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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Councillor takes<br />

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aspirations for the area come to<br />

fruition.<br />

During <strong>October</strong>’s local body<br />

elections, Ms Dalziel identified<br />

repairs to the eastern part of the<br />

city’s footpaths, pipes and roads<br />

as one of her main priorities for<br />

this term.<br />

“We need a fully integrated<br />

programme of works for the<br />

east, I have loosely called this<br />

the eastern alliance, which<br />

Readers respond<br />

Chance to<br />

would essentially be an alliance<br />

to supermarket<br />

farewell Holden<br />

of contractors who can take<br />

rebranding<br />

in style the whole area bit by bit and<br />

systematically get the work<br />

done,” she said during the<br />

Page 8<br />

campaign.<br />

Page 17 But chief executive Dawn<br />

Baxendale said any request to<br />

pursue a specific project in the<br />

east would have to be agreed<br />

upon by council.<br />

South New Brighton School pupil Jacob McMillan enjoying the foam pit at Christchurch School of<br />

City councillors are yet to pass<br />

Gymnastics, which opened its doors to pupils while the school was closed due to fire damage.<br />

on any guidance to staff around<br />

•Story, more photos, page 5<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN this, she said.<br />

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GIRL BOSS: Julia Holmes wants to be a geneticist after Page high school, 3 and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will Page help 10 said the community are “somewhat<br />

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Christchurch city councillors to<br />

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Page 11 said the final submission is yet to<br />

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CALLS HAVE been made to<br />

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to the Covid-19 crisis.<br />

City counci lors James Gough,<br />

Sam MacDonald, Catherine<br />

Chu, Phil Mauger, Aaron Keown<br />

and James Daniels have sent a<br />

le ter to Mayor Lianne Dalziel<br />

asking her to lead a conversation<br />

as to how a zero per cent rates<br />

increase could be achieved this<br />

year.<br />

The city council is proposing<br />

an average rates increase of 4.65<br />

per cent acro s a l ratepayers in<br />

this year’s Draft Annual Plan<br />

which is cu rently under public<br />

consultation until April 5 and<br />

wi l be finalised before July 1.<br />

The 2018-2028 Long Term<br />

Plan also predicts a 50 per cent<br />

rates increase over 10 years.<br />

Said Cr MacDonald: “In<br />

the cu rent environment it’s<br />

clear busine s as usual is not<br />

appropriate and the council<br />

needs to look at how we enable<br />

this 12-month rates increase<br />

freeze to occur, it’s crucial for<br />

the economic confidence of our<br />

city.”<br />

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Ms Dalziel said the las thing<br />

the city council needed was for<br />

someone to hi the panic bu ton.<br />

“Calm heads must and wi l<br />

prevail,” she said.<br />

“Our residents and busine ses<br />

wi l be depending on us to<br />

make adjustments, and we wi l,<br />

however, we wi l need advice<br />

on the impacts on a l aspects of<br />

– page 4<br />

the council’s budget, which is urchNZ, the Canterbury Employers’<br />

Chamber of Commerce<br />

not entirely funded by rates, and<br />

the consequences that wi l flow and other key players so we are<br />

from decisions we make. best prepared for the economic<br />

“The Annual Plan is not cha lenges that lie ahead.”<br />

signed off for three months so City council chief executive<br />

we have time to ge this advice. Dawn Baxendale did not rule a<br />

A the same time, the council zero rates rise out.<br />

is meeting with our economic “We’re considering a series of<br />

development agency, Christch-<br />

options in light of the extraordinary<br />

circumstances related to the economy in response to the<br />

Covid-19. We wi l discu s these Covid-19 pandemic.<br />

options with elected members The biggest boost is $5.1<br />

as we develop the Annual Plan,” bi lion towards wage subsidies<br />

she said.<br />

for affected busine ses in a l<br />

The push from city counci lors sectors and regions.<br />

for a freeze on rates rises comes •Tips for weathering virus, p3<br />

shortly after Minister of Finance<br />

•Mayor’s column, p9<br />

Grant Robertson announced<br />

a $12.1 bi lion package to aid •From the editor’s desk, p10<br />

Thursday, March 19, <strong>2020</strong><br />

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