Acting Mayor Faye White during the meeting. Photo / Warren Buckland
Acting Mayor Faye White during the meeting. Photo / Warren Buckland
Napier City Council has approved a 6.4 per cent rates increase for the 2019/2020 financial year, as part of the city's draft annual plan.
The majority of the increased rates are due to increased kerbside recycling costs.
At a meeting on Tuesday, councillors voted to approve a part-pay option topay for kerbside recycling, which uses council reserves absorb some of the increased cost.
This will cost an extra $39 per household per year, and deplete Napier City Council's reserves by $700,000.
In total $1.3 million from the council's reserves will be spent from 2019-2022.
A full pay option was also considered, which would have seen a rates increase of 8 per cent in the 2019/2020 financial year, an extra $76 per household per year.
The draft annual plan will be finalised at a meeting on June 28.
