Rates feedback accepted

By Lachlan Ellis

Results of consultation on the Revenue and Rating Plan for Moorabool Shire Council has been accepted after a unanimous vote, with workshopping over the next month to shape rating models.

At the April 6 Ordinary Meeting of Council, a report on the Rate Strategy Review and the community’s feedback both came before Council. Previously, Council adopted the ‘Rating Propositions Paper’ at its February Ordinary Meeting and put it out for community feedback, which closed at 5pm on 6 March 2022, with 53 people taking the survey.

The Rating Propositions Paper proposed three options for rates differentials:

Option 1 – Make no change to the current differential categories and associated rating levels.

Option 2 – Decrease the farmland differential from 78% to a range between 70% and 65% and extractive industries from 312% to a range between 280% and 260% of general rates and make no change to the other differential categories.

Option 3 – Introduce a municipal charge of between $100 and $200 and make no change to the current differential categories and associated rating levels.

20 respondents did not choose any of the model options, but of the remaining 33, 23 people picked Option 2, while 8 chose Option 1, and 2 chose Option 3.

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https://issuu.com/themooraboolnews/docs/mn_2022-04-12/12

in the 12 April 2022 edition
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