Draft Long Term Plan 2012-22 - FOA supports the intent of the Council to develop a fairer rating system to more closely match the level of rates paid by a ratepayer to the benefits provided from each activity, provided this process is undertaken transparently, fairly across all land use sectors and is introduced over a suitable time period. However, FOA opposes the introduction of the new targeted forestry roading rate as it is proposed. We are not confident of the detail of the workings or the logic behind the assumptions of the Morrison Low analysis that underpins the proposed rate.
