Käpiti Coast Older Persons' Council

The Kāpiti Coast Older Persons’ Council is concerned about a fundamental assumption in the the consultation document, which states that “Cost increases are largely based on inflation (1.8% to 2.5%). ” Statistics New Zealand report that the Consumers Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2 percent in the three months ending March, and the annual rate was 0.4 percent. This di...

Thanks to those who submitted thoughts.

Here is a rough draft of what we have so far - any further thoughts by midday Tuesday 26th so we can finalise at our meeting on Wednesday (submissions have to be in by Friday)

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The Kāpiti Coast Older Persons’ Council is concerned about a fundamental assuption in the the consultation document, which states that “Cost increases are largely based on inflation...

We need to finalise our submission on the KCDC 2016-17 Draft Annual Plan by the 29th of April.

The consultation document is available at http://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/globalassets/key-documents/annual-plan/futurekpiti-annual-plan-2016-17.pdf.

All contributions welcome!

The new executive will be meeting on the 13th of January for a strategy meeting and work on priorities for the year's work.

The new executive would appreciate your input - either through this forum or by email.

The Kāpiti Coast Older Persons' Council is concerned that the Draft KÀPITI COAST DISTRICT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 2015–2018 is missing an economic opportunity.

While the Draft Strategy says “ we must be successful in attracting and retaining young talent” it ignores the fact that we are already attracting older talent and not fully realising the economic potential of established demographic trends, where we have twice the natio...

The group had some very productive meetings.

Chair's report

Comments welcome on these draft outcomes

1. Thriving economy, vibrant culture, diverse community

Council activities ensure:

• the business community is supported in appropriate ways
• it is easy for customers to do business with us
• the Council’s partnership with tāngata