond as fol ows.
As clarified with you in a phone cal on 2 October 2020, the analysis for April 2019 and April
2020 was carried out on a cashflow basis, based on al cash received transactions in both
periods. This means that the total of the cash received in April 2019 was compared to the
total cash received in April 2020.
As discussed, rates were included in the totals for cash transactions received during both
periods, however the exact amount was not recorded. Rates payments, along with lease
payments, water bil payments, dog fine payments and other payments together formed the
totals for cash revenue received.
As confirmed with you in a cal on 12 October 2020, this clarification satisfactorily addresses
your questions and a breakdown of exactly how much rates cash was received in each
period, which would involve an analysis of several tens of thousands of payments, is not
required.
Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand +64 7 577 7000 [Tauranga City Council request email] www.tauranga.govt.nz
If any aspect of the wage subsidy calculation remains unclear, please feel free to get in
touch again
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
We are now publishing our responses on our website as your request may be of interest to
others. Al personal information wil be removed and only the question and answers wil be
seen.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact the writer.
Yours sincerely
Coral Hair
Manager
Democracy Services
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