Capping rates would restore the faith that residnts have in local councils according to Minister Knoll. While I am not at today's Town Hall meeting I have had a keem interest in this. While I personally don't think anything will be achieved by rate capping I have said that it is time to work with the state government on this one. The questions that need to be asked are:- What are we trying to achieve?
- Will cost shifting from state to local be reversed?
- Will state govenment hold its own fee rises to the same amount?
- Will Councils be able to continue to borrow for large infrastructure projects additionally to the capping?
- Will this continue to drive prices down by forcing further collaboration between Councils (eg. bulk buying of rubbish collection)?
- What have we learned from capping interstate?
- How long is it anticiapted that the cap will last for?
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