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In the Wellington City Council’s Long Term Plan Committee meeting agenda, about $76 million had been set aside for the airport seawalls. (File photo)
A Wellington City Councillor is putting forward a proposal to remove a $76 million “loan” put aside for Wellington Airport’s seawalls. In the council’s Long Term Plan Committee meeting agenda, $76m had been set aside in the 2027 to 2030 budget. On Wednesday evening, councillor Tamatha Paul said she and some of her colleagues had doubts that the money was exclusively for the seawalls. That was why, at the committee meeting on Thursday, Paul would be calling for an amendment on the airport seawalls budget.
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Wellington City Council review could cost ratepayers almost $75,000
26 Feb, 2021 01:25 AM
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An independent review into governance at Wellington City Council could cost ratepayers up to almost $75,000.
On Wednesday, Mayor Andy Foster announced an independent review of the council s governance, saying the public s belief in elected members had been shaken and eroded.
He has chosen Peter Winder to lead the review.
Winder also chaired the team that examined Tauranga City Council s elected member relationship issues and was the Crown manager for Kaipara District Council. He is also a former chief executive of Local Government New Zealand.
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When asked about the cost of the review at a press conference after the announcement, Foster said: It s more of a question of what is the cost of not doing it and not getting it right.
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