by Don Palmer | Jun 23, 2015 | Community Plan
As foreshadowed in my blog post on Council Rates verses Council Services Council last night ratified the Unley Council 2015-16 Annual Business Plan and Budget. And as foreshadowed the annual rate increase has been kept to 3.5%, the lowest increase in my short...
by Don Palmer | Jun 19, 2015 | Community Plan, Council Services, rates, Uncategorized
Council rates verses council services is always the question at this time of year. As always the press has been beating up on us for what they call a cash grab. We are an easy target at this time of year and the impression is we are making money out of our rate...
by Don Palmer | Jun 26, 2014 | Community Plan
Council’s Annual Business Plan and Budget were approved on Monday night without any change and Goodwood South is again a big winner.The predicted rate change has been approved. And the program of works attributable to Goodwood South have remained unaltered...
by Don Palmer | May 26, 2014 | Community Plan, rates
Everywhere you look at this time of year the media pushes excessive rate increases by councils. Inevitably it is focused on the rate increases exceeding CPI. This identifies that the writer believes that rate increases should be in line with CPI.This is simply...
by Don Palmer | May 11, 2014 | City of Unley, Community Plan, rates
Yes! Its that time of year again, when councils determine the level of service and the projects it wishes to undertake in the next twelve months and therefore the rates that need to be collected. This year the services and programs we expect to approve will...
by Don Palmer | Apr 26, 2014 | Community Plan, footpaths
The fast tracking of the conversion of Unley’s footpaths from bitumen to brick paving will continue based on my understanding of our current, yet to be finalised budget.When I was elected to Council in November of 2010 the program had stalled to almost a snails...
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