08 September 2025
Official information request 8140016954
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
By email: [FYI request #31484 email]
Tēnā koe William,
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Re: Follow up - Budget: Waste Collection
Thank you for your information request dated 4 August 2025, for follow up information about
waste collection.
The specific details of your request and our response is below:
Please provide me all with the documentation you hold which shows how you calculated
estimated costs and budgets for the 2025/26 year for the contract area (or areas) that cover
the Rodney Local Board area together with the calculations used and final budgets (if different
from calculation please say and show why). This should include all assumptions used to
generate estimates and any values like number of properties or unit costs applied in the
calculations including for contingencies
The targeted rate for the standard refuse service is set uniformly across Auckland, on the
basis of a uniform level of service (weekly collection of kerbside rubbish from a 120/140 litre
bin, available for a full 12-month period) made available to the vast majority of properties in
Auckland.
Where the service level differs from the standard, a differential targeted rate applies. For
example a small refuse service (80 litre bin) attracts a lower targeted rate, and a large refuse
service (240 litre bin) attracts a higher targeted rate. Properties in the former Rodney District
also pay lower charges, recognising the shorter period the rates funded refuse service is
available to them during the 2025/2026 financial year.
Below are the details of how we arrived at the targeted rate charges for Rodney for
2025/2026:
Forecast operating
expenditure
and revenue (REGION)
Amount $
Note
Based on contract terms and forecast waste
Collection costs
50,670,589
volume.
Based on contract terms and forecast waste
Disposal costs
31,510,532
volume.
This includes depreciation, interest, bin
Other costs
21,258,189
maintenance, corporate overhead etc.
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Total forecast operating
expenditure
103,439,310
Less: forecast
revenue
163,304
Mainly revenue from refuse bin swap fees
Total net operating
expenditure
103,276,006
This is the forecast number of standard refuse or
equivalent services that will be
made available to properties in Auckland, taking
into account the number of small
Forecast number of
and large services out there, the lower charges
charges
for Rodney and the forecast growth
(REGION)
606,629
in the rating base.
Areas with full-year
service:
Targeted rate for
standard refuse
This is the total net operating expenditure
(120/140L) service
195.78
divided by the number of charges plus GST.
This is around 83 per cent of the standard refuse
charge, reflecting the estimated
Targeted rate for small
variance in servicing costs between a small and
refuse (80L) service
162.70
a standard bin.
This is around 183 per cent of the standard
refuse charge, reflecting the estimated
Targeted rate for large
variance in servicing costs between a large and
refuse (240L) service
324.98
a standard bin.
RODNEY:
This is around 83.33 per cent of the amount
charged to properties in areas other than
Rodney, reflecting the shorter period (10
Targeted rate for
months) the rates funded service will be
standard refuse
available in Rodney during the financial year, as
(120/140L) service
163.15
compared to the rest of Auckland.
Targeted rate for small
refuse (80L) service
135.58
See above.
Targeted rate for large
refuse (240L) service
270.80
See above
The decision by Auckland Council to release the information contained in this response was
made by
Justine Haves, General Manager, Waste Solutions.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this response by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
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If you have any questions, please contact me on 09 301 0101, quoting LGOIMA No.
8140016954
Ngā mihi,
Mary-Ann Childs
Privacy and Official Information Business Partner
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