Budget Committee: Auckland Council rates 7 May 2015

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Budget Committee

07 May 2015

Long-term Plan 2015-2025: Local Boar riews

Resolution number BUD/2015/4

MOVED by Chairperson LCM Brown, sec nded by Cr DA Krum:

That the Budget Committee:

a) consider feedback from local boa ~s on the Long-term Plan Consultation

Document and key advocacy area before making decision on the Long-term

Plan 2015-2025.

Long-term Plan 2015-2025 - Local Board update

Resolution number BUD/2015/5 I

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson MP Webs er, seconded by Cr C Darb

That the Budget Committee recommen~ to the Governing Body hat it:

a) approve local proposals outlined in Table 1 to the agenda re ort noting that:

i) funding would be sourced th bugh local discretionary udgets

ii) local boards have yet to ma, final local budget decisi ns in June 2015.

b) approve the transfer of 3.2 millio~ of multi-board contestab e grants funds to

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local board discretionary budgets, to be allocated in alignm nt with the local

boards funding policy. To date, t ese funds have sat in regi nal budgets due to

the nature of being multi-board grants.

Long-term Plan 2015-2025 - Draft Tupu a Maunga Operational PI n 2015 16

Resolution number

BUD 2015 6

MOVED by Chairperson LCM Brown, seco ded by Cr CE Fletcher:

That the Budget Committee recommen s to the Governing Body t at it:

a) approve the budget endorsed by he Tupuna Maunga Ta aki Makaurau.

CARRIEDI

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CARRIED

CARRIEDI

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Pursuant to Standing Order 3.15.5, Cr CE : rewer and Cr

Quax requ sted that their

dissenting votes be recorded.

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Copies of the following documents were ta,led at the meeting:

• General rates and transport levy im act by local board - 13.1

• National Biological Control - 13.3 c) Environmental Managemen and Regulation

• Library savings alternatives - 13.3 and g) Parks Community a d Lifestyle

Copies of the documents have been place on the official copy of the inutes as minutes

attachments and are available on the Auckl nd Council website.

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MOVED by Chairperson LCM Brown, seCOided by Deputy Chairperso MPWebster:

1. That the Budget Committee recommen s to the Governing Body th t the transport

budgets for the final Long-term Plan 20 5-2025 be based on the dr ft budgets, adjusted I

for the updates set out in the staff repo s, with the follOwingchange :

a. inclusion of an interim transport capifal expenditure budget for t e first three years of

the Long-term Plan 2015-2025, as f I lIows:

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2015 16

2017 18

Additional

transport capital

expenditure

2016 17

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170 million

174 million

179 million

b. funding of the council share of the i~terim transport programme be by way of a

Transport Levy (targeted rate), set at 99 plus GST per separately used or inhablted

part (SUIP) for non-business ratepayers and 159 plus GST pe SUIP for business

ratepayers.

c. a review of the application of the tr s nsport levy to the business ector be carried out

as part of the Annual Plan 2016 20 7, in consultation with the business sector.

The meeting adjourned

at 11:17am

and reconven d at

11:29am.

er W Walker entered the meeting at 11:55am

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Resolution number

BUD 2015 7

MOVED by Cr ME Lee, seconded by Cr C ~ Casey by way of addition:


d) note the s igni ficant ly h igher rail operating costs for Auckla hd compared to

Wellington and requests the ChiE f Executive to work with

uckland Transport

and report back on options for pc tent ial savings in these

c~sts

as part of

developing the Annual Plan 2016 2017.

CARRIED.

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Moved by Cr RI Clow, seconded by Cr CM Casey by way of amendment to 1 b):

b) funding of the council share of the i terim transport programme be by way of a

Transport Levy (targeted rate) set a 52 per separately used inhabited part

(SUIP) excluding GST for non-busir ess ratepayers and 13.5 n iIIion excluding GST

for business ratepayers to be charg e by capital value noting that:

i. the overall general rates increase will need to be 3.5% in ach year of the

Long-term Plan

ii. this can be accommodated wi fin the 12% interest to reve nue target

iii. business ratepayers would pafi approximately 33% of the Transport Levy,

corresponding to the general ~ate business differential proposed for 2015/2016

iv. this will reduce the overall im~act on a 500,000 residenti I property in

2015/2016 from 3.46 per w to 2.67 per week

v. this wil l reduce the overall im~act on a 1,500,000 resider tial property in

2015 2016

from 5.39 per we k to 5.13 per week.

A division was called for, voting on which V as as follows:

For Agains t

Cr AJ Anae Cr CE Brev er

Cr CM Casey cnairpersoe LCM Brown

Cr RI Claw Cr WB Caspmore

Cr C Darby Cr LA Coo~er

Cr ME Lee Cr AM F1llprrna

Cr D Quax Cr CE Flet9her

Cr WD Walker Deputy Ma~or PA Hulse

Cr DA Krum

CrCM e n r e

Abstained

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Cr SL Stev art

Member

Taipari

Member G Wilcox

Cr J Watscn

Deputy Ch

i rperson

MP Webster

Cr GS Woed

The amendment was declared LOST by 7 ~otes to 15.

Moved by Cr

Quax, seconded by Cr CE Brewer by way of amendment to 1 b):

b) funding of the council share of the irlterim transport programme to be found within

the proposed rates increase of 2.5

c

and within the organisatio 's existing 3b

operational budget and that the Ch ef Executive be instructed t( find savings to

support the funding package.

A division was called for, voting on which \i as as follows:

For Against At stained

Cr CE Brewer Cr AJ Anae

Cr DA Krum Chairperson LCM Brown

Cr ME Lee Cr CM Casey

Cr D Quax· Cr WB cas~hmore

Cr SL Stewart Cr RI Clow

Cr

J

Watson Cr LA Coo

I

er

Cr GS Wood Cr C Darb~

Cr AM Filip ina

Cr CE Flet her

Deputy Ma or PA Hulse

Cr CM Pen ose

Member DIf Taipari

Member G rilcox

CrWWalk r

Deputy

s

irperson MP Webster

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The amendment was declared LOST by otes to 15.

Resolution number BUD/2015/8

MOVED by Chairperson LCM Brown, sec01

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ed by Deputy Chairperso MP Webster the

substantive motion:

1. That the Budget Commit tee recomm n to the Governing Bod that the transport

budgets for the final Long-term Plan 2015-2025 be based on th ~draft budgets,

adjusted for the updates set out in

e staff reports, wi th the fo lowing Changes :

a) inclusion of an interim transpor1 capital expenditure budg ~t f or the first three

years of the Long-term Plan 201 ~-2025 as follows:

2 15 16 2 16 17

2 17 18

170 mil lion

dditional

t ransport capital

expenditure

174 mil lion

: 1 179million

b)

funding of the counc il share of t t e i nter im t ranspor t p rogr it lmme to be by way

of a Transport Levy targeted ra e) set at 99 plus GST per separately used or

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i nhabi ted par t SUIP) for

non-bu

iness ratepayers and

15~

plus GST per

SUIP for business ratepayers.

a review of the application of the transport levy to the buslness sector be

carried out as part of the Annual Plan 2 16 2 17 in consultation with the

business sector. I

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That the Budget Committee

d) note the significantly higher rai operating costs for Auck and compared to

Wellington and requests the Ct ief Executive to work with Auckland

Transport and report back on o~tions for potential saving s in these costs as

part of developing the Annual Ilan201612017.

A division was called for, voting on which \ as as follows:

For Against A stained

Cr AJ Anae Cr CE Bre er

Chairperson LCM Brown Cr RI Clo\l\ I

Cr CM Casey Cr DA Kru

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Cr WB Cashmore Cr D Quax I

Cr LA Cooper Cr SL tev rrt

Cr C Darby Cr J Wats( ~

Cr AM Filipaina Cr GS Wo

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Cr CE Fletcher

Deputy Mayor PA Hulse

Cr ME Lee

Cr CM Penrose

Member DE Taipari

Member G Wilcox

CrWDWalker

Deputy Chairperson MP

Webster

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The motion Was declared CARRIED by 15 res to 7.

The meeting adjourned at 12:18pm and reconveru m at 1:11pm.

CARRIED i

Resolution number BUD/201S/9

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson MP Webs er, seconded by Cr WB Cashmere by way of

addition:


e) recommend that the Chief ExecutivEs of Auckland Council am Auckland

Transport review the Transport Pro~~ammein view of the feedback received

during the consultation process and report back to the Financ

e

and Performance

Committee.

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CARRIED

Resolution number BUD/201S/1 0

MOVED by Chairperson LCM Brown, secor ded by Cr CM Casey

2. That the Budget Committee

recomms

fd to the Governing Bod~:

a) that the Mayor and Chief Executive engagewith the goverm,...entto enable the

implementation of an alternative f~nding system by

2018 20

9 to fund the

implementation of the Auckland Plan Transport Network for the Long-term

Plan 2018-2028.

CARRIED

Secretarial note:

The meeting agreed that he following two matters be considered by the

Finance and Performanc Committee:

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