This set of documents includes a review of rating philosophy before proceeding to examine the Shire of Broome's rating structure.

It is important to understand theunderlying principles as it provides a basis to help Council make important choices including the determination of the level and the category of property rates.

The Shire of Broome itself has developed a number of differential rating categories in response to growth and change, predominantly in the townsite and a review of those categories is timely in light of a revised Strategic Plan. For the same reason it is also timely to review the rating strategy adopted from 1999/2000 to 2003/2004 of an increase of CPI plus 1.5% growth.

For the 2004/2005 financial year Council departed from the strategy. The reasons why need to be examined and a future strategy set.

Please note to open these documents you will need Adobe Reader installed. If you dont have Adobe Reader installed on your computer you can get it from www.adobe.com.

Notice of Intention to Impose Differential Rates 2011	PDF 8KB
Proposed Differential Rates 2011 - 2012	PDF 11KB