A COVID assistance package that included waiving parking fees and slashing interest on overdue rates was passed by Wollongong City Council on Monday night.
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The package was put together by council staff to help businesses and individuals deal with the financial impacts of COVID-19.
Among the measures is a plan to waive casual parking fees in targeted off-street parking locations through to the end of the year.
Also, the interest on overdue rates and charges on current 2021-2022 rates will be cut to zero per cent from July 31 to the end of November.
"It's the outcome of a lot of considerations to address this particular crisis," said Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery.
Cr Tania Brown said the total package was worth almost $2 million and targeted many of the affected areas.
Cr David Brown noted $2 million was not the extent of the cost of COVID to council, saying there were also forgone fees and other costs.
"Packages like this will be a real help to people who are doing it hard," he said.
The motion was passed unanimously.
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Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
