PHOTO: ROSA WOODS/STUFFPart of the 9.2 per cent rates proposal would go towards Civic Square.
Rates in Wellington city could be bumped up by 9.2 per cent as coronavirus is set to have a negative affect on local households and businesses.
In Wellington City Council’s annual plan agenda, two options were put forward to councillors who will be making decisions on the plan on Thursday.
The options would be considered with coronavirus in mind, as it “provides uncertainty and will have a negative economic impact on households and businesses in the year ahead”.
There was a “high resilience” option of 9.2 per cent which included additional funding for Wellington Water Limited and Te Ngākau Civic Square while another option, without this extra funding, would be 7.9 per cent.
On Sunday, the capital city had its first coronavirus case confirmed when an Australian man flew to Wellington before receiving the results of his coronavirus test.
The 9.2 per cent proposal was made up of 5.2 per cent for day-to-day services and the impact of increasing asset values and ownership, 0.9 per cent for Let’s Get Wellington Moving and 3.1 per cent for resilience-related projects including water and Civic Square.
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