What expenditure has been cut to keep Wellington’s rate rise to a proposed 12.8%?
Geoff Palmer made this Official Information request to Wellington City Council
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From: Geoff Palmer
Dear Wellington City Council,
Media reports say council officers originally proposed a 17% rates rise this year:
"'We've done what we can to rein it in': Wellington's rates jump was originally 17%"
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...
The mayor too said, “The council has already found savings to offset these pressures to keep the proposed rates increase at 12.8%.”:
"Where will you find $450? Wellington poised for another eye-popping rates rise"
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/ne...
What are these savings?
What, precisely, has been cut from the original rating increase proposal to "keep the increase to 12.8%"?
Yours faithfully,
Geoff Palmer
From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Tēnā koe Geoff
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From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Kia ora Geoff,
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Claudia Holgate
Senior Advisor Official Information Team
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