Council Approves Huge Nelson Rates Increase
They said they were going to do it and now they have. Nelson City Council have approved the long term plan democratically agreeing to a 5.7% rates increase every year through the long term plan. Is 5.7% huge? Just once, perhaps not, but for those of us happy in our homes it comes to a whopping 74% increase over the 10 year plan. Occupations in our street include parent, fireman, teacher, office worker, hospitality staff, support worker, port worker, nurse, retirees, florist, factory worker and mechanic.
Nelson City Councillors may well afford such rises especially if they have other income streams to match their pay from the public purse but who in our street is likely to get a 5.7% pay increase per year let alone a 74% increase over the next ten?
It isn’t right and it isn’t fair. I cannot help but think the Mayor and Councillors should volunteer to take a matching 5.7% pay cut for each of the next ten years to show how ‘trivial’ such percentages are.
Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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