Dear J Buckingham,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 10 July 2023 asking for information relating to the Bastia Hill Tower and Reserve. We received your request on 10 July 2023.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 8 August 2023, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me on (06) 349 0001 or by return email. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into account.

Kind regards

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Dear Ms Buckingham,

 

I refer to your official information request dated 10 July 2023 requesting
information relating to Bastia Hill Water Tower and Bastia Hill Reserve.

 

The information you have requested is as follows.

 

* I would like a statement or summary on the income and expenditure for
the Bastia Hill tower and reserve on a 12 month basis for the last 3
years. The 12 month basis can be determined by council to what is easiest
to report on i.e. financial year.

 

Costs should include where possible:

 

Operating costs including maintenance and repair costs (such as
electricity usage, landscaping, entry to the tower, water equipment or
electrical repairs such as  lighting) Capital expenditure (if any)
Income/revenue received (if applicable, such as use agreements of the
tower for telecommunications equipment)

 

The following table outlines the financials for the Bastia Hill Water
Tower and the area of land surrounding the tower zoned as Water Tower
Reserve for the past three financial years (i.e. July – June). The income
is from leases with various entities mostly for telecommunications.

 

The only cost not included in the table below is the Lawn Mowing costs
which fall under the 1840 Vegetation Contract. The current contract period
runs from the 01.11.2022 to 31.10.2024 and the costs associated to this
reserve are $167.97 per month. This reserve became a ‘Low-Mow’ site in
2021. If you require the Lawn mowing costs for this area prior to this
current contract please let me know.

 

Actual Actual Actual
2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Income 41,324 39,661 40,495
Costs
Legal fees 342 - -
Electricity 1,042 1,169 1,460
Rates (that
Council
pays to
itself) 6,014 6,446 6,655
Total Costs 7,399 7,615 8,115
Net
Operating
surplus 33,925 32,046 32,380

 

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
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
me on 06 349 0001 or by return email.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Hayley Fitzgerald

 

On behalf of

Rob Goldsbury

General Counsel

 

 

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