Notice is hereby given that the Council of Hessequa adopted a Draft Capital and Operating Budget for the period 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 and Draft Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 1th review 2017 – 2022 on 28 March 2018.
The draft budget and Integrated Development Plan (IDP) were made available for inspection at Municipal offices as well as all municipal libraries. A summary of the budgets and IDP are also available on the official municipal website www.hessequa.gov.za .
OPERATING BUDGET:
Budget 2018/2019 | Budget 2019/2020 | Budget 2020/2021 | |
Total revenue | 468 474 182 | 520 034 447 | 538 442 031 |
Total expenditure | 472 916 707 | 510 795 756 | 520 111 513 |
CAPITAL BUDGET:
Budget 2018/2019 | Budget 2019/2020 | Budget 2020/2021 | |
Capital Expenditure | 99 332 330 | 93 808 920 | 80 892 788 |
Finance Source | |||
CRR | 13 114 780 | 11 648 720 | 8 209 088 |
External Loans | 70 693 650 | 65 001 000 | 42 889 350 |
Grants and Public Contributions and Donations | 15 523 900 | 17 159 200 | 29 794 350 |
Tariff increases for 2018/19:
PROPERTY RATES
Residential 8,0%
Business 8,0%
Government 4,0%
Rural 8,0%
Vacant Stands 24,0%
WATER 12.0%
ELECTRICITY 6.84% (average)
REFUSE 15.0%
SEWERAGE 8.0%
SUNDRY TARIFFS 6.0% – 8.0%
RENTALS Per Contracts
Credit Control and Debt Collection Policy & By-Law
The following has been added to the policy;
Only cash, credit- or debit cards will be accepted as payment for motor vehicle registrations and motor vehicle licensing at the Traffic Department Offices of Riversdale and Heidelberg and the eNATIS payment counters of Albertinia and Still Bay regardless of whether a customer has a municipal account.
Indigent Policy
The combined income per residence threshold of category B has been increased from R3 500 to
R3 800. This category receives 6kl of water, 50kwh of electricity and 50% subsidy on basic services and property tax.
The capital budget will be spent as follows in the Wards.
The large spending in Wards 1 and 3 is mainly aimed at stimulating development which will increase the revenue base. This is crucial for the municipality to be able to balance its revenue and expenditure.
Municipal Manager Johan Jacobs: “The biggest challenge in local government is to assure sustainability of a Municipality. The long term financial plan directs spending for Hessequa and is adhered to as far as possible. Maintenance of infrastructure is a priority in the budget to ensure the quality of services provided to the public.”
Executive Mayor Grant Riddles scheduled budget related outreach programs in the month of April for all Hessequa communities. The aim of the outreach was to promote public participation in the compilation of the 2018/2019 budget and IDP as well as answer all related queries.