Council has started implementing the 2022 budget following its approval by Government.
Council has started implementing the 2022 budget following its approval by Government.
Residents should expect changes to their monthly bills, council spokesperson Michael Chideme has said.
Most charges remain unchanged.
"We have started implementing the 2022 budget following its approval by Government. This means that residents can expect the new charges that became effective from the date that was approved in January.
“Most of our charges remained unchanged but the changes can be found in council rented accommodation where we adjusted rentals to make the real estate business viable," he said.
He said the new charges are cist recovery based and meant to provide a seamless service delivery.
He said the new parking fees were meant to deter reckless behaviour by motorists.
“Our charges for violation of traffic regulations are meant to be deterrent. The city does not want to have cat and mouse chases with the motorists for them to comply with the laws. We want our traffic enforcement officers deployed to do other jobs.”
“The whole idea is to make our roads trafficable and make it easier and more comfortable for residents to come into the CBD and transact.
“The more chaos there is in the traffic the less people would come in the CBD to do business,” he said.
He said residents have always said that Council should charge fees that make it difficult for motorist to park anyhow.
