RATING SCHEMES DISCUSSED

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24985, 20 September 1946, Page 5

RATING SCHEMES DISCUSSED

CHANGE IN DRAINAGE SYSTEM BOARD TO EXPRESS AN OPINION of . the finance commitmatter of the petition £ S to Parliament on the changJ ll6 ratln C system for all local iectert nnunproved value" was reo.v . the Chrlst church Drainage dec/dL? t th tS . recent meeting - The boa rd . that an oPmion should be expressed. sai? T Uld exp £® ss ft* opinion, rennrt Jones - objecting to the report The present rating system was "onJS? d M and £ eld back development A!?<?k^5 My: both -Wellington and °n unimproved value thai^r h >? d T ad S greater progress J b j rch \ Some Practical inffi 0 ?? 16f °r development was needed offerert H° Utb Island and it could, be b u y - improving the method of so rtiv.X^ lC n, U f a L no Y' inadequate and rarri2rt d^ d \ he load was Usually those ' £ast able to carry it. ce committee should at least s j te reasons why no alteration or the system should lake place Tt c W ause e^ in i y th / beby rating b ° ard collect ed its finance ' hain n an <Mr H. G. Livingvalue? D ° y ° U oppose rating on capital

Mr Jones: Yes. at the moment nr sn What about a block ? ats on a quartgr ol an acre? that Jones: * am concerned about

o "X OU l_ reali se you will load up the ingstone° USe owners? ” asked Mr Liv-

J^ 0 ’’ replied Mr Jones. Mr J. E. Jones said the board’s ratePayers were debarred at present from alteration to the rating system and the petitior asked for an t!? the Drainage Act to give that ngjit.

P - G J ue said the Question ° uld be one- for action by the board an£ the action should be against the unimproved system, which had outlived its usefulness. The City Coun♦lL was breaking its neck to change to Irin « annpa A val ue system or capital u wouJ d not J be hapny until it got the change. Unimproved rating would cause the cutting up of beautiful properties like those in Fendaland w °uld create slums. Mr J Robinson said he was concerned that the people had no say in inc board s rating system. The chairman: They have every say they want to exercise, through their members of Parliament. * Mr B. R. J. Johns said that under the present rating system and the rapid increase in the cost of building there was a very marked difference between tne payment for services to ratepayers by the board. Mr Livingstone: How are you going to get over that? Mr Johns: It should be based on the services rendered. Mr Livingstone: How—per cistern, per pipe? The clause was referred back to the committee.