[Penny Robertson]

I am awaiting a response from Office of Local Government to whether they would be happy to honour the rebate for a longer period, but thought I would also ask the question of what other Council’s are doing when a ratepayer to whom is claiming a pensioner rebate has lost their house to when you cease the rebate?

To reduce some of the financial burden we thought we may would end date 30 June 2020 instead of the quarter after the house was lost.

What are other Council’s thoughts or have you put something else in place?

Thanks

Penny-Tenterfield Shire Council

[Trevor Holland]

Hi Penny

We experienced this very same dilemma back in October 2013 when bushfires destroyed a large number of homes in the Blue Mountains Council area.

The approach we took was to leave the pensioner rebate intact until the end of the financial period and cease it from the start of the next financial period.
We also made adjustments to the waste management service charges as well by changing them back to a vacant charge.

I think Bega Council went through a similar experience not that long ago with the township of Tathra. I can recall sending some information through to them at the time so am happy to share that with you.

Hope this helps.

Regards
Trevor

[Trevor Holland]

Hi Everyone

If anyone else would like a copy of the information I mentioned in yesterday’s post feel free to contact me directly and i can email the details through.

Regards
Trevor

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