Transcript for Annual Budget 2022/2023 video
[Video: Auckland city skyline]
Voice: Auckland, it’s time to have your say.
[Video: Auckland Have Your Say logo appears in front of skyline.]
Voice: In our recent recovery and emergency budgets, we focused on absorbing the financial shock of COVID-19, but we must adjust further to its impact.
[Video: Graphic showing trending down arrow, at the end of the frame the arrow trends upward.]
Voice: The pandemic is having a huge impact including lost income from cancelled events, closed facilities, falling public transport usage and reduced dividends from the port and airport.
[Video: Council building with closed COVID-19 sign outside and individual standing outside.]
[Video: Bus drives past and changes frame to then reveal a port and airport setting.]
[Video: Two females, one male, and two airport staff members appear in the airport setting.]
Voice: Inflation and higher interest rates also mean it’s costing more to look after facilities like parks and libraries and deliver services like rubbish and recycling.
[Video: Graphic showing trending upwards arrow.]
[Video: Circular blue speech bubble showing an icon of a park bench.]
[Video: Circular red speech bubble showing an icon of a library building.]
[Video: Circular green speech bubble showing an icon of a rubbish bin.]
Voice: The key to dealing with this will be to have flexibility in managing our spending.
[Video: Park setting appears with the word flexibility on screen.]
Voice: We’re proposing a range of options including becoming more efficient, reducing low-priority services, temporarily increasing borrowing, and selling some non-strategic assets.
[Video: Range of options text appears on screen with four visual icons.]
[Video: Clock icon and words “More efficient” appear.]
[Video: Down facing arrow icon and words “Reducing low-priority services” appear.]
[Video: Money and hand icon and words “Increasing borrowing” appear.]
[Video: Auction hammer icon and words “Selling assets” appear.]
[Video: Visual of a neighbourhood full of houses and green spaces appears.]
Voice: This will enable us to prioritise the services and investments Auckland needs, while keeping average general rates increases at 3.5 per cent, as agreed in our 10-year budget.
[Video: Words “Prioritise services and investments” appears on screen over neighbourhood visual.]
[Video: A male, female and two children appear on screen in front of the neighbourhood.]
[Video: 3.5 per cent appears on screen.]
Voice: We want to hear your thoughts.
[Video: Auckland skyline graphic appears.]
Voice: Have your say on Auckland Council’s 2022/2023 Annual Budget.
[Video: AK HAVE YOUR SAY appears in a yellow bubble.]
[Video: URL appears Akhaveyoursay.nz/annualbudget. Auckland Council logo.]
