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Category: Tauranga Council

  • Reorganising Council

    Marty Grenfell (above) is the chief executive (CE) of Tauranga City Council. The CE reports to the Mayor and councillors. The CE is employed by the Mayor and councillors, and is responsible for employing and managing all other council staff. The council structure is defined by law in the Local Government Act (the LGA). The…

  • Council Debt

    Tauranga Council has the highest debt per capita in New Zealand (see the below chart). These figures have been prepared by John Robson (Johns Website). Total council debt including off the books IFF debt is estimated at around $3 billion by 2034. The graph below shows the estimated debt, $2.5 billion by 2030. The debt…

  • Capital Expenses For The CBD

    The commissioners have committed Tauranga Council to spend over one billion dollars of capital spend on the CBD These figures include inflation, but do not include cost overruns. The final tally will be much higher (SBOP City Center Capital Spend). There will also be interest and running costs of tens of millions of dollars a…