15 April 2024

File ref: IRC-6152

Sarah Al ison
[FYI request #26057 email]

Tēnā koe Sarah

Thank you for your email of 10 March 2024 to Wel ington City Council, requesting the following
information:
  •  … all advice, reports, correspondence, or other documents produced by Council Officers
since 1 August 2023 on the subject of the Council's debt borrowing limits.  This should
include all advice, reports, correspondence, or other documents relating to the impact of a
potential increase in the Council's debt borrowing limits beyond the current 225% limit.

Your request has been considered under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (LGOIMA).

We have granted your request in part, and have attached excerpts from a workshop presentation
from August 2023, where debt levels were discussed.

We also refer you to information that is available on the Wellington City Council’s website, linked
below. This information is subject to section 17(d), where we will not provide you with copies of
the material on the grounds that the information requested is publicly available.

Agenda of Kōrau Tōtōpū | Long-term Plan, Finance, and Performance Commit ee - Thursday, 15
February 2024 (wellington.govt.nz)

Agenda of Kōrau Tōtōpū | Long-term Plan, Finance, and Performance Commit ee - Wednesday,
13 March 2024 (wellington.govt.nz)

The subject of debt is discussed in Wellington City Council’s annual reports, long term plans and
annual plans each year.  These documents can also be obtained from the Council’s website.

You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(1) of the LGOIMA, to request an
investigation and review of the Council’s decision to withhold information by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.

Nāku noa, nā

Susan Sales
Official Information

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