Tauranga Businesses have released their key priorities for prospective council candidates.

The city is having elections in July after being under the control of commissioners since 2020.

A Tauranga Business Chamber survey found 82 percent of respondents agreed with the direction the commissioners set.

Chief Executive Matt Cowley says that may not be love for the commissioners but a dislike of the previous council arrangements.

He says businesses were against the stagnation that happened before the commissioners arrived.

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