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Community Empowerment Model: Reducing Rates through Devolved Decision-making and Service Delivery

Community Empowerment Model: Reducing Rates through Devolved Decision-making and Service Delivery

Can councils devolve power to their communities while also decreasing rates? It almost seems too good to be true. But in this case study we share one of the most devolved council model of operations and governance in Australasia - in the Thames Coromandel district. If your council is considering how to devolve power to its community while also decreasing rates, this case study is for you.