The Lifestyle segment s success has been rewriting the rules in the hospitality sector for several years now. The health crisis hasn t dampened the segment s appeal: it is actually seeing the steadiest growth rates in the sector around the planet.
Councillors agreed last week to put down two new weigh bridges to put an end to the problem and would vote on Thursday whether to return to charging by weight now, or when the new weigh bridges were installed. The bridges, costing a total of $649,000, were “unlikely” to be in place before the end of this year. Marlborough Mayor John Leggett said this week that measuring and charging by weight provided residents with accurate and fair charges. “When someone gets a ruler out and does a measure up of a trailer, people always wonder whether they ll pitch in the right place. Putting in a weigh bridge removes all that doubt and aggravation,” Leggett said.
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A budget report showed the council had planned a 9.32 per cent rates increase, but had whittled it down using its depreciation reserve fund. It also planned to create a “Covid-19 Rates Relief Reserve” and use $12.8 million to knock rates down further over the next three years, to help those hit by coronavirus. The reserve would be reviewed in mid-2024. “The idea didn’t matter so many years ago, but it matters a lot now . We aren’t over Covid-19, and it will be creating issues for some time.”
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Councillor Jamie Arbuckle suggested ratepayers on the council s rate rebate scheme be given an extra $200, which Marlborough District Council staff were looking into.