The Taxpayers’ Union is urging Palmerston North councillors to stand by proposed savings that officers advise could reduce next year’s proposed rates increase from 11.3 percent to around 2.8 percent.
Taxpayers’ Union Senior Policy Analyst Josh Van Veen said:
"This shows double-digit rates hikes are a choice. When councillors challenge spending, ratepayers benefit."
"But the updated draft plan returns in early December, and councillors must resist pressure to put spending back in."
"Every council programme has its defenders. Ratepayers need someone defending their household budgets too."
"Mayor Grant Smith must hold his colleagues to these decisions. Ratepayers need relief, not councillors losing their nerve."
Palmerston North councillors must hold firm on savings
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