AbaQulusi Municipality tables draft budget
Property rates per household will not be increasing.
Tariffs may increase by between three and six per cent in the new financial year.
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Municipal officials and councillors have been visiting various communities in AbaQulusi, to deliver the details of the Draft Budget and Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for 2019/2020. Residents have also had a chance to comment on the proposed increases heading their way.
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According to the Draft Budget and IDP, proposed tariff increases are six per cent (6%) for refuse and sewage, in addition to no proposed increase on property rates per household (0%).
This is due to the new valuation roll, which will be implemented from July 1, 2019.
The municipality believes business rates will especially increase considerably however.
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