Rates to rise
RATES are projected to increase by 2.5 percent in South Gippsland Shire in 2019-20, in line with rate capping by the State Government.
Council will discuss the Proposed Budget at a special meeting of council tomorrow (Wednesday) at the council chamber in Leongatha, along with the Proposed Council Plan and Proposed Rating Strategy 2019-2022.
The rating strategy will introduce three rating categories: extractive industries, infrastructure and utilities, and vacant rural land.
Properties in the extractive industries, and infrastructure and utilities categories will have a differential of 105 percent of the general rate, while a differential of 190 percent will apply in the vacant rural land category.
Other categories are unchanged: industrial (105 percent differential), commercial (105 percent), farming (70 percent), rural residential (70 percent), vacant land (200 percent), and cultural and recreational land (50 percent).
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