Katherine's rates are planned to rise by 7.5 per cent in the next year.
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Proposed rate rises for the next year for Darwin are 3 per cent, Palmerston 2.9 per cent and Litchfield 5 per cent.
The rate rise was the same as that previously forecast in Katherine Town Council's long term financial plans.
Annual rate rises over the next five years are forecast to rise by 6.5 per cent in each year.
Katherine's rate rises are proposed in the council's annual municipal plan which will be open for public comment from tomorrow, with the plan presented at the council's monthly meeting Tuesday night.
The rates will be calculated on current property valuations as the revaluation, now underway, will not likely be available until later this year.
There is speculation that property values will fall because of PFAS chemical contamination concerns.
There have been hefty rises in council's rates in recent years in the main to prepare for the closing and rehabilitation of the town's waste facility.
Council maintains it needs to set aside as much as $40 million for a new town rubbish tip.
"The major infrastructure item included in the long term financial plan is $20m for the rehabilitation of the existing waste management facility. Two scenarios have been provided, scenario one (1) projects the life of the facility to four (4) years and the other to seven (7) years. Expert opinion will better inform the planning, timing and cost into the future," the municipal plan states.
"Council's budget has faced significant pressures including increased demand for services."
Council chief executive officer Rob Jennings has told past council meetings that Katherine rates remain the lowest outside the Darwin area.
The salaries of the mayor and aldermen will rise slightly, likely in line with CPI increases.
The mayor's annual salary rises to a total of $95,161 from $93,096, and aldermen to $15,829 from $15,520.
The waste management facility charges are proposed to rise.
"Wages and employee costs have increased in line with the current Enterprise Agreement," the municipal plan states.
"Council has worked hard to determine, define and quantify its infrastructure backlog particularly in relation to roads, footpaths and kerbing which is a result of council underfunding asset renewal in the past.
"Council's buildings are generally in average to poor condition and have likely suffered the same underfunding in the past; this is supported by the continuing increase in Council's expenditure requirements on maintenance and building repair."
Mayor Fay Miller said in her preamble to the plan "it has been a year of consolidation at Katherine Town Council. I look forward to the projects that are under way, all of which will improve the lifestyle of our residents, coming to their completion".
The municipal plan will be open for public comment from tomorrow.
Copies will be available from the civic centre and online.
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