The Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) amnesty on the interest accumulated on property rates owed to the council began on Tuesday.
The amnesty, which is to be offered for the duration of the month of September, will avail those who are in arrears with the M&CC an opportunity to clear their debt.
Residential property owners are being offered a 100% amnesty on the interest of the rates they owe to the council. While commercial and corporate property owners will be offered a 50% to 75% amnesty, dependent on special circumstances.
According to Town Clerk Royston King, these circumstances include,
