Kapiti Coast District Council is clearly proceeding with a deliberate three-pronged strategy, which consists of:

1. Let’s sit tight and hope we’ll get a change of Government in November.  Let’s hope that a new Government will reverse what’s coming out of this current Government, so that we can keep on with high rates and “business as usual” (that is, business as we want it). That means we can ignore recent or upcoming legislative changes and messages from the Government about rates capping and the need for Councils to re-focus on core services and infrastructure and cut back on non-essential expenditure.
2. Let’s not talk to the public in the meantime. That way we can ignore their concerns about rates increases and won’t have to take on board any feedback that might be contrary to what we want to do.
3. Let’s kick the can down the road and put off public discussion about Council direction and expenditure until later in the year when we review the Long-Term Plan. That way in the meantime we can avoid public scrutiny of our annual plan for this year and the money we plan to spend, while we lock certain things in place………. for the 2026/27 year, and hopefully beyond.

Why do we say this?

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