Date Time Budget adopted with zero per cent rates increase for ratepayers The City of Perth Council has adopted a zero per cent increase in rates and no increases in parking fees and charges after passing a community-focused budget last night designed to enhance Perth as a liveable, sustainable and prosperous capital city. In recognising that residents and ratepayers have done it tough with COVID-19 in the past financial year, the Council not only endorsed maintaining rates at 2020/21 levels, but also found organisational efficiencies in operating costs of 1.7 per cent, equating to $3.5 million in savings. The $261.7 million budget was designed around our community, with Councillors and executives involved in numerous meetings to hear first-hand the needs and priorities of community groups in the lead up to the Budget.