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Rates rise ‘surprise’ on its way Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au RATES notices due to hit letterboxes this year may contain a nasty surprise for some Frankston ratepayers. Some of the notices, the first to be sent out under the state government’s new rate cap policy, will slap some ratepayers with an annual rates rise of more than the Labor state government mandated 2.5 per cent limit based on the Consumer Price Index. Frankston Council mayor Cr James Dooley says while council cannot collect more than the 2.5 per cent rise limit across the board some ratepayers will face higher rate rises than others dependent on how much property prices have increased in specific areas of the municipality. “The rates cap is an aggregate figure across the board and some ratepayers could face increases of more than 2.5 per cent based on property values,” Cr Dooley said. The mayor said Frankston Council has avoided applying for an “exceptional circumstances” exemption to the rates cap for the 2016-17 financial year due to “prudent financial management” but he fears Frankston residents will start to complain about a lack of investment in facilities as the rates cap,

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called the Fair Go Rates system by the government, begins to bite in future years. Cr Dooley said council will have to look closely at the services it provides in future to deal with the fiscal restraints imposed by the state government and the recent debate around possibly ending hard waste collections is the first sign services may have to be cut. Council was caught off-guard by a public backlash when it emerged money had not been allocated in council’s draft 2016-17 budget to drop the annual kerbside pick-up service. Financial provision for the hard waste collection to continue was quickly reinstated before the draft budget’s official release earlier this month but council is polling residents to give feedback on their preferred method of hard waste collection (‘Chance for say on hard waste’, The Times 11/4/16). Council number crunchers estimate the 2.5 per cent rate cap will create a $43 million shortfall in the city’s finances over the next five years. The capital works budget, used to maintain buildings and infrastructure, has been slashed by from $25.98 million to $15.38 million in the draft budget for the next financial year. Continued Page 6

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