COUNCIL will develop a prioritised list of community infrastructure projects that may be suitable for funding under a special rate variation (SRV).
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Mayor Lindsay Brown said the list would be put together from projects in council’s strategic and asset plans that had already been developed in consultation with the community.
Approval was also given at this week’s council meeting to prepare of a community engagement plan to ensure residents are well informed and can have their say about the need for a special rates rise in Eurobodalla, if council decides to apply for one.
He said the Eurobodalla had a shortage of funds to provide and maintain its existing services and assets and an SRV was a way of raising additional funds for the infrastructure the community wanted.
“The cost of local government services has risen faster than inflation and council’s income is limited by the NSW Government rate pegging that has been at least 0.5 per cent below inflation for the past 10 years,” Cr Brown said.
“Every year there’s an increase in the backlog of work that we have to do to maintain the levels of service and standards our residents expect.”
If council chooses to pursue an SRV for 2015-16 the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal would need to be notified by early December.