2014-01-02 Budget Adoption Report Attachments

DEPARTMENT                                        ORGANISATIONAL SERVICES
Corporate Program                                 Financial Services – Revenue Services

Program objective
   To ensure that rates and charges are levied and collected in an accurate and timely manner
   To provide advice to Council on the equity of alternative rating structures
                                                                                                          Service delivery       Responsible
Service                        Key Activities                            Service levels
                                                                                                                                 Manager
Revenue Services
Revenue Services                  Maintenance of property records       Retain existing Service levels   Internal               Manager Revenue.
                                  Levying of rates and charges in
                                   accordance with the annual budget
                                  Administration of the State
                                   Government Rate Subsidy Scheme
                                   and Council concessions
                                  Collection of rates and charges
                                  Debt Recovery for overdue rates
                                  Changes of ownership
                                  Property searches
                                  Arrangements to pay rate debts


Potential Key Initiatives
   Introduce credit arrangements policy
   Review of rating structure (possible new valuations issued in Feb/March 2014)




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