Ken Bakon
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We do – either mine as T/L or my Senior, or any other senior officer, all in accordance with our delegations.
Not sure what the issue is here. Our plan (and the former Canterbury Council’s plan)are already on display, Ours will be adopted by the administrator (Making of Rates, etc) in our June meeting, as will the former Canterbury’s plan. Two plans for the price of one!
May 5, 2016 at 11:23 am in reply to: IPART Review of Local Goverment Rating Issues paper – Draft Submisson #18757Just to add to Michael’s post. If the inclusion of a new category for strata units is an option instead of using CIV, this category could be expanded to include any multi-occupied property. That could then include residential flats, company title flats, dual occupancies, granny flats, DOH multi tenanted properties, etc. In other words heading down the rating by occupancy path instead of parcel of land.
KenJust a further note.
Using continuous colour processing for all of our notices allows us to have 50% of the reverse side of the notice free for whatever community promotions our corporate communications department wish to advertise. This has assisted in reducing the number of inserts we ever need to considerKen
Darryl,
I can’t recall any ruling or guideline, but we have as part of our Rating policy the following
RATE NOTICES – INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
Council not permit the inclusion of advertising or other material of a commercial nature not related to
Council operations in rate notice distributions
Applications for community-based inserts with Council rate notices be referred to Council for
determination, together with a statement of community benefit, potential distribution costs and
recommended cost apportionment.
The General Manager be granted delegated authority to approve inclusion of additional materials in rate
notices, only in such circumstances where:
1.the additional material relates to Council services or activities;
2.these services or activities reflect agreed priorities and objectives of Council; and
3. appropriate allocation has been made in council’s budget to meet any additional distribution
costs.Ken
Is there a copy of our original submission anywhere on our website?
Mick,
We charge $51. Rarely used as most certs are turned around within 48 hours.
This is a standard urgency fee for a number of other charges as well.
Not sure how it originally was set, but it is increased annually in line with Council’s corporate increase to all fees and charges each year.
KenSusan,
I don’t think it matters who actually carried out the work, as long as it was commissioned by the Council on behalf of the Council.Ken
Just on Tracey’s post. If you print full colour on plain paper, base stock is not an issue. We have been doing this for a couple of years and we are able to change the look and feel of any notice as required. It is not as expensive as you might think. The days of base stock are limited I believe.
Hi Susan,
I believe this and many other questions will be answered by our “makers” (aka State Government), at the appropriate time. We too at Bankstown are waiting with baited breath!Ken
Todd,
We didn’t get paid until mid December last year, so I daresay that the “cheque is in the mail”!Anita
Unless we are advised by the payee to allocate to the child properties, we refund any over payments back to the payeeKen
Cherie,
The Act does not specify when a Ratepayer may make an application for a review of their category. Indeed Section 525 states:
“(1) A rateable person (or the person’s agent) may apply to the council at any time:…”So the relevance of showing the category on every notice, I believe, is to satisfy the regulations requirements for notices.
Having said this, Section 520 still states:
“A council must give notice to each rateable person of the category declared for each parcel of land for which the person is rateable.(2) The notice must be in the approved form…”
As there is no approved form, it would then appear to allow Council to advise the Ratepayer in any way, so long as it satisfied this section of the Act. The information on most Council Rate Notices would probably satisfy this requirement.
Ken
Cherie,
If we become aware that a property needs to be re-categorised, we advise the owner before we issue the next notice, and include information regarding their right of appeal. That way there is no rude shock to them when we issue the notice, and it also means we don’t have to do any adjustments after the event if we get it wrong.
Not sure, but I don’t think this issue has been tested in Court yet.Ken
Cherie,
Our management has decided to maintain the status quo.
That is, minimum of $500 and 2 instalments overdue -
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