THE re-introduction of a special rate which has allowed Swan Hill Incorporated to undertake marketing and business development programs within the region remains uncertain.
The failure to reinstate the rate could see more than $300,000 potentially lost from the organisation’s marketing and promotion budget.
The Swan Hill municipality has had the special rate scheme in place since July 2002.
It was last renewed for a seven year period in 2007.
With the special rate set to expire in June 2014, Swan Hill Incorporated has requested the re-introduction of the rate for a further seven years on rateable commercial, industrial and tourism properties.
However, the proposal was met with strong opposition during Swan Hill Rural City Council’s monthly meeting on Tuesday.
For more on this story see Friday’s Guardian (October 18).
