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3. Draft Annual Plan 2026/27
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Committee
Comment
1.
Council Officer Peter Ryan joined the table to
present the report.
2.
The Council’s Audit and Risk Management
Committee (Committee) Chair, Bruce Robertson, joined the meeting via
audio/visual link to present the Committee’s Recommendations from its
meeting on 2 February 2026.
3.
Councillors were provided an opportunity to
ask questions of clarification of the Committee Chair.
4.
Councillors were provided an opportunity to
ask questions of clarification of staff regarding the draft Annual Plan.
5.
Original Officer Recommendations 1 through 4
were Moved by Councillor MacDonald and Seconded by Councillor McLellan. When
put to the vote the Recommendations were declared carried.
6.
The meeting resolved to temporarily suspend specified
Standing Orders.
7.
Councillor MacDonald Moved, and Councillor
McLellan Seconded, Officer Recommendations 5 and 6 to place the draft 2026/27
Annual Plan on the table for consideration of proposed Councillor amendments.
8.
The meeting adjourned to enable staff to
provide advice regarding the proposed amendments.
9.
Upon reconvening, the following proposed
amendments were Moved and Seconded and Councillors were provided an
opportunity to ask questions of clarification:
· A1: Advice on the Council’s role in community housing
· A2: Improving Bromley Roads budget
· A3: MCR route connection Pages Road Bridge to the beach
· A4: Strengthening Communities Fund
· A5: Canterbury Museum.
10.
The meeting held one debate for all proposed
amendments and voted on each amendment individually (refer below to the
individual voting records).
11.
Councillors were provided an opportunity to
provide feedback on the draft Consultation Document.
12.
Council Officer Mitch Shaw joined the table to
note that, based on the carried amendments, the updated proposed rates figure
increased from 7.95% to 7.96%. Recommendation 5 was updated to reflect this
update.
13.
The meeting held one debate for
Recommendations 5 and 6 (the adoption of the draft Annual Plan and associated
documents).
14.
The meeting voted on updated Recommendation 5
which was declared carried.
15.
The meeting voted on Recommendation 6 which
was declared carried.
16.
Councillor MacDonald Moved, and Councillor
McLellan Seconded, the updated Recommendation 7 delegating final approval of
the Consultation Document to the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Councillors Cotter
and McLellan. When put to the vote the updated recommendation was declared carried.
17.
Recommendations 8 to 10 were Moved by
Councillor MacDonald and Seconded by Councillor McLellan and when put to the
vote, declared carried.
18.
The meeting resumed Standing Orders.
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Original Officer Recommendations Ngā
Tūtohu
That the
Finance and Performance Committee:
1. Receives the information in the Draft
Annual Plan 2026/27 Report.
2. Notes that the decisions in this report are assessed as being of
high significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance
and Engagement Policy.
3. Notes the Recommendations of the Council’s Audit and Risk
Management Committee at its meeting on 02 February 2026 (refer Attachment A).
4. Notes that the information and options provided in the Draft
Annual Plan 2026/27 report are as directed by the resolutions of the Finance
and Performance Committee (on behalf of Council) at its meeting of 17
December 2025.
5. Confirms the staff recommendation as the preferred option upon
which to base development of the Draft Annual Plan 2026/27, noting that key
components detailed below result in an average overall rates increase of
7.95% for 2026/27:
a. the reduction of the planned core capital expenditure to $586.2
million following a review of the deliverability of the Council’s
capital programme; and
b. the in-housing of the Council’s urban development functions;
and
c. the application of $6.3 million of analytical savings to debt
reduction, by increasing rating for renewals; and
d. the application of $10.0 million of the forecast 2025/26 operating
cash surplus to reduce borrowing in 2025/26, reducing opening debt for
2026/27; and
e. reducing the Business differential on the Value Based General Rate
from 2.220 to 2.000; and
f. a breach of the balanced budget financial prudence benchmark for
2026/27 (as indicated in the LTP).
6. Approves and adopts for consultation the information
contained or referred to in the staff report which provides the basis for the
Draft Annual Plan 2026/27, together with any amendments made by resolution at
the meeting, and which includes the following attachments of this report:
a. Financial Overview, including financial changes to that contained
in the Long-Term Plan 2024-2034 (Attachment B)
b. Funding Impact Statement (Attachment C)
c. Rating Information (Attachment D)
d. Rating Policies (Attachment E)
e. Financial Prudence Benchmarks (Attachment F)
f. Proposed Capital Programme, including schedule of changes to LTP
(Attachment G)
g. Proposed Minor Changes to Levels of Service (Attachment H)
h. Proposed Fees and Charges (Attachment I)
i. Prospective Financial Statements (Attachment J)
j. Statement of Significant Accounting Policies (Attachment K)
k. Reserves and Trust Funds (Attachment L)
l. Capital Endowment Fund (Attachment M)
m. Summary of Grants (Attachment N)
n. List of properties for seeking the community views and preferences
as to their future use (Attachment O)
7. Approves and adopts for public consultation the draft Consultation
Document for the Draft 2026/27 Annual Plan (under separate cover).
8. Approves the following process for the Draft Annual Plan 2026/27
consultation:
a. All relevant information and documents, including the Consultation
Document, be made available on the Council’s website from 27 February
2026.
b. Hard copy information and documents to be made available at
Council libraries and service centres from 27 February 2026.
c. The period for making submissions will run from 27 February 2026
to 11.59pm on 27 March 2026.
d. For people who indicate they wish to present oral submissions,
hearings will be held from late March to April 2026 (exact dates will be
confirmed and communicated to those submitters closer to the time), noting
that only the name of the submitter is published with the submissions.
9. Authorises the General Manager Finance, Risk and Performance/CFO
to make any non-material changes to the Draft 2026/27 Annual Plan documents
and/or information attached to or referred to in the staff report.
10. Notes that the Council will meet on 23 June 2026 to adopt its
Annual Plan 2026/27.
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Committee Decisions under Delegation
Part C
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Original
Officer Recommendations 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Committee Resolved FPCO/2026/00017
That the
Finance and Performance Committee:
1. Receives the information in the Draft
Annual Plan 2026/27 Report.
2. Notes that the decisions in this report are assessed as being of
high significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance
and Engagement Policy.
3. Notes the Recommendations of the Council’s Audit and Risk
Management Committee at its meeting on 02 February 2026 (refer Attachment A).
4. Notes that the information and options provided in the Draft
Annual Plan 2026/27 report are as directed by the resolutions of the Finance
and Performance Committee (on behalf of Council) at its meeting of 17
December 2025.
Councillor MacDonald/Councillor McLellan Carried
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For
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17
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Mayor Mauger,
Deputy Mayor Henstock, Councillor Barber, Councillor Cartwright, Councillor
Coker, Councillor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor
Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Herz Jardine, Councillor Johanson, Councillor
Keown, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore,
Councillor Peters, Councillor Scandrett
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Against
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0
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Abstain
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0
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TOTAL
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17
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Temporary Suspension of Standing Orders
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Committee Resolved FPCO/2026/00018
That pursuant to Standing Order 3.5
(Temporary Suspension of Standing Orders), the following Standing Orders be
suspended to enable a more informal discussion:
17.5 members
may speak only once.
18.1 general
procedure for speaking and moving motions.
18.8 foreshadowed
amendments.
18.9 lost
amendments
19.5 revocation
or alteration by resolution at the same meeting.
Councillor MacDonald/Councillor McLellan Carried
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Original
Officer Recommendations 5 and 6 – Moved/Seconded
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Moved/Seconded
That the Finance and Performance Committee:
5.
Confirms the staff recommendation
as the preferred option upon which to base development of the Draft Annual
Plan 2026/27, noting that key components detailed below result in an average
overall rates increase of 7.95% for 2026/27:
a. the reduction of the planned core capital
expenditure to $586.2 million following a review of the deliverability of the
Council’s capital programme; and
b. the in-housing of the Council’s urban
development functions; and
c. the application of $6.3 million of analytical
savings to debt reduction, by increasing rating for renewals; and
d. the application of $10.0 million of the
forecast 2025/26 operating cash surplus to reduce borrowing in 2025/26,
reducing opening debt for 2026/27; and
e. reducing the Business differential on the
Value Based General Rate from 2.220 to 2.000; and
f. a breach of the balanced budget financial
prudence benchmark for 2026/27 (as indicated in the LTP).
6. Approves and adopts for consultation the
information contained or referred to in the staff report which provides the
basis for the Draft Annual Plan 2026/27, together with any amendments made by
resolution at the meeting, and which includes the following attachments of
this report:
a. Financial Overview, including financial
changes to that contained in the Long-Term Plan 2024-2034 (Attachment B)
b. Funding Impact Statement (Attachment C)
c. Rating Information (Attachment D)
d. Rating Policies (Attachment E)
e. Financial Prudence Benchmarks (Attachment F)
f. Proposed Capital Programme, including schedule
of changes to LTP (Attachment G)
g. Proposed Minor Changes to Levels of Service
(Attachment H)
h. Proposed Fees and Charges (Attachment I)
i. Prospective Financial Statements (Attachment
J)
j. Statement of Significant Accounting Policies
(Attachment K)
k. Reserves and Trust Funds (Attachment L)
l. Capital Endowment Fund (Attachment M)
m. Summary of Grants (Attachment N)
n. List of properties for seeking the community
views and preferences as to their future use (Attachment O)
Councillor MacDonald/Councillor McLellan Moved/Seconded
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The meeting adjourned at 10.49 am and
reconvened at 11.51 am.
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Councillor
Proposed Amendments
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Committee Resolved FPCO/2026/00019
A1: Advice on the Council’s role in community housing
That the
Finance and Performance Committee:
A1. Requests
staff advice, including advice on community and stakeholder views, regarding
the Council’s future role in community housing, in time for
consideration in the Long Term Plan.
Councillor Herz Jardine/Councillor Johanson Carried
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For
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13
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Deputy Mayor
Henstock, Councillor Cartwright, Councillor Coker, Councillor Cotter,
Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor
Herz Jardine, Councillor Johanson, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore,
Councillor Peters, Councillor Scandrett
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Against
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4
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Councillor
Barber, Councillor Keown, Councillor MacDonald, Mayor Mauger
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Abstain
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0
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TOTAL
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17
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Committee Resolved FPCO/2026/00020
A2: Improving Bromley Roads budget
That the
Finance and Performance Committee:
A2. Agrees
that the Improving
Bromley Roads project budget of 1.5 million of capex is not deferred to FY28.
Councillor Johanson/Mayor Carried
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For
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16
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Mayor Mauger,
Deputy Mayor Henstock, Councillor Barber, Councillor Cartwright, Councillor
Coker, Councillor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor
Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Herz Jardine, Councillor Johanson, Councillor
MacDonald, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters,
Councillor Scandrett
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Against
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0
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Abstain
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1
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Councillor
Keown
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TOTAL
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17
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Committee Resolved FPCO/2026/00021
A3: MCR route connection Pages Road Bridge to
the beach
That the
Finance and Performance Committee:
A3.
Requests staff to report back to the Waitai Community Board prior to the
adoption of the FY27 Annual Plan on rapid roll-out options to deliver the
section of this MCR from Pages Road to the beach. Noting that previous Annual
Plan amendments have prioritised existing budget for Section 3 of the MCR Ōtākaro
Avon River route.
Councillor Donovan/Councillor Keown Carried
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For
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16
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Deputy Mayor
Henstock, Councillor Barber, Councillor Cartwright, Councillor Coker,
Councillor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor
Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Herz Jardine, Councillor Johanson, Councillor
Keown, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore,
Councillor Peters, Councillor Scandrett
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Against
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1
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Mayor Mauger
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Abstain
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0
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TOTAL
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17
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Committee Resolved FPCO/2026/00022
A4: Strengthening Communities Fund
That the
Finance and Performance Committee:
A4A. Agrees
to not decrease the Strengthening Communities Fund inflation protection; and
A4B. Proposes to increase the
Strengthening Communities Fund inflation protection by a further 1.1%.
Councillor Coker/Councillor Scandrett Carried
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For
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11
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Deputy Mayor Henstock, Councillor
Barber, Councillor Coker, Councillor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor
Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Herz Jardine, Councillor
Johanson, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Scandrett,
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Against
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6
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Councillor Cartwright, Councillor
Keown, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters, Mayor
Mauger
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Abstain
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0
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TOTAL
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17
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Committee Recommendation
A5: Canterbury Museum
That the
Finance and Performance Committee:
A5. Agrees
that the draft annual plan consultation includes an option to increase capital
funding for the Canterbury Museum by $980,000 in the annual plan year.
Councillor Cotter/Councillor McLellan Lost
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For
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7
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Councillor Cotter, Councillor Donovan,
Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Herz Jardine,
Councillor Johanson, Councillor McLellan
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Against
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8
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Mayor Mauger, Deputy Mayor Henstock, Councillor
Barber, Councillor Keown, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor Moore,
Councillor Peters, Councillor Scandrett
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Abstain
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0
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TOTAL
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15
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Conflict of Interest
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2
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Councillor Cartwright, Councillor Coker
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Updated Recommendation
5 (Substantive Motion)
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Committee Resolved FPCO/2026/00023
That the Finance and Performance Committee:
5. Confirms the staff recommendation subject to the amendments
carried at the meeting, as the preferred option upon which to base
development of the Draft Annual Plan 2026/27, noting that key components
detailed below result in an average overall rates increase of 7.96%
for 2026/27:
a. the reduction of the planned core capital expenditure to $586.2
million following a review of the deliverability of the Council’s
capital programme; and
b. the in-housing of the Council’s urban development functions;
and
c. the application of $6.3 million of analytical savings to debt
reduction, by increasing rating for renewals; and
d. the application of $10.0 million of the forecast 2025/26 operating
cash surplus to reduce borrowing in 2025/26, reducing opening debt for
2026/27; and
e. reducing the Business differential on the Value Based General Rate
from 2.220 to 2.000; and
f. a breach of the balanced budget financial prudence benchmark for
2026/27 (as indicated in the LTP).
Secretarial
Note: The figure referred to in Resolution 5a
does not reflect the non-deferral of $1.5 million associated with Amendment
A2.
Councillor MacDonald/Councillor McLellan Carried
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Recommendations 5a, 5c - 5f
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For
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15
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Mayor Mauger, Deputy Mayor Henstock,
Councillor Barber, Councillor Cartwright, Councillor Coker, Councillor
Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt,
Councillor Herz Jardine, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor McLellan, Councillor
Moore, Councillor Peters, Councillor Scandrett
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Against
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2
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Councillor Johanson, Councillor Keown
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|
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Abstain
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0
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TOTAL
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17
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Recommendation 5b
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For
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14
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Mayor Mauger,
Deputy Mayor Henstock, Councillor Barber, Councillor Cartwright, Councillor
Coker, Councillor Cotter, Councillor Fields, Councillor Harrison-Hunt,
Councillor Herz Jardine, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor McLellan,
Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters, Councillor Scandrett
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Against
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3
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Councillor
Donovan, Councillor Johanson, Councillor Keown
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Abstain
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0
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TOTAL
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17
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Original
Officer Recommendation 6 (Substantive Motion)
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Committee Resolved FPCO/2026/00024
That the
Finance and Performance Committee:
6. Approves and adopts for consultation the information contained or
referred to in the staff report which provides the basis for the Draft Annual
Plan 2026/27, together with any amendments made by resolution at the meeting,
and which includes the following attachments of this report:
a. Financial
Overview, including financial changes to that contained in the Long-Term Plan
2024-2034 (Attachment B)
b. Funding
Impact Statement (Attachment C)
c. Rating
Information (Attachment D)
d. Rating
Policies (Attachment E)
e. Financial
Prudence Benchmarks (Attachment F)
f. Proposed
Capital Programme, including schedule of changes to LTP (Attachment G)
g. Proposed
Minor Changes to Levels of Service (Attachment H)
h. Proposed
Fees and Charges (Attachment I)
i. Prospective
Financial Statements (Attachment J)
j. Statement
of Significant Accounting Policies (Attachment K)
k. Reserves
and Trust Funds (Attachment L)
l. Capital
Endowment Fund (Attachment M)
m. Summary
of Grants (Attachment N)
n. List
of properties for seeking the community views and preferences as to their
future use (Attachment O)
Councillor MacDonald/Councillor McLellan Carried
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For
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16
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Mayor Mauger,
Deputy Mayor Henstock, Councillor Barber, Councillor Cartwright, Councillor
Coker, Councillor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor
Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Herz Jardine, Councillor Keown, Councillor
MacDonald, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore, Councillor Peters,
Councillor Scandrett
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Against
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1
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Councillor
Johanson
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Abstain
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0
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TOTAL
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17
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Updated
Officer Recommendation 7
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Committee Resolved FPCO/2026/00025
That the
Finance and Performance Committee:
7. Approves and
adopts for public consultation the draft Consultation Document for the Draft
2026/27 Annual Plan (tabled at the meeting) subject to the incorporation of
any amendments approved by resolution at the meeting, and delegates authority
to the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Councillors Cotter and McLellan to approve
the final Consultation Document following incorporation of those amendments.
Councillor MacDonald/Councillor McLellan Carried
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For
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17
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Mayor Mauger,
Deputy Mayor Henstock, Councillor Barber, Councillor Cartwright, Councillor
Coker, Councillor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor
Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Herz Jardine, Councillor Johanson, Councillor
Keown, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore,
Councillor Peters, Councillor Scandrett
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Against
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0
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|
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Abstain
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0
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TOTAL
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17
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Original
Officer Recommendations 8, 9 and 10
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Committee Resolved FPCO/2026/00026
That the
Finance and Performance Committee:
8. Approves
the following process for the Draft Annual Plan 2026/27 consultation:
a. All
relevant information and documents, including the Consultation Document, be
made available on the Council’s website from 27 February 2026.
b. Hard
copy information and documents to be made available at Council libraries and
service centres from 27 February 2026.
c. The
period for making submissions will run from 27 February 2026 to 11.59pm on 27
March 2026.
d. For
people who indicate they wish to present oral submissions, hearings will be
held from late March to April 2026 (exact dates will be confirmed and
communicated to those submitters closer to the time), noting that only the
name of the submitter is published with the submissions.
9. Authorises
the General Manager Finance, Risk and Performance/CFO to make any
non-material changes to the Draft 2026/27 Annual Plan documents and/or
information attached to or referred to in the staff report.
10. Notes
that the Council will meet on 23 June 2026 to adopt its Annual Plan 2026/27.
Councillor MacDonald/Councillor McLellan Carried
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For
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17
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Mayor Mauger,
Deputy Mayor Henstock, Councillor Barber, Councillor Cartwright, Councillor
Coker, Councillor Cotter, Councillor Donovan, Councillor Fields, Councillor
Harrison-Hunt, Councillor Herz Jardine, Councillor Johanson, Councillor
Keown, Councillor MacDonald, Councillor McLellan, Councillor Moore,
Councillor Peters, Councillor Scandrett
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Against
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0
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|
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Abstain
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0
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TOTAL
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17
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Attachments
a Draft
Consultation document tabled at the Finance and Performance Committee meeting
10 February 2026 ⇨ 
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