|
Council |
Rate Increase |
Projected Capital Works |
| GLEN EIRA | 6.5% | 35.1 million
(8 Million is carry –over from 2013/4) |
| MONASH | 6.0% | 27.0 million |
| BOROONDARA | 4.6% | 54.11 million |
| MANNINGHAM | 4.5% | 31.23 million |
| STONNINGTON | 4.3% | 36.5 million |
| MOONEE VALLEY | 6.0% | 36.5 million |
| YARRA CITY | 5.4% | 35.6 million |
| WHITEHORSE | 5.8% | 29.0 million |
| BAYSIDE | 3.9% | 27.8 million |
| KINGSTON | Not available as yet | |
| PORT PHILLIP | 4.75% | 32.73 million |
| FRANKSTON | 5.5% | 50.73 million |
May 2, 2014
Highest Rating Increase Council!
Posted by gleneira under Councillor Performance, GE Service Performance[6] Comments
Glen Eira Debates 
May 2, 2014 at 2:52 PM
Booran Rd Reservoir,Duncan Mackinnon, Centenary Park. Big$$$$$$$$$$
May 2, 2014 at 4:06 PM
Can’t buy this kind of interpretation. Every council has big projects. Booran Road won’t start for another couple of years apart from the design cost ($200k?). Duncan Mackinnon has been around for centuries and the rates keep going up 6.5% and Centenary Park is chicken feed compared to these two. So where on where is all the money going? If other councils can keep their rates lower than Glen Eira year upon year and most even spend more on capital works and other services then where’s my money going? Into staff I’d bet and other crap like huge wages for all the high flyers. And to top it off having a quick look at the budget we’ve still got 22 something million to pay off.
May 2, 2014 at 4:08 PM
Try legal fees
May 2, 2014 at 4:44 PM
Rates are still very cheap in Glen Eira.
May 2, 2014 at 4:58 PM
Please stop. You are really making me laugh. I have no idea what you call “cheap”. Our rates have gone up 6.5% for at least the past three years and for one year it was 6%. That makes it over a 25% increase in a handful of years. Our property value has not gone up anywhere near 25%. And none of this takes into account how much charges have gone up. Things such as garbage, child care, permits and so on. There is no excuse for this continued rise and rise. There is cost shifting I will admit from state and federal governments to local governments but that doesn’t explain how other councils who have double the size of Glen Eira and thus more areas to service can manage to always keep their rate increases well below what we pay.
Glen Eira also has over 1000 new properties per year to add to the rate revenue unlike other councils. Something is drastically wrong and money is being wasted left, right and centre.
Someone mentioned legal fees. That’s one expense that was unnecessary and we don’t even know how much this amounts to. Having a very quick look at the budget now, charges are up again and what’s printed for Gesac will go up again in January. It’s criminal in my view when there’s nothing in the budget to suggest they have even tried to do some cost cutting. Staff naturally keep expanding as do their wages – well above the CPI.
May 2, 2014 at 8:22 PM
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