The decisions explained – other

Other decisions made by Council outside of the core services during deliberations include:

• Approving the Fees and Charges schedule, with these changes:
  • Introducing a fixed fee type, but not exceeding $3,500 (inclusive of GST) for simple applications only that utilise the direct decision pathway
  • Other consent applicants will pay a deposit and charges for actual work done to process their application.
• Reviewing the Fees and Charges schedule annually and updating this where required
• Removing the swing moorings levy for wreck recovery and replacing this with a Uniform Annual General Charge (UAGC)
• Approving the level of Uniform Annual General Charge (UAGC)/Uniform Annual Charge (UAC) at 8% of total rates as proposed [AP1] in the draft Long-Term Plan
• Approving a net decrease of funding from rates of $6.205M in Year 1. This net reduction is made up of budget adjustments and includes removal of all funding contributions to the Christchurch Foundation’s Green Philanthropy Fund
• Finding $2M of organisational efficiencies during Year 1
• Reducing the general reserves replenishment for Year 1 to $1M from the $2.5M proposed.