2016-09-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      6 SEPTEMBER 2016


                                                                                                    Properties
                                                       #                 Rateable
General Rate Category                                                                    Amount        on
                                                   Properties           Valuation
                                                                                                    Minimum
21 – Pump Stations, Stock Grazing Permits
and garages/small lots with an area less than               2            $45,128            $190             1
20m2
22 – Vacant Land subject to developers
                                                           84        $38,664,498         $48,504             -
concession
23 – Retirement Villages and Nursing Homes                 10        $17,330,000         $58,584             -
24 – Shopping centre - gross floor area
                                                            6        $18,710,000         $96,703             -
between 2,500 & 10,000m2
25 – Shopping centre - gross floor area
                                                            1        $27,500,000        $194,989             -
greater than 10,000m2
26 – Shopping centre - gross floor area
                                                            4          $5,926,952        $23,376             -
between 1,000 & 2,500m2
27 – Strata Units Not PPR                               5,696       $942,305,670       $4,454,146        3,678
28 – Strata Units PPR                                   1,754       $243,132,869       $1,074,932        1,194
29 – Extractive Industries
                                                            1           $335,000          $1,699             -
Quarries
Total                                                  30,153    $8,003,608,534       $23,413,507       20,936
Note: PPR – Principal Place of Residence.



3.     Rate Concessions

Details of the Council pensioner concessions granted on the July Levy are set out below.

                                            Maximum Rebate
Type of Council Concession                                          # Properties         Amount
                                               (1/2 year)
Maximum/Sole Owner                                    $115.00             1,205         $138,575
Maximum/Joint Owners                                   $ 90.00            1,200         $102,978
Not Maximum/Sole Owner                                  $57.50              725          $41,687
Not Maximum/Joint Owners                                $32.50            1,101          $35,170
Total                                                                     4,231         $318,410

In addition to the pensioner concessions Council allowed general rate concessions on 51
properties totalling $59,573.

Details of the pensioner concessions funded by the State Government are as follows:

State Government Rebates                             # Properties          Amount
General Rates & Charges                                     4,478         $440,782
State Emergency Management Levy                             4,478          $ 72,332


4.     Electronic Delivery Option

In the period leading up to the July levy Council continued to encourage property owners to have
their rate notice emailed, and this resulted in a total of 4,952 properties registered for email
delivery in July, up from 2,053 in the January levy. Council will continue to explore different
methods of publicising the benefits of email delivery in coming months, as well as exploring
alternative methods of electronic delivery such as BPayView.




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