THE King Island Council has kept the next year’s rate increase to an average 3.74 per cent. Mayor Marcus Blackie said the council has just passed a $15.56m budget for the 2024- 25 financial year. “It was the second biggest in our 116-year history and only marginally smaller than our biggest (the current FY23-24 budget @ $15.62m),” he said. “Our new budget continues to be boosted by both Federal and State grant funding for the ongoing delivery …
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