[Carmel Waters]

Hi,

We are looking for information on how/if other councils report the number of legal actions for non-payment of rates/water bill each in their annual reports each year.

Appreciate any information.

Thanks
Carmel

[Andrew Butcher]

Hi Carmel

Yes, I think you will find that all councils are required to do so under s217(a3) of the regulations.

s217(a3) a summary of the amounts incurred by the council during the year in relation to legal proceedings taken by or against the council (including amounts, costs and expenses paid or received by way of out of court settlements, other than those the terms of which are not to be disclosed) and a summary of the state of progress of each legal proceeding and (if it has been finalised) the result,

Importantly, the regulation requires a summary so you don’t need to list each property/case just totals.

Hope this is helpful.

Regards,
Andrew

[Suzi Flynn]

Hi Carmel,
Yes the amounts are included in the totals. We then describe various components. The rates section in our last report reads:
Rates recovery
In 2022/23, the City of Sydney was involved
in 679 cases where action was taken to
pursue recovery of outstanding rates by the
commencement of proceedings. Of these,
403 cases were resolved either pre-judgment
or by judgment being entered in favour of the
City of Sydney. 276 cases remain to be
finalised.

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