Ten-Year plan leaves City with $424 million Plus $$$ in debt.
With the closure of the LongTerm Council Community Plan in the Strategy and Policy Committee last Thursday, Wellington City Councillors had voted to blow the city's debt out to $424 million dollars by the end of the ten year plan plus interest repayments. Debt currently stands at between $210-212 million dollars.
The Council of June 28 2006 has now confirmed the LTCCP. The latest grand scheme is a 12 court indoor stadium at Kilbirnie with a price tag of $50 millon. Ratepayers now have an undischargable mortgage to City Hall. It will also be passed on to their children.
Added to this debt is a major shift in the rates burden on to residential ratepayers as a consequence of Council's agreement with the commercial community to transfer wealth from the residents to business.
Strategy & Policy Committee Wednesday 21 June 2006
Those voting for the continued transfer of rates from commercial to residential ratepayers were:
Mayor Prendergast
Deputy Cr Shaw
Councillor Armstrong
Councillor Ahipene Mercer
Councillor Morrison
Councillor Foster
Councillor Wade-Brown
Councillor McKinnon
Councillor Wain
Councillor Goulden
Those voting against the transfer of wealth from the residents to business were;
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
Full Council Wednesday 28th June
Voting to stop the mobile library were:
Mayor Prendergast
Councillor Armstrong
Councillor Shaw
Councillors Ahipene Mercer
Councillor Morrison
Councillor Wain
Councillor Mckinnon
Councillor Foster
Voting against were:
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
Councillor Ritchie ( Welcome back )
Counillors Goulden
Councillor Wade-Brown
Full Council 28th June 2006
Voting to allow 5 percent of Council housing to be rented at maket value were:
Mayor Prendergast
Deputy Shaw
Councillor Armstrong exercised a casting vote against the status quo
Councillor Foster
Councillor Morrison
Councillor Wain
Councillor McKinnon
Councillor Goulden
Voting against were:
Councillor Ahipene Mercer
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
Councillor Wade-Brown
Full Council 28th June 2006
Voting for the ( Fish Zoo) Marine Education Centre's
continued funding were:
Mayor Prendergast
Deputy Shaw
Councillor Armstrong
Councillor Ahipene Mercer
Councillor Foster
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Morrison
Councillor McKinnon
Councillor Wade-Brown
Councilor Wain
Voting against were:
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
The S&P meeting
Voting for the $50 million indoor stadium were:
Mayor Prendergast
Deputy Shaw
Councillor Armstrong
Councillors Ahipene Mercer
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Goulden
Councillor Mckinnon
Councillor Morrison
Councillor Ruben
Councillor Wade-Brown
Councillor Wain
Councillor Foster abstained by leaving the room before the vote.
Voting against:
Councillor Pepperell
Full Council 28th June 2006
Motion on the Indoor Sports Centre
Moved Bryan Pepperell
Second Andy Foster
1 iv
a - as is
b - NEW - Note that a representative survey was carried out by AC Neilsen which concluded that 68% of respondents were in favour of having a new Indoor Sports Centre (13% neutral), but 58% felt that the proposed cost at $29 million was too great (34% thought it about right), and 65% thought that the proposed rate increase of 4.8% was too high (30% thought it about right).
c - old 'b' as is
d - old 'c' as is
e - REPLACEMENT for d - g.
Agree to support the construction of a new multi-court indoor sports centre subject to the report back outlined in new 'f'.
f - NEW - Establish a working party of 4-6 councillors to report back by the end of calendar 2006 in particular focussing on:
- the economic impact of a stadium
- a review of the costs of construction
- a review of the scheduling (demand) and cost sharing with users
- a review of the location
- a review of the size (8 court vs 12 court)
Voting for were:
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Foster
Stratagey & Policy Committee 21 June 2006
Voting to double the water and sewerage charge were:
Mayor Prendergast
Councillor Armstrong
Councillor Morrison
Councillor McKinnon
Councillor Wain
Councillor Foster
Voting against were:
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
Councillor Ahipene -Mercer
Councillor Wade-brown
Councillor Goulden
Councillor Shaw
Full Council 28 June 2006
Motion to move to income related rents for Council tenants
Moved Cr Pepperell
Seconed Mayor Prendergast Pro Forma
"Agree that Council move to income related rents for its social housing portfolio as from 1 July 2007 and that implementation work on this proposal be brought back to the Strategy and Policy Committee by December 2006"
Voting For were:
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
Councillor Cook
Councillor Ritchie
Voting against were:
Mayor Prendergast
Councillor Shaw
Councillor Wade-Brown
Coulden Goulden
Councillor Wain
Councillor McKinnon
Councillor Morrison
Councillor Gill
Councillor Ahipene-Mercer
Voting against the Funding policy were;
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Foster
There is more to be revealed on the LTCCP so we shall return to this later.
Cheers
Pepp
The Council of June 28 2006 has now confirmed the LTCCP. The latest grand scheme is a 12 court indoor stadium at Kilbirnie with a price tag of $50 millon. Ratepayers now have an undischargable mortgage to City Hall. It will also be passed on to their children.
Added to this debt is a major shift in the rates burden on to residential ratepayers as a consequence of Council's agreement with the commercial community to transfer wealth from the residents to business.
Strategy & Policy Committee Wednesday 21 June 2006
Those voting for the continued transfer of rates from commercial to residential ratepayers were:
Mayor Prendergast
Deputy Cr Shaw
Councillor Armstrong
Councillor Ahipene Mercer
Councillor Morrison
Councillor Foster
Councillor Wade-Brown
Councillor McKinnon
Councillor Wain
Councillor Goulden
Those voting against the transfer of wealth from the residents to business were;
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
Full Council Wednesday 28th June
Voting to stop the mobile library were:
Mayor Prendergast
Councillor Armstrong
Councillor Shaw
Councillors Ahipene Mercer
Councillor Morrison
Councillor Wain
Councillor Mckinnon
Councillor Foster
Voting against were:
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
Councillor Ritchie ( Welcome back )
Counillors Goulden
Councillor Wade-Brown
Full Council 28th June 2006
Voting to allow 5 percent of Council housing to be rented at maket value were:
Mayor Prendergast
Deputy Shaw
Councillor Armstrong exercised a casting vote against the status quo
Councillor Foster
Councillor Morrison
Councillor Wain
Councillor McKinnon
Councillor Goulden
Voting against were:
Councillor Ahipene Mercer
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
Councillor Wade-Brown
Full Council 28th June 2006
Voting for the ( Fish Zoo) Marine Education Centre's
continued funding were:
Mayor Prendergast
Deputy Shaw
Councillor Armstrong
Councillor Ahipene Mercer
Councillor Foster
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Morrison
Councillor McKinnon
Councillor Wade-Brown
Councilor Wain
Voting against were:
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
The S&P meeting
Voting for the $50 million indoor stadium were:
Mayor Prendergast
Deputy Shaw
Councillor Armstrong
Councillors Ahipene Mercer
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Goulden
Councillor Mckinnon
Councillor Morrison
Councillor Ruben
Councillor Wade-Brown
Councillor Wain
Councillor Foster abstained by leaving the room before the vote.
Voting against:
Councillor Pepperell
Full Council 28th June 2006
Motion on the Indoor Sports Centre
Moved Bryan Pepperell
Second Andy Foster
1 iv
a - as is
b - NEW - Note that a representative survey was carried out by AC Neilsen which concluded that 68% of respondents were in favour of having a new Indoor Sports Centre (13% neutral), but 58% felt that the proposed cost at $29 million was too great (34% thought it about right), and 65% thought that the proposed rate increase of 4.8% was too high (30% thought it about right).
c - old 'b' as is
d - old 'c' as is
e - REPLACEMENT for d - g.
Agree to support the construction of a new multi-court indoor sports centre subject to the report back outlined in new 'f'.
f - NEW - Establish a working party of 4-6 councillors to report back by the end of calendar 2006 in particular focussing on:
- the economic impact of a stadium
- a review of the costs of construction
- a review of the scheduling (demand) and cost sharing with users
- a review of the location
- a review of the size (8 court vs 12 court)
Voting for were:
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Foster
Stratagey & Policy Committee 21 June 2006
Voting to double the water and sewerage charge were:
Mayor Prendergast
Councillor Armstrong
Councillor Morrison
Councillor McKinnon
Councillor Wain
Councillor Foster
Voting against were:
Councillor Cook
Councillor Gill
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
Councillor Ahipene -Mercer
Councillor Wade-brown
Councillor Goulden
Councillor Shaw
Full Council 28 June 2006
Motion to move to income related rents for Council tenants
Moved Cr Pepperell
Seconed Mayor Prendergast Pro Forma
"Agree that Council move to income related rents for its social housing portfolio as from 1 July 2007 and that implementation work on this proposal be brought back to the Strategy and Policy Committee by December 2006"
Voting For were:
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Ruben
Councillor Cook
Councillor Ritchie
Voting against were:
Mayor Prendergast
Councillor Shaw
Councillor Wade-Brown
Coulden Goulden
Councillor Wain
Councillor McKinnon
Councillor Morrison
Councillor Gill
Councillor Ahipene-Mercer
Voting against the Funding policy were;
Councillor Pepperell
Councillor Foster
There is more to be revealed on the LTCCP so we shall return to this later.
Cheers
Pepp
posted by pepptalk at 3:18 PM
1 Comments:
Dear Bryan
Thanks for your latest blog. What interesting reading it makes! To be honest, most of the voting line-ups are completely predictable, which doesn't make them any more palatable. It seems our local greenie has lost her way somewhat. I'm amazed at some of the projects she has supported, even if it compromise for projects dear to her own heart.
Oh dear!
Thank God none of my
family will be living in Wgtn to inherit the crippling debt. That only makes it ever so slightly less intolerable to me, because there are still all the current young who will have this gigantic millstone (and growing like a cancerous goiter!) around their necks - a good reason to flee this city!
What can one do?! We talk and wheedle until we're blue in the face, and these greedy piranhas and their scavenging friends can only think of how to pick every last morsel from the delicious carcass that is Wgtn. Sometimes I feel so angry I can't even put into words what I feel.
(Bryan, add this to your blog if you wish, although this empty spiel doesn't really contribute anything new to constructive thought. If I'm tired and dispirited by it all, God knows how people like you and Jack Ruben, who have to be 'up close and personal' with it every day, can cope, without wanting to throw yourselves off the nearest cliff. I can only offer you my profound
admiration!)
Cheers,
Maggie
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