Federated Farmers Submission for Rotorua Lakes District Council Long Term Plan
We wish to take this opportunity to raise our concerns at Rotorua Lakes Council’s participation in the appeals on the Plan Change 10 process of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. We understand that this is a significant investment of resources, and contend it is inappropriate to council’s role of governing in the interests of the whole Rotorua community. We see this as a significant aspect of RLC’s strategic direction and as such it should have been outlined in the Consultation Document on this Long Term Plan.
While left until deep in the Consultation Document, Council appears to be signalling restrained rate increases in the years after 2018’s 5.6%. The emphasis on prudence and the use of borrowing for the key capital projects outlined in the Consultation Document offers some confidence that the ‘quantified limits on rate increases’ shown on page 58 of the Consultation Document can be adhered to.
For more, please see the full submission