Mayor of Tasman
Rates and revenue
The work of local government is funded mainly by property taxes in the local area, known as rates. This makes up around 60% of council expenditure, with the rest coming from user charges, investment income, regulatory fees and roading subsidies. Councils can also borrow money to spread the cost of large investments such as infrastructure over a longer period of time.
Rates and revenue
The work of local government is funded mainly by property taxes in the local area, known as rates. This makes up around 60% of council expenditure, with the rest coming from user charges, investment income, regulatory fees and roading subsidies. Councils can also borrow money to spread the cost of large investments such as infrastructure over a longer period of time.
Educate ratepayers on the myth of money and how evolution beyond it will free us from all its constraints and distortions.
Celebrate the nonsense of debt and how it never really existed at all and how liberation will come from its debilitating stranglehold.
Review all activities, plans and ambitions in light of the new unprecedented confluence of modern knowledge, technology and capability.
Follow sound fiscal principles by funding operations via rates, financing capital responsibly, avoiding needless asset sales and lowering debt.
Review the development contributions policy to ensure, as far as legally possible, that new greenfield developments cover their real costs.
Set a new benchmark for capital spending where all projects must deliver long-term financial benefit and solve multiple problems where possible.
Cap rates to the rate of inflation.
Reduce council debt to a fiscally responsible level.
Sell the dam and review assets to make sure they are giving value on the investment.
Maintain a sustainable financial approach that balances the needs of future generations with the costs to today's residents and ratepayers.
Advocate for more central government investment in growth-related infrastructure and sharing of GST on new developments.
Ensure that the cost of growth is 100 percent covered by that growth through development contributions and reserve financial contributions.
Educate ratepayers on the myth of money and how evolution beyond it will free us from all its constraints and distortions.
Celebrate the nonsense of debt and how it never really existed at all and how liberation will come from its debilitating stranglehold.
Review all activities, plans and ambitions in light of the new unprecedented confluence of modern knowledge, technology and capability.
Follow sound fiscal principles by funding operations via rates, financing capital responsibly, avoiding needless asset sales and lowering debt.
Review the development contributions policy to ensure, as far as legally possible, that new greenfield developments cover their real costs.
Set a new benchmark for capital spending where all projects must deliver long-term financial benefit and solve multiple problems where possible.
Cap rates to the rate of inflation.
Reduce council debt to a fiscally responsible level.
Sell the dam and review assets to make sure they are giving value on the investment.
Maintain a sustainable financial approach that balances the needs of future generations with the costs to today's residents and ratepayers.
Advocate for more central government investment in growth-related infrastructure and sharing of GST on new developments.
Ensure that the cost of growth is 100 percent covered by that growth through development contributions and reserve financial contributions.
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