‘Fit for Future’ LONG TERM PLAN FOR THE TEN YEARS 2018-2028 CONTENTS Overview: ..................................................................................................1 Financial Overview and Strategy: ....................................................27 Financials: ........................................................................................... 107 Vision, purpose, values, strategy .......................................................2 Forecast Statement of Comprehensive Revenue Financial Snapshot ...............................................................................28 and Expenses ......................................................................................108 Welcome to our 2018-2028 Long Term Plan ................................3 Financial Strategy ................................................................................31 Forecast Movements in Equity .....................................................109 From the Mayor, Chief Executive ......................................................4 Forecast Statement of Financial Position ..................................110 Mayor, Councillors, Community Board ...........................................5 Community Outcomes: .......................................................................41 Forecast Statement of Cashflows ................................................112 Setting the Scene: ...................................................................................6 Council Activities: .................................................................................50 Notes to the Financial Statements ..............................................114 About Local Government ....................................................................7 Regulatory services..............................................................................52 Forecast Statement of Capital Expenditure .............................120 About the Long Term Plan ..................................................................8 Roading and transport .......................................................................56 Forecast Funding Impact Statement ..........................................121 Overview of our district .......................................................................9 Water supplies .......................................................................................64 Rating Examples ................................................................................132 Major Towns ...........................................................................................10 Wastewater/sewerage ........................................................................72 Assumptions .......................................................................................134 Strategic Overview...............................................................................11 Stormwater .............................................................................................76 Forecast Reserve Funds ...................................................................141 Major Assumptions from our last plan .........................................12 Solid Waste .............................................................................................80 Statement of Accounting Policies ...............................................143 Where we are at, where are we heading? ....................................13 Professional services business unit ................................................83 Infrastructure Strategy: .................................................................... 150 Maori Contribution to Decision Making ......................................14 Community services ............................................................................85 Governance, representation .............................................................89 Policies: ................................................................................................. 170 Key Issues affecting the plan: .............................................................15 Customer services, support services .............................................93 Significance and Engagement Policy .........................................171 District revitalisation ...........................................................................16 Property ...................................................................................................96 Revenue and Financing Policy ......................................................174 Items consulted on but not included in the LTP .......................20 Council controlled organisations ................................................102 Our water, we are almost there! ......................................................21 Audit Report: ....................................................................................... 188 Other Council controlled organisations ....................................104 Our vital links, Karamea Highway ...................................................23 Climate change, it affects us all .......................................................24 The future of our Port, Westport Harbour ...................................26 OVERVIEW INCLUDES: Vision, purpose, values, strategy .........................................................................................2 Welcome to our 2018-2028 Long Term Plan ..................................................................3 From the Mayor and Chief Executive ................................................................................4 Mayor, Councillors and Community Board .....................................................................5 Buller District Council | 2018-2028 Long Term Plan 1 VISION, PURPOSE, VALUES, STRATEGY Vision: ‘Fit for Future’ Values: WHERE THE BULLER COMMUNITY IS GOING: HOW WE WORK: Buller is ‘Fit for future’ – a resilient, safe and thriving community Community driven - We are responsive to our community and make a difference now and for future generations One team - Shared direction, shared effort, quality outcomes. Future focused - We seek solutions that are ‘Fit the Future’. Integrity - Open,honest and equitable in service, decisions and action. We care - our social and environmental responsibility - About people and place. Key Strategies: Purpose: HOW WE ACHIEVE OUR VISION: HOW WE SERVE THE PEOPLE OF BULLER: 1. Resilient – Building and promoting resilience in community, services and infrastructure. Providing quality, resilient and affordable services and infrastructure to meet the current 2. Growing - Facilitating growth and a transition to a diversified, resilient and sustainable and future needs of our communities. economy. Providing responsive leadership and engaging with our communities to achieve positive economic, social, cultural and environmental outcomes. 3. Quality infrastructure - Providing reliable and sustainable infrastructure that meets the needs of current and future generations. 4. Liveable - Investing in our towns to ensure we are an attractive district to live, work, invest and play. 5. Affordable - Growing our non-rates income so rates are affordable to all residents. 2 Buller District Council | 2018-2028 Long Term Plan WELCOME TO OUR 2018-2028 LONG TERM PLAN The Long Term Plan states the planned vision for the District, the Community Outcomes, the “The Plan states the services and activities Council is undertaking to contribute to those Outcomes, and the costs of vision and community Council providing those services and activities outcomes for the Long Term Plan over the next 10 years. district and the & Consultation It is important to note that the financial information contained services and activities Document in this Long Term Plan is forecast information based on the Reviewed every assumptions which Council reasonably expects to occur. that Council is three years Actual results achieved are likely to vary from the information undertaking”. Lets you know what Council presented and these variations may at times be reasonably is doing and why. large. That being said, we have endeavoured to make sure that our financial forecasts are as accurate as we can reasonably make them based on the information we currently have. Community “The Long Term Plan outlines the activities and Annual Plan services Council is planning to provide over the Outcomes Produced every non- coming 10-years”. Knowing the environment Long Term Plan year in which people live. The outcomes identified by the Council and community Lets you know how Council’s indicate how the District should promote community well- Knowing what the community work is going to be paid for being - socially, culturally, economically and environmentally. and people want. each year, and any variances from the Long Term Plan The end result, is an all-encompassing document that outlines the community’s expectations and shows how Council, with the help of the community and other organisations, will work together to achieve community well-being and the outcomes. The Long Term Plan must be reviewed and re-evaluated once every three years. Annual Report Between the three yearly reviews, Council produces an Annual Produced every year Plan, outlining what activities and services Council will be Lets you know whether undertaking in the following year and any changes from the the Council did what Long Term Plan. Each year Council produces an Annual Report it said it would do which outlines what Council