{"id":37297,"date":"2013-06-28T12:53:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T02:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=37297"},"modified":"2020-12-14T16:56:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T06:56:21","slug":"trc-rates-rise-4-5pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/06\/28\/trc-rates-rise-4-5pc\/","title":{"rendered":"TRC Rates Rise 4.5pc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>June 28, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ratepayers in the Toowoomba Regional Council area will pay on average an extra 4.5 per cent in general rates following the release of the Council&#8217;s 2013-14 Budget this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Mayor Cr Mike Williams said the year&#8217;s Budget reflected sound financial practice and was the result &#8220;of a rigorous Budget process&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The average residential ratepayer in the Toowoomba region will experience a 3.95 per cent\u00a0increase in their rates and charges this financial year,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The general rate will increase on average by 4.5 per cent which is below our 10-year financial model as approved by Queensland Treasury, but will vary depending on their property valuations\u00a0determined by the State Government through the Department of Natural Resources\u00a0and Mines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights of the Budget for Yarraman and Cooyar residents include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrade of the Yarraman Swimming Pool &#8211; $30,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New toilet block at Cooyar \u2013 $133,658<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Fencing of the Yarraman council depot \u2013 $10,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ongoing work on Yarraman water and sewerage projects will also continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yarraman Water Treatment Plant to Reservoir #2 trunk water main &#8211; $900,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ted Pukallus Weir, Yarraman \u2013 completion of flood restoration works &#8211; $800,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More details of the TRC&#8217;s $261 million operational and $234 million capital Budget can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toowoombaRC.qld.gov.au\/budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Message From TRC Mayor Paul Antonio<\/h3>\n<p><center><object width=\"740\" height=\"440\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oA7CDDworbw?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"740\" height=\"440\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oA7CDDworbw?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ratepayers in the Toowoomba Regional Council area will pay on average an extra 4.5 per cent in general rates following the release of the Council&#8217;s 2013-14 Budget this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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