An article from our roving reporter...
After chatting with a couple of Islanders on the ferry they had a couple of comments on the proposed Council budget. These are summed up below.
The draft EGSC budget is available on the EGSC web site. Please take a look to ensure that nothing has been overlooked but a brief review indicates no great concerns for us with no extraordinary fee increases and provision made for maintenance and ultimate replacement of the ferry. There appears to be only one exception being the cars, motorcycles single return trip fee proposed to increase from $11 to $12. As it was $10 in the last financial year, currently $11, a 20% increase over two years seems a bit steep. We believe the justification for $10 going to $11 was “rounding up” and presumably that is the case this time around. Alternatively it could be argued that the $10 increase which would nominally have been about $10.30 would this time around nominally be about $10.60, so it should be left to stand at $11.
If any islanders feel strongly about this, they may want to communicate their feelings to the shire.
If any islanders feel strongly about this, they may want to communicate their feelings to the shire.
