HOW THEY VOTED ON SWITCHING COMMERCIAL RATES ONTO YOUR RATES BILL
At this week's Strategy and Policy Meeting for the LTCCP (Long Term Council Community Plan) Councillors voted on setting of the rates.
The following is a list of how Councillors voted to continue to switch the commercial rates onto the residents' rates bill. Councillor Bryan Pepperell put an amendment to stop the switch. He was supported by Leonie Gill and Steph Cook and possibly by Helen Ritchie.Mayor
Kerry Prendergast Supported the switch
Councillors
- Ray Ahipene-Mercer (Eastern) Supported the switch
- Ngaire Best (Northern) Supported the switch
- Stephanie Cook (Lambton) Opposed the switch
- Jo Coughlan (Onslow-Western) Supported the switch
- Andy Foster (Onslow-Western) Supported the switch
- Leonie Gill (Eastern) Would have opposed but left the meeting
- Rob Goulden (Eastern) Supported the switch
- Ian McKinnon (Lambton) Supported the switch
- John Morrison (Onslow-Western) Supported the switch
- Iona Pannett (Lambton) Supported the switch
- Bryan Pepperell (Southern) Opposed the switch
- Helene Ritchie (Northern) possibly would have opposed but left the meeting
- Celia Wade-Brown (Southern) Supported the switch
- Hayley Wain (Northern) Supported the switch
posted by pepptalk at 9:30 AM
2 Comments:
Thank you just wonder where some of them are coming from especially with the
Mayor's comments re the World Rugby about accommodation booked out, restaurants
bars etc....she surely has a conflict of interest.....
Cheers
Pauline
Yes Pauline, our Mayor would have a conflict of interest providing she could see through our eyes, and while you have just mentioned the obvious, what about Nova Gas?
Through a partnership with Todd Energy and the help of the ratepayers who forked out 50% of the set-up cost, Nova Gas is now selling us our own shit back and they got it for FREE as part of the deal Prendergast did on our behalf with NO RETURN to the ratepayers (sounds like privatisation to me) Commercial operators in the CBD also reap the benifits and cut the cost of running their business even more thanks to Kerry's forward thinking. I imagine this would be welcomed with open arms by Hoteliers with huge powerbills when fully booked with rugby/soccer fans.
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