Stage for Matamata
Civic Centre
What we're reducing
To keep costs down, we're removing this project from our work programme and will maintain the level of service we currently provide.
When we built the Matamata-Piako Civic and Memorial Centre in 2016 we didn’t include a stage, green rooms and dressing rooms to keep the project within budget - but the building was designed so they could be added later. In 2020 the Matamata community strongly advocated for a stage to be included, so we committed to investigating this.
Why are we proposing to reduce funding for this?
To keep costs down, we're removing this project from our work programme and will maintain the level of service we currently provide. This project could still be picked up again in future, but it isn't a priority in the next ten years when we have so many other projects we MUST do.
Remove this project from our work programme
We’re proposing that to keep costs down, we remove this project from our work programme and maintain the level of service we currently provide.
Standard of service this would provide:
No change/same as current service.
Impact on debt:
$Nil.
Average additional operating cost per year:
$Nil.
Average additional cost per property per year:
$Nil.
Budgeted $230,000 in 2026/27 for investigation work and seed funding
We had previously budgeted $230,000 in 2026/27 for investigation work and seed funding – highlighting that if the community wanted this project to proceed, they’d need to raise the funds for the capital work.
Standard of service this would provide:
Improvement to civic centre facilities.
Impact on debt:
$230,000 following completion in 2026/27.
Average additional operating cost per year:
$20,000 following completion in 2026/27.
Average additional cost per property per year:
$1.15 following completion in 2026/27.