Raglan 23 has been told by Raglanites that the property valuation notices being sent out in Raglan show an increase of from 30 to 50% rather than the 25% increase mentioned by Waikato District Council’s CFO in her recent media release.
People are saying that this means that if WDC goes with an average rate increase of 9%, the rates in Raglan will go up by 14%. Is this correct?
The last time this happened WDC phased in the increases over a multi-year period. What plans does WDC have to limit this onerous rate increase for people who are above the average increase in value?
We put these questions to WDC on 14th May. So far they have been silent about the Raglan rates increase being well above average.