Draft Long Term Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council

Independent Auditor’s ReportHurunui Community Long Term Plan 2012 - 2022Independent Auditor’s ReportTo the readers ofHurunui District Council’sLong-Term Planfor the ten years commencing 1 July 2012The Auditor-General is the auditor of Hurunui District Council (the District Council). TheAuditor-General has appointed me, Andy Burns, using the staff and resources of AuditNew Zealand, to report on the Long Term Plan (LTP), on her behalf. We have audited theDistrict Council’s LTP dated 28 June 2012 for the ten years commencing 1 July 2012.The Auditor-General is required by section 94(1) of the Local Government Act 2002 (the Act)to report on:the extent to which the LTP complies with the requirements of the Act; andthe quality of information and assumptions underlying the forecast informationprovided in the LTP.OpinionOverall OpinionIn our opinion the District Council’s LTP dated 28 June 2012 provides a reasonable basisfor long term integrated decision-making by the District Council and for participation indecision-making by the public and subsequent accountability to the community about theactivities of the District Council.In forming our overall opinion, we considered the specific matters outlined in section 94(1) ofthe Act which we report on as follows.Opinion on Specific Matters Required by the ActIn our view:the District Council has complied with the requirements of the Act in all materialrespects demonstrating good practice for a council of its size and scale within thecontext of its environment; andthe underlying information and assumptions used to prepare the LTP provide areasonable and supportable basis for the preparation of the forecast information.Actual results are likely to be different from the forecast information since anticipated eventsfrequently do not occur as expected and the variation may be material. Accordingly, weexpress no opinion as to whether the forecasts will be achieved.Our report was completed on 28 June 2012. This is the date at which our opinion is expressed.281