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The report says progress in implementing the recommendations of the independent review continues “at a steady pace”. Thompson also outlines the project costs were forecast to remain within that $310,000 budget for the 2020-2021 financial year. “Similarly the proposed budget for 2021/22 falls within the $420,000 that council has previously signed off.” Included in the cost is the work of two independent appointees, Jeff Grant and Lindsay McKenzie. There has been $120,000 budgeted to cover external appointee costs for July 2021 through to June 2022. Grant and McKenzie report to council’s risk and assurance committee with their updates on a quarterly basis. Speaking following the end of the long-term plan deliberations on Tuesday, Grant praised the way the council had worked through the long-term plan process.