FAQs
- Key infrastructure: roads, footpaths, water, sewerage, stormwater, solid waste and drainage.
- Regulatory responsibilities: Resource Management Act, animal control, policies, monitoring and consents, building consents, food and liquor.
- Community services and support: community grants, libraries, theatres, cinemas and swimming pools. Emergency management.
- Community facilities: parks, reserves, housing for seniors and Council-owned properties.
- Option 1 – Adopt LTP by June 30 2024
- Option 2 – 3-month deferral, adopt final by 30 September 2024
- Option 3 – Defer the LTP, which was due to be adopted on the June 30 2024 and undertake a reduced 9-year long-term plan from June 2025 - June 2034. With this option it would require an Enhanced Annual Plan for this financial year which needs to be adopted by June 2024
How does the Enhanced Annual Plan fits into Council’s overall planning framework?
Every three years Council produces a Long Term Plan (LTP) setting out the budget and priorities for projects, activities and services that we will invest in and develop over a ten-year period.
The Long Term Plan is a comprehensive statement of the Council's intentions. It sets out our 10-year direction and work programme. The LTP incorporates the Annual Plan for that year. In the intervening two years, an Annual Plan is produced on its own.
The Annual Plan sets out the Council’s operational and financial plans for the financial year. It must also identify variations from any budgets that have been allocated in the Long Term Plan.
The Long-Term Plan and Annual Plans are key documents covering:
At the end of each financial year, Council produces an Annual Report which details what Council did during the financial year compared to what it planned to do in the LTP or Annual Plan. The Annual Report also outlines our achievements and accountability for decisions we make on behalf of the community.
It includes details of any significant variances in operational and capital expenditure. The Annual Report provides information about Council’s financial performance and position, service performance levels and progress on major projects.
This year, Council created an Enhanced Annual Plan for the 2024/25 financial year instead of an LTP.
What was different this year?
Instead of an LTP, Council produced an Enhanced Annual Plan for 2024/25 that continues implementing year four of the Long-term Plan 2021-2031.
The Minister for Local Government (Hon Simeon Brown) highlighted on Tuesday, February 13 2024, the coalition government's plan for the next 12-18 months to implement Local Water Done Well into legislation and to repeal the Water Services Legislation. As part of that announcement, Central Government have given three different options as to when the Council will be required to adopt the Long-Term Plan:
Council decided to go with option 3.
Council will develop a 9-year plan for the period 2025 - 2034 and consult with the community on this LTP in 2025.