Articles tagged: Rates
Ratepayers to share thoughts on plan
Three Colac Otway community members will share their thoughts on the council’s proposed draft revenue and rating plan, which includes a 10-per-cent reduction of the farming differential.
Council apology for rates glitch
Colac Otway Shire Council has issued an apology following a rates bill notifications glitch.
State sets new rate cap for councils
The State Government has set a council rate cap of 2.75 per cent for 2024-25 under its Fair Go Rates system, in line with the forecast Consumer Price Index for next financial year.
Farmers facing huge rate rise
Corangamite Shire farmers are facing a 9.5 per cent rate rise on the back of surging farmland values, with councillors calling on the State Government to review the entire rates system.
Council to report rates cash distribution
Colac Otway Shire Council will update its geographic rate distribution each year and share it with the community as part of its Rating Strategy review.
RATES GOING UP: Colac Otway draft budget predicts $2-million deficit
Colac Otway Shire ratepayers are facing a 3.5-per-cent rate rise under the council’s draft 2023-24 budget.
Surf Coast plans 3.5 per cent rate rise
Surf Coast residents can expect their rates to rise 3.5 per cent this year under the council’s draft budget, which also outlines $36.4 million in capital spending and an operating deficit of $18.3 million.
Corangamite spends up
Corangamite Shire Councillors say they’ve delivered a balanced budget that still manages to deliver new infrastructure projects while dealing with increasing costs.
Corangamite’s waste charges and rates rise
Corangamite Shire Council ratepayers can expect to pay 2.92 per cent more in rates and charges next financial year, under the council’s draft budget.
Council rate rise capped
Council rates can only rise by a maximum of 1.75 per cent next financial year.
Rural news in brief
A call for councils to avoid rate rises; crop disease guides released; and help controlling gorse.
Rate increase is a concern for residents
Ratepayers have pleaded with Colac Otway Shire Councillors to drop plans for a rate rise, in what one councillor described as the “toughest” budget in history.
SHARE THE LOAD: Proposal to charge higher rates for corporate farms
A former Colac Otway mayor wants the council to charge higher rates for foreign-owned and corporate-owned farmland, as a way of reducing residents’ rates burden.
Council plans lowest rate rise in 10 years
COLAC OTWAY Shire Council is proposing the lowest increase in rates and charges in a decade while also budgeting for its second highest spend on capital works next financial year.
Councillor warns of 30% rate rise
A COLAC Otway Shire councillor says Elliminyt and Colac residents could discover a 30-per-cent price increase when they open their 2014-15 rates notices.
Lowest rate rise in decade
COLAC Otway Shire Council’s next rate rise could be its lowest in a decade.
Council overhauls rating system
FARM land will continue to attract the lowest rate in the dollar under Colac Otway Shire Council’s latest rates overhaul.
Probe into $2-million blowout
COLAC Otway Shire Council will launch an internal inquiry into the Bluewater Fitness Centre’s $2-million budget blowout, which a councillor has described as “financially irresponsible”.
Council will limit rate rises
COLAC'S civic leaders have moved to ensure future rate rises are lower than this year’s rate hike.
Businessman criticises council
A PROMINENT Colac businessman says property owners are paying the price for Colac Otway Shire Council failing to encourage economic growth.
Grants might reduce rate rise
GOVERNMENT grants could enable Colac Otway Shire Council to deliver a lower rate rise than a proposed 7.87-per-cent increase.
Rate rise horrifies past manager
A FORMER Shire of Colac finance manager says Colac’s civic leaders can deliver a lower rate rise than a proposed 7.87 per cent hike.
Council spends as rates rise
COLAC Otway Shire Council has spent more than half a million dollars on an office renovation and could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars more to finish the job.
