COUNCIL rates will rise by eight per cent in the new financial year – but Mansfield Shire Council says residents will get plenty of bang for their extra bucks.
Promises of $3.8 million in capital works and an unprecedented focus on road and bridge repairs underpin a 2003–04 shire budget council mayor Don Cummins declared was a vindication of Mansfield's historic split from Benalla.
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