Saturday, 12 December 2009
A Happy Christmas From the Commissioners in challenging and exciting times!
The Commissioners would like to take this opportunity to offer all Maughold residents a Happy Christmas and their Very Best wishes for the Coming Year.
In terms of the business of the Commissioners, 2010 already appears as if it will be both exciting and challenging. It is likely that in the next days the government will announce that additional waste disposal charges will be placed on local authorities from April of next year. This will be in addition to the twelvefold rise in audit fees that has been placed on the Maughold ratepayer - as detailed below. The Commissioners are committed to doing all within their power to mitigate the consequent rate rises involved through careful evaluation of all the services and facilities provided. Full explanation of the 2010/2011 rate will be provided to ratepayers early in the new year.
More positively there will be opportunities to work with government and improve both our sewage infrastructure and our recycling facilities (see below for further details).
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