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Changes to Council's fees and charges

We provide a wide range of services and functions to the community that carry costs. Some of these costs are paid for out of general or targeted rates and others are recovered from government. However, where a service or activity benefits an individual customer (e.g. a dog registration benefits an individual dog owner, or a resource consent benefits the individual applicant), Council applies a fee to cover the cost of delivering that service.

Setting fees and charges on a user-pays basis helps to ensure that costs are distributed fairly and that rates increases are kept to a minimum where possible. Council reviews these fees and charges every year as part of our annual budgeting process.

The majority of our fees and charges were set for three years as part of the Long-term Plan process and these remain largely unchanged. However, in a small number of cases we are proposing some changes to those set fees.

Additionally, the unknown effects of Covid-19 on events meant that most of our venue hireage fees were not set for three years either. Those figures have also now been updated.

We recommend you view the full schedule of fees in Appendix One, however a summary of some of the main proposed changes are set out below:

  • Charges for Demolition/Removal Application (includes one inspection) have been increased from $200 to $350 to better reflect the actual time spent processing each application
  • Building consent authority (BCA) fees have now included a number of services which were previously excluded. This provides greater transparency around the full charges associated with those services.
  • A new category has been introduced for processing code of compliance certificate applications for commercial buildings.

The rate for other staff involved with development engineering applications has been reduced to better reflect the skillsets and experience levels that are covered by the charge.

  • All registration renewals for hairdressers, campgrounds, undertakers, and offensive trades require a site inspection, therefore the option for a registration renewal without an inclusive site inspection fee has been deleted.
  • Introduction of a “Significant Amendment to Food Control Plan Registration” fee in response to increasing demand for this service.

Council’s landfill charges are influenced by the Government’s waste disposal levy and the requirement to purchase carbon units under the Emissions Trading Scheme. As we’ve noted earlier in this document, the amount charged under these initiatives have risen sharply and will likely continue to do so for some time. These changes have in turn impacted on our landfill user charges.

  • The per tonne refuse disposal charge will increase from $140 to $170 in 2022/23
  • Small load charges will increase from $14 to $17 in 2022/23
  • Medium load charges will increase from $35 to $42 in 2022/23
  • Large load charges will increase from $56 to $68 in 2022/23
  • Special waste requiring immediate charges will increase from $145 per tonne to $178 in 2022/23

  • The hourly rate for community groups to hire a corporate lounge at Owen Delany Park has been increased from $18 to $36 per hour
  • The daily hire charge for the Kaimanawa cricket pavilion has been set at $180 which is the same as the fee for 2021/22 (this year)

A number of minor typographical errors have been corrected

  • The adult age has been set at 16+ years and standardised across all venues. Discounted entry for people 16 years and above is available either under a senior or student entry
  • Fees for a joint fitness studio and pool membership at the AC Baths / Taupō Events Centre have been reduced by five percent below the original amounts projected for 2022/23
  • Venue hire fees for Taupō Events Centre and the Great Lake Centre are now set for 2022/23 and 2023/24
  • Charges for a six-week booking of the exhibition space and the gallery space at the Taupō Museum have both been increased by 2%

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