Dalziel said keeping rates increase below 5 per cent was not possible for several other councils. “I know some people think we have not managed to get that down far enough. Others say the balance is about right.” Auckland Council is proposing a 5 per cent increase, while Dunedin has proposed a 9.8 per cent increase.
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Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel says the budget strikes the right balance. MacDonald said comparing the council’s rate increase to others was not a great benchmark because they were out of control too. His goal was to minimise the additional cost to ratepayers, and he did not think the council had achieved that.
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Roof trusses go up at Christchurch s long-awaited Metro Sports Facility. (First published October 2020) “We want to sit at the table with the council and the school and look at what [that partnership] should be in the future.” Ormsby said because of the timeframe for Parakiore to open, there was time to find solutions. At one point in the meeting, he approached Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel to present a petition signed by 5000 people and various historical documents about the pool, supporters chanting as he did so. “I wonder if we ve just saved you $10,000 of staff time in photocopying which you could probably put aside to help us save this pool,” he said.