Transcript Larry. N. Mitchell Contact Details

Larry. N. Mitchell
Contact Details
Larry. N. Mitchell
Finance & Policy Analyst (Local Government)
Presentation to the Rodney
District “Combined Ratepayers”
meeting 3rd July 2004.
The Rodney District Council’s
“Vital Statistics”
An assessment of the RDC, the
criteria.
• Physical, geographic and demographic
characteristics … ‘Size’
• Financial position and performance
• Governance
• The future
• Overall assessment
Size Characteristics
Measures
No of Significant Activities
Absolute Value for
your Council
Your Council Ranking out of 9
Councils
6
7
1671
2
No of Bridges
421
2
% Unsealed Roads
0.5
2
2475
3
13424889
2
39580
2
3.7
1
Population
84100
3
No of Dwellings
28536
3
Total Council Expenditure
80823
2
124204
1
Length of Roads
Area of District
Capital Land Value
Ratepayers Numbers
Population Growth
9
Operating Revenue
Size characteristics.
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Ratepayers Equity
Total Liabilities
Total Assets
Infrastructure Assets
Rating Revenue
Value
942931
1086124
1817484
787106
60418
Ranking out of 9
2
2
2
3
1
Niceties as a percentage of Amenities
Financial position and performance
(2)
Debt per Capita
( Current Liabilities + Term Liabilities / Population numbers )
Debt per Capita
Debt per Capita
R'dy Grp Average
Sector Average
1,200
1,000
1,040
$
800
600
815
730
689
659
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
1,549
250
7/9
1,519
237
7/9
1,020
176
7/9
1,256
424
4/9
1,633
299
3/9
400
200
0
R'dy Grp High
R'dy Grp Low
Ranking
Financial position and performance
(3)
Debt per Ratepayer
( Current Liabilities + Term Liabilities / Ratepayer numbers )
Debt per Ratepayer
Debt per Ratepayer
R'dy Grp Average
Sector Average
2,500
2,000
$
1,500
2,209
1,740
1,529
1,465
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
3,504
663
7/9
3,248
627
7/9
2,163
441
7/9
3,196
1,076
5/9
3,296
1,091
4/9
1,000
1,341
500
0
R'dy Grp High
R'dy Grp Low
Ranking
Financial position and performance
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(8b)
Economic Factors
Regional Economic Growth
28
Low
Building Consents Average Movement
7
Very High
Building Consents Current Change
6
Very High
Workforce Unemployed
26
High
Ratepayer Land Investment
8
High
Ratepayer Capital Investment
9
High
Ratepayer Land & Capital Investment
9
High
Debt Capacity
11
Low
Valuation Measure - No of Properties
3
Very High
Valuation Measure - $ Value of Properties
31
Very Low
Composite index of Economic Factors
High
(8a)
Income Factors
Ranking
Ability to Pay
Fixed Income Earners / Ratepayers
22
Neutral
Fixed Income Earners / Population
25
High
Household Expenditure
1
Very High
Variance in Household Expenditure
1
Very High
Household Income
6
Very High
Variance in Household Income
6
Very High
Composite index of Income Factors
High
Governance
(8)
Ratepayers for each Council Member
Number of Ratepayers for each Council Member
Ratepayers for each Council Member
Ratepayers for each Council Member
R'dy Grp Average
Sector Average
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,922
3,045
2,710
2,756
2,881
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2,918
1,169
3/9
2,949
1,169
3/9
2,954
1,200
3/9
3,226
1,206
3/9
3,153
1,139
3/9
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
R'dy Grp High
R'dy Grp Low
Ranking
Governance
Governance
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How do others see us?
A Commissioner appointed!
Two financial divisions
Biz New Zealand survey
Federated Farmers 199 “Mugs Club”
members
• Voter turn-out …Apathy or
disillusionment?
Governance
• Staff levels 1995, 192 employees
• Staff levels 2004, 328 employees plus
contracted “staff”.
• Cost-effective spending?,
– District plan … $?M,
– PENLINK $7 -$10M,
– W’paroa sewerage scheme, $17M and
– Plan change 62 …$?
• Playgrounds and front office?
The future
• Based on the adopted 2004-2014
LTCCP…
• It’s ‘full steam ahead on the Titanic’
• New vision, policies and abilities will be
crucial to meet the challenges
• This election represents a watershed in
RDC’s history.
• Crunch time has arrived!
RDC Debt per Ratepayer & Total Debt
per ratepayer
40,000
rate
payers
in total
$4200
per
rate
payer
$168m
in
total
Prudent maximum debt per ratepayer - $ 1500
37,000
rate
payers
$1121
per rate
payer
$41.5m
in total
2002
2007
RDC Debt Interest
44,000 ratepayers
per ratepayer
in total
40,000 ratepayers
37,000 ratepayers
$65
p/r
$235
p/r
$9.4m
total
$14.6m
$332
total
p/r
$2.4m
total
2002
2007
2011
Future Debt ratio’s
Overall assessment
• Huge challenges, mostly attributable to the
nature of the district and its rate of growth
• The RDC could and must do much better
• Crunch time (now) involves the need for
true community-based decision making
• So that we will leave our children and
grandchildren with a District heritage of
which we can justly be proud.
• Ref; www.kauriglen.co.nz ‘Mitch for Mayor’