LETTER: Council salaries beyond rates cap

Mildura Rural City Council (MRCC) advertised the draft budget 2019-20 in the press on May 11, inviting written submissions from the public on 10 June.Ratepayers Victoria – Mildura Branch makes the following observ­ations.Employee benefits in the draft budget is $49.077 million and represents 67.7 per cent of the “rates and charges” revenue of $72.514 million.As against […]