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That the
Governing Body agree that the 2016/17 Annual Plan consultation document
include:
a) consultation
on the quantum of the Uniform Annual General Charge over the range of $350 to
$650.
b) consultation
on the following additional option:
i) an
increase in the share of the interim transport levy met by businesses from
14.7 per cent to 32.7 per cent for 2016/2017 and 32.3 per cent for 2017/2018
ii) share the
business interim transport levy amongst business ratepayers on the basis of
capital value rather than via a fixed charge.
c) consultation
on the following amendment to the:
i) Māori
freehold land rates remission and postponement policy to:
a) remit rates
for marae and urupa that exceed the two hectare limit for non-rateability
b) increase
the adjustment for the number of owners up to the ten per cent maximum, where
properties have significant barriers to development such as owners being
deceased or not succeeded to
c) adjust
rates to the equivalent of those that would have been charged, had the
property been valued excluding any potential use that is unlikely to be
achieved within Māori ownership
ii) rates remission and postponement policy (remission scheme
for fixed charges) to remit fixed rates for Māori land, including
non-contiguous properties, that are managed as a single property that would
not be levied if they were in single ownership
iii) policies
referred to in c) i) and c) ii) above and that further detailed and specific
policy changes be sought from Māori (including Māori landowners and
the Independent Māori Statutory Board) as part of the consultation
process and that these be assessed by officers and be reported back to the
committee for consideration in the post review policies and/or to initiate
other actions and responses by Council.
d) consultation
on the following option to:
i) reduce the
differential for large farm/lifestyle properties(over 50 ha) from 80 per cent
to 60 per cent of the urban residential general rate and recover the lost
revenue from the entire rating base
ii) amend the
rates remission and postponement policy to remit the difference in rates between
what a property is charged for its smaller individual blocks, and what it
would be charged if it was rated as a single combined property.
That the
Governing Body:
e)
note and convey to the people of
Auckland that council will be considering the options set out in the EY and
Cameron Partners reports on Alternative Sources of Financing options, during
the period of the 2016/17 Annual Plan and the period of the 2017/18 Long-term
Plan.
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