Media release from the council

Kāpiti Coast District Councillors will meet [via Zoom] next Thursday, 30 April to discuss its proposed draft Annual Plan and average rates increase for the 2020/21 year.

Mayor K. Gurunathan says in light of the COVID-19 virus and the need to support the Kāpiti Coast community to get back on its feet the Council has reassessed its planned expenditure for the year ahead.

“We are acutely aware of the fact that many people and businesses in our community are hurting as a result of the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19 and we can expect that things will continue to be difficult and uncertain for some time to come,” Mayor Gurunathan says.

“As a Council we’ve moved at pace to review budgets to make sure we are well placed to support the Kāpiti Coast community and economy to get back on its feet while, at the same…