However, it may be some time before the final figure is known.
During Monday’s council meeting, Cr Christine Garey asked staff when the full impact of the weather event on council finances would be known.
Climate and city growth general manager Scott MacLean said there were a range of costs across the business.
Transport-related costs were $7.82m and a claim had been submitted to Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency for co-funding consideration, he said.
"We haven’t heard the result of that."
Cr Garey then asked council chief executive Sandy Graham when the final cost would be known.
Ms Graham said it was hard to say — work was ongoing and would take a long time.
"Whether we can capture it all accurately, I’m not sure, because some of it gets built into business as usual stuff as well.
"If we’re going to fix something that’s been flood-damaged, the teams do other work as well."
When asked by the Otago Daily Times, the council was not able to provide any further details of flood-related costs.
In January, a Dunedin City Council spokesman said, as of November 30, $2.25m had gone towards remedial works following the October flooding.
Decisions on options for cost recovery and funding for flooding and damage — including with their insurers, the National Emergency Management Agency, and NZTA — were continuing.
