Comments on: Hawkes Bay Council amalgamation? http://www.dalton.net.nz/2009/04/01/hawkes-bay-council-amalgamation/ Napier City Councillor Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:41:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ewan McGregor http://www.dalton.net.nz/2009/04/01/hawkes-bay-council-amalgamation/comment-page-1/#comment-2597 Ewan McGregor Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:04:07 +0000 http://www.dalton.net.nz/?p=68#comment-2597 Hello again Bill. There is plenty of precident where amalgamation has taken place between councils with a disparity in debt. Prior to 1968 when Napier and Taradale amalgamated there were 12 what we today call Terretorial Authorities - city, borough and county councils - in Hawkes Bay. By 1989 there were four. I believe that the disparity in debt levels was accommodated by ringfencing debts to the constituent area of the old council. There are arguements for and against amalgamation but inheriting another council's excessive debt need not be one of them. If this had happened we would not have had the voluntary amalgamations of the past. Cheers Ewan McGregor Hello again Bill. There is plenty of precident where amalgamation has taken place between councils with a disparity in debt. Prior to 1968 when Napier and Taradale amalgamated there were 12 what we today call Terretorial Authorities – city, borough and county councils – in Hawkes Bay. By 1989 there were four. I believe that the disparity in debt levels was accommodated by ringfencing debts to the constituent area of the old council.

There are arguements for and against amalgamation but inheriting another council’s excessive debt need not be one of them. If this had happened we would not have had the voluntary amalgamations of the past.
Cheers
Ewan McGregor

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