Budget Committee to deliberate next ten-year Budget Today the Auckland Council Budget Committee (and later the Governing Body) will be deliberating the 2015-2025 Long Term Plan. The Long Term Plan … Continue reading Long Term Plan, and Interim Transport Package Debated Today
Some get increases, others get decreases Yesterday the Mayor tabled the Rating Policy to be set out for the 2015-2025 Long Term Plan, subject to public consultation early next … Continue reading Rates: Where They Might Move For You
We need not increase rates, fuel taxes, nor levy tolls the way the Mayor is telling us Previously in the Talking Auckland, Alternative Transport Funding Package pod casts I … Continue reading My Alternative Funding Package for Auckland’s Transport Projects
First of a pod-cast series I am going to try something a bit different in the Transport Funding (that I call the Alternative Transport Funding Package) debate. Rather than … Continue reading Introduction to Talking Auckland Analysis into the Alternative Transport Funding Package
Questions sent, my analysis will come tomorrow Earlier today Mayor Len Brown, and the Independent Advisory Board released what I have called as the Alternative Transport Funding Package. You … Continue reading Questions for the Mayor and the Independent Advisory Board
Option 1 or Option 2 Either way it is taxes folks The Independent Advisory Board has today release two options to assist funding Auckland’s ambitious transport investment scheme. So … Continue reading The Auckland Transport Alternative Funding Package
What will Auckland have as choices More to the point do we have any choices? The short answer to that is NO! We could be facing a choice of … Continue reading Alternative Transport Funding Package to be Unveiled Today
A bit of budget mishandling happening Yesterday the Auckland Council Finance and Performance Committee passed a set of resolutions to defer around $102 million worth of regional and Local … Continue reading Why I am Unhappy, and How to Annoy The City in One Go
Gateway Program “under review,” presentation received well, Area Plans endorsed. Minutes Attached Yesterday the Auckland Development Committee met and worked its way through the various agenda items. For … Continue reading From the Auckland Development Committee [Updated]
Budgets Reviewed, Tough Decisions to be made From Auckland Council Next phase of Auckland’s 2015-2025 Long-term Plan process begins The next phase in Auckland Council’s Long-term … Continue reading Long Term Plan (2015-2025) Grinding Through. Some Tough Budget Questions
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