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Kaipara District Council will ask for community feedback on its abbreviated Long-term Plan 2024-2027 next month.
Mayor Craig Jepson is encouraging everyone to have their say.
“The Long-term Plan affects all of us who work, play or live in this beautiful district, whether it’s through changes to your rates, the services we provide or the works we have in the pipeline for the next three years,” Jepson says.
The draft budgets and work programmes remain subject to change up until the end of this month, when the council will adopt the consultation document and seek community feedback from April 4.
Residents are encouraged to register on the People’s Panel, on the council website (https://www.kaipara.govt.nz), to be kept informed.
Normally, a Long-term Plan has a 10-year projection, but a shortened plan with a focus on recovery was approved by council last September. The decision followed a Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Order offered by central government.
The order suspends the statutory requirement to produce a 10 year audited Long-term Plan for eight councils who were severely affected by last year’s weather events. Instead, these councils, including Kaipara, are able to adopt a three-year, unaudited plan with a focus on recovery.
Long-term Plan timetable
Consultation period April 4 to May 4
Public hearings May 15 and 16
Deliberations May 28
Adoption July 31
