2009 and Beyond

"2009 and Beyond"

SOLGM/BERL Adjustors 2009-19

Each year the FMWP commissions BERL to update its projected price level adjustors for use in upcoming annual plan processes. BERL has released the finalised price adjustors for the period 2009-19. You can download the adjustors and supporting report below

PDF format >>>>
Word format >>>>

NEW - 2009 AND BEYOND NEWSLETTER - January 2009

You can download the newsletter here

BERL Forecast Estimates of Household Income

FMWP commissioned regional level projected estimates of household income for the period 2009-19. These figures have been derived from the same Computable General Equilibrium model that is used in preparation of the price level adjustors.

There is no presumption or expectation that a council would use these over other data, or that a council must consider these in any discussion around affordability. However many people confuse affordability (or genuine ability to pay) with willingness to pay. These may be useful for those local authorities who are interested in producing robust information on the affordability of their rates to inform or support their policy judgments. If you link these estimates with the rate levels in your local authority you have a useful analytical tool. You can download these here

"Not Just Hot Air" - The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and the 2009-19 LTCCPs (4 November 2008)

The final guide in the 2009 and Beyond series is now available. To go to the "Not Just Hot Air" page where you can download the guide click here. This guide is late addition to the set. It comes about as a result of the enactment during September 2008 of the legisation for the ETS.

"Fit for the Future": Reflecting Your Approach to Sustainable Development in Your 2009-19 LTCCP (5 September 2008)

"Fit for the Future" the latest guide in the "2009 and beyond" series is now available. To access the "Fit for the Future" page where you can download a copy >>>> .

"2009 and Beyond for Decision Makers".

A series of "2009 and Beyond for Decision Makers" seminars was offered earlier in the year to inform elected members about the LTCCP process and their role in it. We are able to provide an abbreviated (roughly 1/2 day package) for small groups of councillors from a single council or group of councils. If your local authority is interested in this please contact either Raymond Horan rhoran@solgm.org.nz or Don Mackay dmackay@solgm.org.nz.

BERL Forecasts of Price Level Change Adjustors – 2008 Update (3 October 2008)

BERL has released the finalsied price adjustors for the period 2009-19. You can download the adjustors and supporting report as either a MS Word document of PDF document .

"2009 AND BEYOND" GUIDES

This is a set of guides and other resources designed to lift the standard of 2009 LTCCPs in 2009 and subsequent years.

These are brought to you by SOLGM in association with NAMS and Local Government New Zealand. These Guides are being developed in close consultation with the Office of the Auditor-General.

The Guides are:

Living Through the LTCCP: A Guide to Managing a Long-term Planning Process under the Local Government Act (click here to go to the page with further information about this guide and to download a copy of it)

Performance Management Frameworks: Your Side of the Deal – the SOLGM/NAMS Guide to Performance Management under the Local Government Act 2002 (click here to go to the page with further information about this guide and to download a copy of it)

Piecing It Together: The SOLGM/NAMS Guide to Producing an Integrated Long-term Council Community Plan (click here to go to the page with further information about this guide and to download a copy of it)

"Dollars and Sense" - The Guide to Financial Management under the Local Government Act 2002 (click here to go to the page with further information about this guide and to download a copy of it)

Telling Our Stories - the 2009 and Beyond Guide to LTCCP Summaries (click >>>> to go to the page with further information about this guide and to download a copy of it)

"Fit for the Future": Reflecting Your Approach to Sustainable Development in Your 2009-19 LTCCP (click >>>> to go to the page with further information about this guide and to download a copy of it)

The development of these guides is based on the following four principles known as the four cardinal virtues of long-term planning:

The Right Debate - Getting the most from your long term planning is about creating and managing the right debate with public

Integrated Decision Making - A competent long-term plan will contain information that tells a consistent, coherent story to the community, a great long-term plan serves as the basis for aligning the whole decision-making process towards promoting community well-being

Plan your Plan - Successful long term planning requires the careful sequencing of the production of a number of sets of information and debating your local authority’s future intentions

The Continuous Plan - Long term planning is an ongoing process, not just a triennial document.

OAG Material

Link to OAG "Auditing the Future" Newsletters (1 July 2008) Click here

Audit Approach to 2009-19 LTCCPs (23 May 2008)

Bruce Robertson was unable to make the recent SOLGM Financial Management Seminar due to fog at Auckland Airport. He has however, provided the attached letter, which puts the key messages he would have given, in his own words. The attached letter contains a reminder about the importance of the so-called 'audit 10', discusses the hot review approach, gives some tips about financial strategy, and makes some observations about fees >>>>

See also Bruce's presetnation to the SOLGM Financial management Seminar 2008 which is avaliable at >>>>

2009-19 Audit Methodology – Advance Version (20 May 2008)

The Office of the Auditor-General have provided an advance copy of the ‘for public release’ version of the Audit methodology. To access this click here. A fully hyper-linked web version is available from the OAG website.

"2009 AND BEYOND" SEMINARS

A series of 2009 and Beyond Seminars was held in November and December 2007

ACCESS THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE 2009 AND BEYOND SEMINARS >>>>