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At the Meeting
The
Chief Financial Officer tabled the minor changes made to the Annual Report
subsequent to the Agenda for this meeting being published (see appended
document).
The
Director Corporate Services advised that an unqualified opinion had been
received from Audit New Zealand on the Annual Report. The Report captures
information correct at end of June 2017.
In
reflection on the Report the following points were noted:
·
Another
strong financial result has been achieved for the year, with careful
management of loans.
·
Napier
continues to hold the lowest average rates across councils of similar size.
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Particular
highlights for the year have included:
§ Being the first Council to
receive an ‘A’ rating through the Local Government
Excellence Programme
§ Receiving a Local Government
Excellence Award for the City Vision project
§ The opening of Bayskate
§ The completion of and strongly
positive community engagement with the Marine Parade development
§ The re-opening of the Napier
Conference Centre following expansion and refurbishment to become a
destination events and conference facility
§ The refurbishment of the Ivan Wilson
Pools
§ The launch of Matariki Regional
Economic Development Strategy
§ Design work and equipment purchasing
for a destination playground at Anderson Park
§ A continuing focus on maintaining
Napier’s standing as an events destination, including the highly
successful Seawalls collaboration with the Pangeaseed Foundation
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The commitment
to engaging with the community on a range of projects, concerns and
opportunities including ways that demand for freedom camping can best be
addressed.
Thanks
were extended to the Annual Report project team for the significant levels of
work required to produce the document, and more generally to all staff for
their contributions to an extremely busy work programme.
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