Draft Long Term Plan

Matters relating to the electronic presentation of the report to readers of the Long Term Plan Statement of Proposal

This audit report relates to the Long Term Plan Statement of Proposal for Northland Regional Council for the ten years commencing 1 July 2012 included on the Council’s website. Northland Regional Council is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of its website. We have not been engaged to report on the integrity of Northland Regional Council’s website. We accept no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the Long Term Plan Statement of Proposal since they were initially presented on the website.

The audit report refers only to the Long Term Plan Statement of Proposal named above. It does not provide an opinion on any other information which may have been hyperlinked to or from the Long Term Plan Statement of Proposal. If readers of this report are concerned with the inherent risks arising from electronic data communication they should refer to the published hard copy of the audited Long Term Plan Statement of Proposal as well as the related audit report dated 6 March 2012 to confirm the information included in the audited Long Term Plan Statement of Proposal presented on this website.

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The draft plan is available below either as a complete file or for those with slow Internet access, it has been separated into the following sections:

Draft LTP - Part 1- Pages 1-20

• Contents
• Welcome to our draft Long Term Plan
• About this plan
• About our consultation
• Submission form – Northland’s draft Long Term Plan
• Issues for consultation
  - Increase in rates
  - New council objectives
  - Transition to change use of investment income
  - Criteria for using the new Investment and Growth Reserve
  - Change to council-controlled organisation structure
  - Reduced funding for Destination Northland Limited
  - New direction for managing water
  - New river management works

Draft LTP Part 2 - Pages 21-71

• Issues for consultation (continued)
  - Bus services in Kaitāia and Dargaville
  - Rescue Helicopter rate
  - Biosecurity additional funding
  - Changes to monitoring activity
  - Council’s investment portfolio
  - Joining the Local Government Funding Agency
  - New Significance Policy
  - Revised policy on the development of Māori capacity
  - User fees and charges
• Major Proposals
  - Proposed Investment and Growth Reserve Criteria
  - Change in council-controlled organisation structure
  - Joining the Local Government Funding Agency
  - New direction for managing water
  - Significance Policy
• Financial Strategy

Draft LTP Part 3 - Pages 72-172

• Independent Auditor’s Report
• Financial overview
• About our region
• Additional information
• New council objectives and council’s vision
• Group of activities
• Subsidiary organisations
• Non-financial policies

Draft LTP - Part 4 - Pages 173-322

• Significant Forecasting Assumptions
• Forecast Financial Statements
• Funding and Financial Management Policies Financial
• Proposed Amendments to the Navigation, Water Transport and Maritime Safety Bylaw Charges 2011
• Charging Policy

ISSN 1179-7878 (print version)
ISSN 1179-7886 (online version)