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It was a huge relief (excuse the bad pun) to me that the confusion over toilet pan charges resolved in the ratepayers favour at Wednesday’s Council meeting. The proposed rates resolution just didn't make sense. The first change from last year was that a “one off uniform targeted rate” in 2010/11 of $7974.39 was re-worded to a “uniform targeted rate” in 2011/12 of $8397.00. As this ...
As a local Kaipara District Councillor I have launched a website, “The Workboot Councillor”. I put this together with the aim of directly communicating with ratepayers. I have become, since joining Council last year, increasingly concerned about the way Council conducts it proceedings. Simply, as one commentator has said, too much is a done deal – presented and approved with little discuss...