Will I commit to ensuring ratepayers are only paying for council to provide its basics functions by introducing a voluntary cap on rate rises?

It has always been my view that Council should stick with core services. I am committed to keeping money is resident’s pockets. Overall, I agree on restraining council expenditure to around CPI, but not an arbitrary cap. Only a fool would rush into putting an arbitrary cap on all of Council as this will result in non-compliance and heavy fines in some areas as set by Central Government.