Rates support for heritage, events, festivals and music to the tune of $24.1m over nine years is part of the plan.
Immediate infrastructure upgrades in South Dunedin worth $29.2m to help reduce short-term flood risk are in.
Funding for a new performing arts venue is out.
Additional investment aimed at reducing carbon emissions beyond business as usual is not included, as things stand.
A document yet to be approved by the Dunedin City Council lays out what looks set to be included, and not included, in the 2025-34 draft long-term plan for public consultation.
The document could be approved tomorrow and a consultation period is then set to run from March 31 until April 30.
Included in the material is a breakdown of how every $100 of operational expenditure could be divvied up among the council’s activities.
Much the same picture is evident from proposed capital expenditure.
The draft capital budget of more than $1.8 billion over nine years includes about $1b for Three Waters.
About $433.1m would be for transport infrastructure.
Council debt is projected to be close to $1.1b by June 30, 2034.
A segment in the draft document about the planned Smooth Hill landfill noted the council investigated three options — building the landfill there in partnership with a private waste company, proceeding at Smooth Hill without a private partner and exporting waste to an established facility outside the city instead.
The council had decided in principle to proceed by itself at Smooth Hill for reasons that included maintaining control and "financially, it is the best option in the long term".
The proposed $92.4m was for construction of the landfill and upgrading roads to improve access for trucks travelling from the Green Island transfer station, the council said.
Increased funding for attracting events was referenced in the draft consultation document.
Development of an event to celebrate a total solar eclipse in 2028 is also planned.
However, $17.1m in the 2021-31 long-term plan for development of a performing arts venue was cut from the proposed 2025-34 plan.
"We are committed to supporting the development of performing arts for our city and we will continue to work with the community on how best to do this," the council said in its 2025-34 draft consultation document.
Views about work aimed at getting Dunedin nearer to zero-carbon goals appear likely to be a feature of long-term plan hearings.
The council "considered two investment packages, in addition to the work that we are already doing, that would have accelerated our efforts to reduce carbon emissions as a city", the document said.
"Neither of these packages have been included in the draft budget."
Rates rises are projected to be above 10% in the first three years.
