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South Burnett Regional Council is expected to deliver a sub-CPI general rate rise of 1 per cent when it hands down its 2021-22 Budget on July 14 (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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South Burnett Mayor Brett Otto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 16, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett ratepayers can expect to face a 1 per cent rise in the general rate when the Council hands down its 2021-22 Budget.<\/p>\n

However, rural ratepayers whose property values rose dramatically after the last round of property valuations in 2018 will face a bigger rise as their third year of rates averaging kicks into effect.<\/p>\n

The decision to increase the general rate was made at Wednesday’s Budget Committee meeting but is still to be ratified.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mayor Brett Otto argued the Council should introduce a zero per cent rate rise – the same as last year – because Councillors had unearthed enough savings during this year’s Budget deliberations to cover most of the cost.<\/p>\n

However, other Councillors argued the proposed rise was still below last year’s 1.1 per cent CPI increase.<\/p>\n

Not raising rates would be irresponsible, they said, because the Council would be forced to play “catch up” on CPI somewhere down the road if it introduced a zero rate increase.<\/p>\n

They also said most ratepayers expected a rise and while no rise was ever welcome, a 1\u00a0 per cent increase was still the second lowest the Council had delivered since it was formed in 2008.<\/p>\n

Mayor Otto reminded Councillors they had expected the Council would be facing a deficit of $4.2 million when Budget discussions began.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, this figure was now down to around $3 million and the cost impact of a second zero per cent rate increase on Council’s finances was about $300,000.<\/p>\n

He believed that with several areas of Council operations still to be examined in depth, it was possible some – or all – of that money could be found elsewhere.<\/p>\n

However, other Councillors disagreed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crs Gavin Jones, Roz Frohloff and Scott Henschen all said they were “comfortable” with a 1 per cent increase and prepared to wear any public criticism of it.<\/p>\n

Cr Kirstie Schumacher said last year’s zero increase was in response to the COVID pandemic, not a long-term strategy.<\/p>\n

While she understood that part of the Mayor’s concern was to make the region more attractive for new residents and businesses – a goal she shared – she thought it would be unwise not to reflect CPI increases.<\/p>\n

When the matter was put to a vote, the decision to raise the general rate was carried 4-2, with Mayor Otto and Cr Kathy Duff opposed (Cr Danita Potter was absent from the meeting due to illness).<\/p>\n

The final rate rise – and any other increases in charges – will be confirmed when the Council delivers its Budget on July 14.<\/p>\n

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