The Board of Port St Mary Commissioners have announced today that the rate charged to ratepayers in the village will remain at 306p in the pound for the coming year.

At it’s meeting last night, 13th January, the Board of Commissioners agreed that the rate would remain unchanged for the 4th consecutive year.

Significant new responsibilities that have been devolved from the Department of Infrastructure have been taken on in the past year and further may be placed on the local authorities in the year ahead.  Street cleaning, gulley emptying, and the maintenance of hedges have been integrated into their workload paid for largely from efficiency gains.

Chairman of the Commissioners, Mrs Bernadette McCabe said, “We are very pleased to be able to announce that, despite an increasing workload, there will be no increase in the rates levied in the coming year. We have worked hard to reduce our costs throughout this year and it is gratifying that this has allowed us to hold the rate at 306p. The Board, together with our hard working staff shall continue to maintain our village at the highest standard possible without placing extra costs onto our residents."