Gary Kircher – 2013 Local Election

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Vote Gary Kircher for Mayor
It’s time…
To get Waitaki moving!
Thanks for taking the time to read this and please vote Gary Kircher for Mayor
Gary is married to Kerry and have five children and three grandchildren. Kerry is the manager of Oamaru’s Flight Centre and Gary has been a Work Broker for the past 2 years, doing his bit to help people from all walks of life get into work.
If elected, Gary and Kerry are keen to attend as many public events as possible, with Gary also being very focused on creating greater opportunities for a more efficient Council, for businesses to grow and for people to prosper.
My community, business & Council experience includes:

• Owner of several businesses over the past 28 years
• WDC Councillor 2001-2010 Deputy Mayor 2007-2010, Chair Planning Committee, Chair Harbour Committee, plus others.
• Otago Community trust – 4 years including Deputy Chair
• Irrigation North Otago – past director
• Sport Otago trustee – 9 years including Deputy Chair & Chair of Finance Committee
• Otago Chamber of Commerce – 15 years, current North Otago Committee Chair
• Steampunk NZ trust – Chair
• [illegible] Progress League – Committee member for 11 years
• Mental Health Support Trust – Past Chair

Gary & Kerry Kircher
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Election day is drawing closer and the postal voting papers will soon be delivered to you. I would like to take the opportunity to tell you what I stand for and why I believe that I, more than any other candidate, have what it takes to lead our district forward.
I have a bold vision for our district – “To make the Waitaki District the best place in which to live, work and play.”

This is very easy to say but I have the drive, the energy, the passion and the business experience to maki it happen!
My goals for Waitaki are:

• Greater job opportunities
• A more responsive Council
• Making Council use your rates more efficiently
• Greater options for our young people
• Taking greater advantage of our strengths
• Working with others to progress our district

I have also set myself actual targets to measure our progress, something no previous Mayor has done. I believe it is important that any Council I lead is very clear about what it wants to achieve and how it will be measured. It is a set of goals which will bring real rewards to our district. I will work hard to make them a reality.
We have a fantastic district with huge potential. We punch well above our weight when it comes to achieving national recognition. The rest of New Zealand saw that when we won the Sharpest Town award on TV, a feat which gave us hundreds of thousands of dollars of free advertising for the district. Even Dame Kiri Te Kanawa was featured saying Oamaru is her dream holiday destination! Add to that our incredible restaurants & cafes, our great schools, our amazing scenery and tourist attractions like the Alps2Ocean cycleway, penguin colony, our buildings, our lakes, Clay Cliffs, Elephant Rocks, Macraes gold mine and everything else – we can be the very best district in the country!
Are your rates increasing at an unaffordable rate?
In the past three years, New Zealand’s inflation has been around 3.5%. In that time, Waitaki District Council rates have increased more than 15%!
Has your income gone up 15%? These increases are not sustainable, in spite of what some might say.
Don’t make the next step the wrong one. I understand how council finances work and I want the organisation to run more efficiently for the benefit of its ratepayers. A vote for me is a vote for better value for your rates.