24 June 2020
Shed 39, 2 Fryatt Quay
Pipitea, Wellington 6011
PO Box 11646
Manners Street
File Ref:
OIAP-7-15446
Wellington 6142
T 04 384 5708
F 04 385 6960
Tony Randle
www.gw.govt.nz
By email:
[FYI request #12894 email]
Dear Mr Randle
Request for information OIA 2020-073
I refer to your email dated 26 May 2020 which was received by Greater Wellington Regional
Council’s (GWRC) on 26 May 2020. You have requested the following information:
A)Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the detailed calculations that were used to
provide the Transport Rates information in the draft 2020/21 Annual Plan ?
B)Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the calculations of the 2020/21 Transport
Rate allocation to ratepayers ?
C) Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the detailed costs for the cost amounts
used in the calculation of the 2020/21 Transport Rates ?
D) Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the detailed revenue for the revenue
amounts used in the calculation of the 2020/21 Transport Rates ?
E) Can the GWRC please provide a copy of any reports or presentations to GWRC councillors at
Annual Plan 2020/21 workshops ?
F) Can the GWRC please provide a copy of the changes (contributions and withdrawals) from
the Transport Reserve over the past three years including the source for the contributions and
the target for the withdrawals ?
GWRC’s response follows:
A) Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the detailed calculations that were used to
provide the Transport Rates information in the draft 2020/21 Annual Plan ?
OIA 2020-073 Tony Randle
Wellington office
Upper Hutt
Masterton office
0800 496 734
PO Box 11646
PO Box 40847
PO Box 41
www.gw.govt.nz
Manners St, Wellington 6142
1056 Fergusson Drive
Masterton 5840
[Wellington Regional Council request email]
Attachment 1 Transport Rate detail DATA
Attachment 3 Transport Rate detail FORMULA
Please note that in
Attachment 1 and
Attachment 3, the projected cost information relating to the
bus, rail and ferry contracts in the Wellington Region has been withheld in accordance with
sections 7(2)(b)(ii) and 7(2)(i) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
(the Act), in that releasing the breakdown of the cost estimates would be likely to unreasonably
prejudice the commercial position of the operators who supplied this information and to enable
GWRC’s to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations for upcoming contracts.
We have therefore, provided you with this information in two formats:
Attachment 1: is an electronic copy of the spreadsheet (with the projected cost estimate
information relating to the bus and rail contracts deleted) in a format that gives the figures
but does not give the formulae behind the figures
Attachment 3: is an electronic copy of the spreadsheet (with the projected cost estimate
information relating to the bus and rail contracts deleted) in a format that gives the
formulae behind the figures
B) Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the calculations of the 2020/21 Transport
Rate allocation to ratepayers ?
Attachment 2 Transport Rate Allocation
C) Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the detailed costs for the cost amounts used
in the calculation of the 2020/21 Transport Rates ?
Attachment 1 Transport Rate detail DATA
Attachment 3 Transport Rate detail FORMULA
Please note the explanations under the answer to question A.
D) Can the GWRC please provide a complete copy of the detailed revenue for the revenue
amounts used in the calculation of the 2020/21 Transport Rates ?
Attachment 1 Transport Rate detail DATA
Attachment 3 Transport Rate detail FORMULA
Please note the explanations under the answer to question A.
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E) Can the GWRC please provide a copy of any reports or presentations to GWRC councillors at
Annual Plan 2020/21 workshops ?
Attachment 4 Annual Plan 2020-21 incl LCAF and Rates Requirement Council Workshop 11 Feb
2020
Attachment 5 Annual Plan Council 7 April 2020
Attachment 6 Annual Plan Council 23 April 2020
Attachment 7 Annual Plan Council 28 April 2020
Attachment 8 Annual Plan
Attachment 9 Council workshop presentation 26 November
F) Can the GWRC please provide a copy of the changes (contributions and withdrawals) from the
Transport Reserve over the past three years including the source for the contributions and the
target for the withdrawals ?
Attachment 10 Transport Reserve
We have considered whether the public interest in the requested information outweighs GWRC’s
need to withhold certain aspects of the requested information. As a result, we do not consider that
the public interest outweighs GWRC’s reason for withholding parts of the document under the
grounds identified above.
If you have any concerns with the decision(s) referred to in this letter, you have the right to request
an investigation and review by the Ombudsman under section 27(3) of the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.
Yours sincerely
Samantha Gain
General Manager Corporate Services
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