2015-09-15 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                             15 SEPTEMBER 2015


4.     Payment Options

In all payments totalling $28.5M were received over a six week period ending 21 August 2015.
Bpay continues to be our most popular payment option, accounting for 54.5% of all payments, a
slight increase on both the last levy (53.8%) and July 2014 levy (51.15%).




                     Online 6.84%
                                                Phone
               Direct Debit                     9.12%
                  5.95%

                        Counter                                Bpay 54.49%
                        13.25%

                                    Aust Post
                                     10.35%




5.     Reminder Notices

At the conclusion of the levy period 80% of the levy (including arrears) had been paid. On
1 September 2015, 3,186 reminder notices, representing $4.5M in overdue rates, were issued to
those properties with an outstanding balance of over $25.00 where the owners had not entered
into an arrangement to pay. Currently 502 properties have made an arrangement to pay their rates
by instalment.


Previous Council Consideration

Nil.


Finance & Risk

There are no properties where the outstanding rates and charges are close to the rateable value
of the land, consequently there is no risk of any rates and charges being written off as bad debts
at this time.

Consultation

External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder

Nil.

Internal Consultation

Director Corporate Services


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