HELP US STOP THIS RATEPAYER RIP-OFF
Despite covid hardships Council are about to vote on their upcoming budget and are planning to yet again increase rates, to pay for their overstaffing and wage increases.
Council have been addicted to increasing rates to feed their self-serving employment habits, supporting their massive bureaucracy employing 30-100% more staff than other councils. $93M pa, is spent on paying for their massive wages alone that’s 41% of the rates we pay just on staffing costs. Then there is the needless overspending on consultants an additional $10 M pa + to do the jobs that council workers should be capable of doing in-house. Then there is the unabated spending on non-core services just to keep people in jobs that shouldn’t exist at council. Residents expect focus and spending to be on basic services.
Then there is the pointless report writing on projects that serve no purpose other than securing jobs. Council does not need to prepare reports that nobody wants or reads. Writing a report that is 200 or 300 pages long that nobody reads is not a service. If Councillors vote in favour of a rate freeze then the CEO and his team will need to identify efficiencies rather than cut servicesNeedless spending on State & Federal issues outside Councils jurisdiction, just to employ more staff – eg public housing, education, legal services & international grants. Far too much off our ratepayer money goes towards projects that are state and national government responsibilities. Totally unnecessary and uncalled for spending of ratepayers already taxed monies.
The only people who will benefit from the rate increases are Council employees!”
Did you know that you pay more rates, whether directly or via rent, than those in neighbouring Councils? Rates calculator. For a median house, it’s between 22% and 60% more rates & charges than those in neighbouring Councils pay
Did you know that you get less basic services in Port Phillip like no green/food bins and having to pay for all parking permits for those comparatively high rates?( Link to rates calculator section )
Did you know that Council is unable to budget effectively, and refuses to control its spending?
Did you know Port Phillip Council is running the second highest deficit of suburban metropolitan Councils.
Did you know That Council are unable/unwilling to prioritise spending and benchmark themselves against other Councils.
Did you know Your Council has proven time and time again that it will only meet it’s high-spending agenda through raising yet more rates and charges from us all; renters, traders and owner-occupiers alike.
Did you know that Councils prioritise salaries over providing basic service. For example, green waste and food waste bins. If you’d like your Councillors to hold the CEO and Senior Management accountable for their continual reliance on ever increasing rates and charges, ask them to find efficiencies instead.
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD & SAY NO TO A RATES RISE IN 2021.CONTACT YOUR COUNCILLOR NOW:-
The Councillors that have already pledged to freeze your rates:
Christina.Sirakoff@portphillip.vic.gov.au 0435 419 930
Rhonda.Clark@portphillip.vic.gov.au 0435 098 738
Marcus.Pearl@portphillip.vic.gov.au 0466 448 272
Andrew.Bond@portphillip.vic.gov.au 0481 034 028
The remainder, who need to understand the importance of this issue:
Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au 0466 227 014
Peter.Martin@portphillip.vic.gov.au 0435 390 821
Louise.Crawford@portphillip.vic.gov.au 0466 514 643
Tim.Baxter@portphillip.vic.gov.au 0466 495 250
Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au 0466 478 949
Start asking questions of your Council and the Councillors that represent you. “IT’S TIME TO FREEZE RATES”
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