Rate Increase – not the fix

While the commission acknowledged that the council was in the process of reviewing its spending priorities, it said the financial modelling showed that “the sought-after rate increase only served to postpone (by about two year) an ongoing deterioration in council’s financial sustainability”. “Not clear Council has done all it can to stabilise its financial position” […]

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95% Say NO to rate rise

Your Councillors will have to vote this Monday night whether or not to send an application to the Essential Services Commission to go above rate capping. The Ratepayers have already spoken with a whopping 95% of respondents against an increase in rates. Will your Councillors act on the wishes of the Ratepayers they were voted […]

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Community Panel – No Go!

The community panel due to be held on the 23rd. February will not take place. The community panel has been cancelled as there was insufficient interest according to the WCC, we  hope this was not because of the considerable number of Warrnambool Ratepayer Association members who applied. This is the email distributed today to those […]

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