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Wellington City Council Net Surpluses

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From: Chris McCashin

Dear Wellington City Council,

I have reviewed the WCC annual reports for the last few years and note the following net surpluses / deficits were posted

2021 - 7,457m surplus
2020 - 15,146 surplus
2019 - 23,867 deficit
2018 - 32,307 surplus
2017 - 31,679 surplus
2016 - 34,106 surplus
2015 - 35.5 surplus
2014 - 27.5m surplus

At a quick glance that is a net surplus of 159,828 m across the last eight years. Despite these surpluses rates go up each year, infrastructure is crumbling, council debt sits at 832m and counting, geographically Wellington is small with a massive commercial rates take so infrastructure would be less than say Hamilton and Tauranga to fund - where does all the money go?! Please provide the following

- Council policy documents / directives associated with surplus revenue and what occurs when there are surpluses
- If the above is not available please provide what these surpluses were earmarked for each year
- Effectively what are the governance requirements around surpluses and where does all the money go to

Please provide any and all meeting notes, minutes, governance discussions around council having a moratorium and only spending what the rates take allows them to?

For example - like a normal household, why doesn't the council only spend what they can afford? Has this radical idea ever been discussed at executive level?

Yours faithfully,
Chris

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Tēnā koe Chris

 

Thank you for your email dated 25/06/2022 requesting information about
Wellington City Council net surpluses.

 

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as soon as possible, but no later than 22/07/2022, being 20 working days
of receipt.

 

The reference number for your request is IRC-3533.

 

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Subject: IRC-3533 - Information request - WCC Net Surplus

 

Tēnā koe Chris

 

Thank you for your email dated 25/06/2022 requesting information about
Wellington City Council net surpluses.

 

Our team will manage your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 which requires us to provide a decision
as soon as possible, but no later than 22/07/2022, being 20 working days
of receipt.

 

The reference number for your request is IRC-3533.

 

Please contact us if you have any further questions.

 

Kind regards

 

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