Fitch Ratings warns that proposed rate caps on local councils could increase the risk of credit downgrades, citing reduced revenue flexibility and long-term financial strain.
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Yeah. Yeah, no, we're we're sitting on twelve thousand rate payers, so fourteen million dollar deficit for one year is is massive. And when we're talking next year we've got a thirty-seven million dollar um capital works program just in water.
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