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Councillors have been briefed today on Christchurch City Council’s efforts to keep 2023’s rates increase as low as possible – with the latest projected figure coming in at an average 5.58% across existing ratepayers.

Christchurch City Council is encouraging everyone to give feedback on its draft budget for the coming financial year before it is finalised in June.

Christchurch ratepayers will face a lower rates increase this year than that forecast in the Long Term Plan 2018 to 2028.

Christchurch City Council Chief Executive Dawn Baxendale says many of the changes recommended by an external advisory group are being acted on.

Christchurch City Council has adopted a draft budget but is promising to continue working to find ways to bring costs down for ratepayers while still maintaining levels of service.

Protecting Christchurch’s drinking water supply and improving the health of the city’s waterways while keeping rates at below forecast levels are the key focus of Christchurch City Council’s 2019-20 Annual Plan.

Ownership of several central city anchor projects and the residential red zone will transfer from the Crown to Christchurch City Council under a proposed Global Settlement drafted by senior officials.

Christchurch and Banks Peninsula properties have only risen slightly in value over the past three years, the latest district revaluation shows.

Christchurch City Council Chief Executive Dawn Baxendale has been tasked with finding ways to ease the pressure on the public purse. Today she outlines her plans for doing that.

For the second consecutive year since the earthquakes of 2011 the Christchurch City Council has received a completely clean audit result from Audit New Zealand.