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Southland is enjoying the economic benefits of the region's dairy expansion while at the same time we
are experiencing the environmental costs of intensified land use. Because the global financial outlook
is grim, fiscal prudence is rightly expected of all public bodies, yet prudence does not automatically
mean cuts in programmes or expenditure. Sometimes prudence dictates more activity, not less.
In debating the programmes and costs identified in this plan, please remember that the plan is just that
- a proposal and not a commitment. Decisions for the coming year must be made in the light of current
circumstances and with a sharp eye on the horizon. In Southland, these circumstances are still largely
positive. If the regional situation does take a turn for the worse then Environment Southland will adapt
to the prevailing conditions, to keep the balance between what the community expects us to achieve and what
it can afford. To act pre-emptively as if the worst has happened when it has not and may not happen will
only compromise the existing level of economic activity and further undermine the state of our natural
environment.
Long-Term Council Community Plan 2009-07-24
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