Federated Farmers of New Zealand Submission to Queenstown Lakes District Council on the draft Annual Plan 2016-17
Federated Farmers congratulates Council for reducing the proposed overall rates increase below LTP forecasts for 2016/17, and for remaining well within financial benchmarks.
On balance, Federated Farmers agrees with the proposal to recover a greater proportion of costs through user charges, given the significance of non-resident demand for Council services.
However, we oppose the proposed overall increase in user charge revenue from resource consents. We consider the current level of revenue should be maintained until the completion of the District Plan review and the establishment of measures to ensure the efficiency and equity of consent application processes and costs.
For more, please see the full submission