New Plymouth District Council

Ensure that any spending achieves value for money; making sure that investments benefit all people, rather than a select few.

Set rates and long-term plans at a level that ensures intergenerational equity.

Be smart about alternatives to increasing rates, including ensuring the Perpetual Investment Fund continues to build high returns.

Keep any rates rises to an absolute minimum.

Instigate a strict needs before wants policy.

Encourage infill housing to help the housing shortage.

Decrease dog registration fees.

Investigate using the Perpetual Investment Fund to alleviate financial pressure from the community.

Create a communications strategy that explains why the recent rates increase was needed, or not needed, accordingly.

Stabilise Rates. Analyse and reduce spending in ALL areas.

Revamp, audit all departmental Co ops. Stabilise contracts and outgoing cost above all areas.

Dedicate to working towards the current council debt, and looking at ways to start reducing the ongoing debt.

Ensure the Perpetual Investment Fund is used to benefit all communities of the district.

Support the current district Long-Term Plan in terms of bring up to date key infrastructure assets.

Demand a review of our main service contractors. Some costs seem exorbitant for what is achieved.

The forecasted 7% rate increase year three long-term plan 2023/24 requires immediate reassessment aligned to actual delivery expectations for 2023/24.

Stop Pause Reset. Year four long-term plan is the next opportunity to reassess the long-term plan 2024/34. Future long-term plan expectations must align to actual delivery.

Lead and consult with businesses/small holdings/farmers on the imminent six year rate review proceeds to ensure equatable outcomes/value.

Bring an equity lens to rates, so individuals and families caught in the cost-of-living crisis aren't further disadvantaged by increases.

Scrutinise the business case for any proposed capex to ensure adequate return on investment in socially economically and environmentally.

Lobby central government to return GST for new builds to New Plymouth District Council to finance the development of adequate residential infrastructure.

Shift bigger cost percentages from ratepayers on every public want to a larger user contribution basis and with other Taranaki institutions, TET-Toi.

Lock in public investment fund in perpetuity. Overhaul Len Lye Centre running costs. Increase parks and recreation operating budget from costs saved at LLC.

By taking hands-on implementation of infrastructure maintenance, duplication costs lessened in running and maintaining assets.

Review the council's future intended expenditure.

Keep rates at no more the Consumer Price Index. Look at what we have to work with first and not what can we get off the ratepayer.

Focus on spending only within our means and no more the wasting of money. Focus on the main needs of council, not wants and memorials.

Protect our council assets and finances from being taking away from our electorate.

Let's get what we already have up to standard and maintained before adding more. I would like to see things like Len Lye self funding.

Go over expenditure with a fine tooth comb to assess where rates can be reduced residentially and commercially.

Address finances with forward thinking, no more bells and whistles. Hire local, find more cost effective ways to get the job done.