Manawatū District Council has adopted its Annual Plan for 2023-24.
This confirms the council’s budget and work priorities for the next financial year, while also thinking ahead to the next Ten-Year Plan that is being developed and will be adopted in 2024.
In her foreword for the Annual Plan, Mayor Helen Worboys acknowledges people are under significant cost pressures.
”I’m incredibly proud of the council that I lead. Our team has worked very hard to keep our rates rise as low as possible. We know that people are doing it tough right now. We still face a number of challenges coming out of the pandemic, with inflation still high and the cost of living crisis taking a toll on many.
“But we can’t absorb these cost pressures without significantly reducing our levels of service to the community, so we have to strike a balance.”