Council at its meeting on 29 June 2021, decided to adopt a Rating Structure to harmonise rates as required by the NSW Government, over eight (8) years commencing 1 July 2021 including:

a) Reallocation of $600,000 of rate revenue from Business General category, to be evenly levied across the shopping mall subcategories

b) 100% harmonisation of minimum rates as follows:

1. Residential minimum $850
2. Business general minimum $820

Council also noted that the budget includes a Domestic Waste Management Charge subsidy which will return $5.8M to ratepayers in 2021/22 and help to smooth out changes in rates caused by Rates Harmonisation.

For more information, visit Council's rates page