Monday 25 August 2008
CEO resigns
After less than a year in service our latest CEO has resigned (8th July) - Daniel Simms, the job is yet again up for grabs ...
CCT cameras in Gosnells ???
A few weeks ago I noticed this CCT camera which is located on Albany Highway in Gosnells, I only noticed because I saw a tech working on it ... so I am not sure how long it has been there ... actually two cameras, one either side of the pole, and are the type that can be controlled, I observed it moving, one appears to be fixed but one of them was panning around the area, it is located just outside the Agonis building and across the road from the childcare center, I thought at first it might be for MainRoads, but it is not listed on their site, so for what purpose is it intended ...
Bus Shelters - now a hazard!
These shelters are now becoming an increased safety hazard, this shelter was destroyed late last week and the resulting mess is yet to be cleaned up, a birdie told me that the Advertising Company responsible for these is now at a point where they will only fix the shelters up to a certain number of times, and as the vandalism level is so high, they will only replace the glass so many times ...
Wednesday 20 August 2008
Rate increases highest in coastal belt
as posted on TheWest
The pockets of well-heeled western suburbs householders are among the hardest hit by council rate increases this year.
Five of the seven councils between the coast and the city will ask residential ratepayers for at least 8.5 per cent more cash than at the same time last year, with Subiaco posting the metropolitan area’s greatest rate increase of 13 per cent.
The gross rental value used to calculate council rates leapt an average of 38 per cent across Perth suburbs this year and most councils have set an increase of between 5 and 8 per cent.
A spokeswoman for Subiaco said the revaluation by the Valuer-General’s Office was responsible for the average 13 per cent residential rate increase but said business rates were only increasing by an average of 5 per cent. She said that at the last revaluation in 2005, business rates increased by 12 per cent and residential rates by the lower figure.
She said had there not been a whole district revaluation the increase would have been just 6 per cent.
Rate increases for southern corridor councils were also generally on the high side, with Rockingham and Mandurah voting for 8.5 per cent average increases on improved residential land. Gosnells, Melville and Victoria Park were also close to 9 per cent.
The lowest percentage average residential rate rise was 3.25 per cent in the City of Perth. Fremantle City Council increased its rates by an average 6 per cent. Swan, Joondalup and Bassendean increased rates by 5 per cent and Bayswater, Vincent and Stirling by just less than 6 per cent.
In June, WA Local Government Association president Bill Mitchell said the local government cost index had increased by 5.1 per cent over the last year and rates would need to increase by at least that amount.
He urged ratepayers to recognise that costs of core factors essential to a council’s operation, including fuel, skilled labour, construction and finance, had skyrocketed over the past year and would have to be passed on to ratepayers.
The association calculates its cost index based on a combination of the consumer price index and the construction index, which it claims is more representative than just the CPI, which is a measure of the increase in cost of an average basket of groceries.
DANIEL HATCH
as posted on TheWest
The pockets of well-heeled western suburbs householders are among the hardest hit by council rate increases this year.
Five of the seven councils between the coast and the city will ask residential ratepayers for at least 8.5 per cent more cash than at the same time last year, with Subiaco posting the metropolitan area’s greatest rate increase of 13 per cent.
The gross rental value used to calculate council rates leapt an average of 38 per cent across Perth suburbs this year and most councils have set an increase of between 5 and 8 per cent.
A spokeswoman for Subiaco said the revaluation by the Valuer-General’s Office was responsible for the average 13 per cent residential rate increase but said business rates were only increasing by an average of 5 per cent. She said that at the last revaluation in 2005, business rates increased by 12 per cent and residential rates by the lower figure.
She said had there not been a whole district revaluation the increase would have been just 6 per cent.
Rate increases for southern corridor councils were also generally on the high side, with Rockingham and Mandurah voting for 8.5 per cent average increases on improved residential land. Gosnells, Melville and Victoria Park were also close to 9 per cent.
The lowest percentage average residential rate rise was 3.25 per cent in the City of Perth. Fremantle City Council increased its rates by an average 6 per cent. Swan, Joondalup and Bassendean increased rates by 5 per cent and Bayswater, Vincent and Stirling by just less than 6 per cent.
In June, WA Local Government Association president Bill Mitchell said the local government cost index had increased by 5.1 per cent over the last year and rates would need to increase by at least that amount.
He urged ratepayers to recognise that costs of core factors essential to a council’s operation, including fuel, skilled labour, construction and finance, had skyrocketed over the past year and would have to be passed on to ratepayers.
The association calculates its cost index based on a combination of the consumer price index and the construction index, which it claims is more representative than just the CPI, which is a measure of the increase in cost of an average basket of groceries.
DANIEL HATCH
as posted on TheWest
Tuesday 19 August 2008
New Bickley Ward Councillor
as posted on COG site
Kenwick resident Terry Brown has been elected as the new Ward Councillor for Bickley until 17 October 2009.
Cr Brown was voted to the position by postal ballot at the 14 August extraordinary election, which was held to find a replacement for former Councillor John Henderson who resigned in April for health reasons.
as posted on COG site
Kenwick resident Terry Brown has been elected as the new Ward Councillor for Bickley until 17 October 2009.
Cr Brown was voted to the position by postal ballot at the 14 August extraordinary election, which was held to find a replacement for former Councillor John Henderson who resigned in April for health reasons.
as posted on COG site
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