The lack of an explosive political issue - a stadium or a Dunedin Centre redevelopment, perhaps - appears to have resulted in lower than usual interest in the Dunedin City Council's annual plan this year.
Council policy analyst Jane Neville said just 89 submissions had arrived by 10am yesterday for May's hearings, four days before the submission period closed.
That compared with 250 this time in 2009, and 183 last year.
"It's well down on previous years," Ms Neville said.
While the number was low at the moment, last year the council received 300 submissions on the last day, though Ms Neville said she was making no predictions on what would happen this year.
The issues people wanted to talk to the council about included heritage buildings and the policy on earthquake-prone buildings, John Wilson Ocean Dr, the city's shark nets, the botanic garden and the city's libraries.
Ms Neville reminded the public the period in which submissions could be lodged ends on Tuesday.
"If people want to have their say, get them in."
