MidCoast Council claims it will be close to a million dollars out of pocket due to the NSW Government’s decision to remove the subsidy for the Emergency Services Levy.
The Council says the move will cost an additional $924,167 for the 2023/24 financial year, bringing its total contribution to nearly $3 million.
Mayor, Claire Pontin (pictured) has written to a number of State Government Ministers urging the State Government to rethink the decision.
“For the last four years, the NSW Government has acknowledged the ESL is an unsustainable burden on Local Governments by providing subsidies to local governments for the annual increases in the levy,” she said.
“We are concerned that the subsidies have stopped and that the decision was announced so late in the Local Government budgeting cycle. Local Councils should not have to cover these State Government costs.”
