20Local board plans

1. Each local board must adopt a local board plan—

2. no later than 31 October in the year immediately after the year of each triennial general election; and
3. using the special consultative procedure.

4. The purpose of a local board plan is—

5. to reflect the priorities and preferences of the communities within the local board area in respect of the level and nature of local activities to be provided by the Auckland Council over the next 3 years; and
6. to identify and describe the interests and preferences of the people within the local board area for the purposes of enabling the local board to communicate those interests and preferences for the purposes of section 16(1)(b); and
7. to provide a basis for developing the local board agreement for each of the next 3 years; and
8. to inform the development of the next LTP, particularly in relation to the identification of the non-regulatory activities of the Council for which decision-making responsibility should be allocated to the local board; and
9. to provide a basis for accountability of the local board to the communities in the local board area; and
10. to provide an opportunity for people to participate in decision-making processes on the nature and level of local activities to be provided by the Council within the local board area.

11. A local board plan must include—

12. a statement of the default levels of service for local activities; and
13. an explanation of each variation from the default levels of services proposed for the local board area, if any; and
14. an estimate of the additional cost or the saving associated with each variation, if any; and
15. an indicative local board budget, incorporating the estimates referred to in paragraph (c), that either—
    1. does not exceed the estimated funding allocation referred to in subsection (4)(b)(iii); or
    2. exceeds the estimated funding allocation referred to in subsection (4)(b)(iii), but identifies how the expenses in excess of that allocation are proposed to be met from 1 or more local revenue sources.

16. For the purposes of adopting a plan under subsection (1), section 83 of the Local Government Act 2002 applies as if—

17. the local board were a local authority and the local board area were the district of the local authority; and
18. the statement of proposal referred to in subsection (1)(a) of that section required the inclusion of—
    1. the information that is required by clauses 4 and 5 of Schedule 10 of that Act to be included in the LTP—
       1. in relation to local activities; and
       2. for the following year; and
    2. a description of any variation from the default levels of service provided for in the local board agreement for the current year; and
    3. the estimated funding allocation for the local board for the following year included in the LTP under section 19A; and
    4. the draft local board plan.

19. In this section,—

    default levels of service means the levels of service provision for local activities across Auckland that are—

    1. funded in each local board funding allocation; and
    2. specified in the LTP (in accordance with clause 4 of Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2002).

    following year means the year commencing on the next 1 July.

20. In subsection (3)(d)(ii), local revenue source includes—

21. a targeted rate for all or part of the local board area; and
22. a fee or charge relating to a local activity; and
23. any other revenue connected with a local activity.