The Auckland Council Emergency Budget, created to take into account a half-billion dollar revenue hit from COVID-19, was passed on Thursday 16 July 2020:
- 500 Council jobs will go
- Rates will increase on average of 3.5%
- Council will need to sell $224 million of assets in the next eight months.
The rise in rates has promoted numerous queries and Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore has issued this response to rate rise criticism Rates Response Deputy Mayor 202007.