At Council’s meeting of 23rd June, Crs Bond, Clark, Pearl and Sirakoff raised a motion to freeze rates. Unfortunately, Crs Baxter, Copsey, Crawford, Cunsolo and Martin did not support this motion. This is at a time Council is forecasting a $14 million operating surplus, an additional $2.3 million of rates revenue from new properties, and…
Major Melbourne councils have been slammed as “out of touch” for spending more than half their revenue on staff salaries and ignoring essential services.
How much would your rates be if you lived in one of our neighbouring Councils such as Bayside, Stonnington or Glen Eira? Here is your chance to find out the real truth. Just enter your property value into the calculator and find out. Property rates calculator 2021-22 Residential rates comparison Property value $ Port Phillip…
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. …
We hope you are well and are positive about 2021 after a difficult 2020. Following the recent election, Port Phillip Council has commenced developing its Council Plan for the next 4 years and the 2021-22 Budget. If ratepayers ever have a chance of freezing rates it is now. Several RoPP members are attending community engagement…
Ropp did extremely well in Octobers Council elections having 2 out of our 3 candidates winning seats at Council. Unfortunately Sami just missed out having been pipped at the post by Heather Consolo another independent candidate for Gateway Ward. This was very unfortunate for the future power battles making it more difficult to gain the…
Our Councillors and Council have been making it difficult for our long-term senior citizens to stay in their homes. There are many residents in Port Phillip, like Tanya*, who face the nightmare of Council demanding exorbitant rates from them knowing that with a small fixed income or pension they will never be able to pay.…
Out of touch council are removing car parking spaces with little regard for the needs of residents & traders Council has a massive financial dependence on car parking fees and fines and are on an ideological mission to remove car parking spaces. Port Phillip Council Sustainable Transport Policy and Parking Rates“Council is seeking to achieve a…
The City of Port Phillip is the best part of Melbourne (in our humble opinion). Our beachside suburbs, parks, and laid-back neighbourhoods make our city one of the most liveable in Australia. But climate change is affecting our way of life. The probability of bushfires, rising sea levels and flooding threaten our City, our country…
Over the Previous 4 years, the majority of Councillors in Port Phillip council have been endorsed and supported by political parties, which have their own agendas and biases. This has led to a situation where councillors have voted together in blocs against the best interests of residents and ratepayers and not for the greater good…
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