Are you ready? Do you care? Does Council care? I suppose the last question is the important one. I suppose the risk always is that with the 5,000 survey … Continue reading Preparing for the Long Term Plan Consultation Period
Tag: Rates (tax)
Long Term Plan Summary Document about To Hit Your Letter Box
Consultation runs 23 January to 16 March I saw this from Manurewa Local Board Chair Angela Dalton as the 2015-2025 draft Long Term Plan summary document comes off the … Continue reading Long Term Plan Summary Document about To Hit Your Letter Box
Mayor Starts 2015 by Talking Transport – UPDATED WITH MAYORAL INTERVIEW
But what does Auckland think? And what does the Mayor say? Mayor Len Brown has no doubt started the Main Stream Media offensive as we approach January 23 when … Continue reading Mayor Starts 2015 by Talking Transport – UPDATED WITH MAYORAL INTERVIEW
And From The Opposition
What the opposition had to say + the Auditor General’s Opinion Yesterday I ran the Council presser and a couple of Main Stream Media articles on the Governing Body … Continue reading And From The Opposition
Council And QV Replies to Claims About Auckland Valuations
In reply to a claim From Auckland Council, and Quotable Value: No basis for ‘wildly wrong’ valuation claims – Council & QV Auckland Council and Quotable Value say … Continue reading Council And QV Replies to Claims About Auckland Valuations
What the Governing Body Resolved Yesterday
And we are going to be consulted on: Yesterday the Governing Body resolved the Draft Long Term Plan 2015-2025 for consultation between late January and early March next … Continue reading What the Governing Body Resolved Yesterday
Referendum? What Referendum [Update]
Auckland Council Governing Body to Deliberate on Transport Funding Referenda TODAY If people would listen to Radio NZ and read blogs more, the Herald article today on Council Officers opposing … Continue reading Referendum? What Referendum [Update]
Budget Committee Walk Through
What Has Happened In this podcast I go through the motions of what came out of the Auckland Council Budget Committee that had sparked a debate about Rates rises … Continue reading Budget Committee Walk Through
Budget Committee on Rates Transition
Budget Committee opts for no transition arrangement, some do face a 40% rates rise as a result And so while I was getting my main PC fixed today the … Continue reading Budget Committee on Rates Transition
Council Notice on Website Issues
Ouch
From Auckland Council
Auckland Council apologises for difficulties accessing property valuations online
Auckland Council has apologised for difficulties accessing the new 2014 property valuations published on its website today.
Acting Chief Finance Officer Kevin Ramsay says council is working to resolve the issue but said that some people may still experience intermittent delays or difficulties accessing property valuations.
“We are sorry for the inconvenience this has caused,” Mr Ramsay said. “We are working to resolve this issue with our website as quickly as possible. We know there is huge interest in this year’s property valuations and had planned for a user-friendly experience, so it is regrettable these problems occurred.”
The valuations, which are completed every three years, will be used to help determine the share of rates for each property for year beginning 1 July 2015, but have no impact on the amount of rates council collects overall
Council property valuations – key facts:
- Property valuations help determine the share of rates people pay but have no impact on the amount of rates money the council collects
- This year’s property revaluation showed an average capital value increase of 29 per cent since 2011
- The average residential capital value increase was 34.8 per cent
- All property owners will also receive a notice in the mail in mid-November
- All property owners have the right to object to their values and the objections process is now open.
More at: aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/ratesbuildingproperty/ratesvaluations/valuations/Pages/home.aspx
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Note: the Residential Average I used for the base formula in my previous post is at 34.8% not 34% as I stated. I means I am up for a Rates rise of 7.1% not 7.9% as mentioned earlier. None the less it is still looking down the barrel of a stiff Rates rise on these approximates!
Talking Southern Auckland 