Have your say on Whanganui District Council’s Investment Plan
Published on 19 December 2017
19 December 2017
Whanganui District Council’s Property Group has drafted a property portfolio investment plan for managing the Council’s property investment and divestment opportunities and is asking for feedback from the community.
The Council’s General Manager, Property, Leighton Toy says, “We want to ensure our decisions and financial returns from our investment portfolio benefit the whole community and future generations and we want our community to understand why we do the things we do.”
Mr Toy says, “We have to work through a process to be able to sell Council land and there are rules and legislative requirements we have to follow. This is not always well understood, and can sometimes be seen as the Council stalling progress. Having this document that clearly sets out our process will help address misconceptions and manage expectations of the public and potential purchasers.
The Council is seeking feedback on:
- investment outside the district;
- ways the Council could invest in or divest property
- views on specific properties that may be surplus to the Council's requirements
The proposed plan includes a list of properties that could be considered surplus to requirements. A map showing the location of each property is available on the Council's Have Your Say page.
Mr Toy says, “We invite you to have your say and complete a survey on our Have Your Say page. You can add also additional feedback.” Visit www.whanganui.govt.nz/haveyoursay to provide feedback or collect a hard copy submission form and supporting documents from the Customer Services desk, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street and Whanganui libraries.
The survey opens on Friday 15 December 2017 and closes on 16 February 2018.