MY UNDERSTANDING of recent Toodyay Shire Council announcements was that rate increases were to be of the order of five per cent.
I obviously wrongly assumed that all rates payable would simply be increased by five per cent on what we each paid last year.
Due to apparent manipulations which I cannot follow even with degrees in two mathematical subjects, my rates increased by seven per cent.
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This amount, however, is small compared with a near neighbour whose increase was more than 17 per cent.
Did the council mean that they were seeking an increase of five per cent in rate revenue rather than individual increases of five per cent?
I appeal to the council to tell us the whole story in simple terms rather than try to hide the unpleasant truth behind general statements.
Did anyone have increases of less than five per cent to compensate for those that were well over this amount?
Richard Wilkinson
Coondle
