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Rates and charges

General rates

General rates are for services, facilities and activities that are supplied or undertaken for the benefit of the community in general (rather than a particular person). Council is required to raise an appropriate amount of revenue to maintain assets and provide services to the Region as a whole. In deciding how the revenue is raised council considered:

  • the rateable value of the land and the benefit of averaging valuations,
  • relative valuation as between different types of land,
  • the approach to general rating adopted by the Toowoomba Regional Council for the 2010/2011 financial year, and
  • the demand that some land uses place on the services which council is required to provide

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Differential general rates

As adopted by Council on 19 August 2011 (extract from 'Special meeting of Council - 19 Aug 2011 - Minutes' found below in 'Related documents').

The method by which land is to be identified and included in its appropriate category is as follows:

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Separate charges

Council make and levy a separate charge for park & bushland, environmental and natural resource management.

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Trade waste charges

Trade waste charge/s be made and levied by the Council upon all properties, within the area of Toowoomba District, discharging trade waste to Council's sewer.

Details of these charges can be located in 'Special meeting of Council - 19 Aug 2011 - Minutes' found below in 'Related documents'.

From page 15 - Point 5 - Area of Toowoomba district

From page 21 - Point 6 - Areas of Crows Nest and Oakey districts

From page 26 - Point 7 - Areas of Greenmount, Clifton, Millmmerran and Pittsworth districts

From page 32 - Point 8 - Area of Goombungee district.

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Cleansing charges

The following cleansing charges be made and levied for the supply of the cleansing services.

Full explanations of these charges can be found in 'Special meeting of Council - 19 Aug 2011 - Minutes' found below in 'Related documents'. Note from page 43 and following.

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Discount & interest

Discount

Rates and Charges made and levied pursuant to Clause 2 (differential general rates), Clause 3 (separate charges), Clause 9 (sewerage charges), Clause 10 (cleansing charges) and Clause 11 (water charges) be subject to a discount of ten percent (10%) provided that:

  • (a) all of the aforementioned rates and charges are paid within 30 days of the date of issue of the rate notice;
  • (b) all other rates and charges appearing on the rate notice (that are not subject to a 10% discount) are paid within 30 days after the date of issue of the rate notice; and
  • (c) all other overdue rates and charges relating to the rateable assessment are paid within 30 days of the date of issue of the rate notice.

Interest

Simple interest be charged on all overdue rates as that term is defined in the Local Government (Finance, Plans and Reporting) Regulation 2010 six (6) monthly in arrears (i.e. from the end of the previous half-year in which same became due and payable) at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, calculated and charged half-yearly (generally at the end of December and June).

As adopted by Council on 19 August 2011 (extract from 'Special meeting of Council - 19 Aug 2011 - Minutes' found below in 'Related documents').

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Minimum general rates per category

As adopted by Council on 19 August 2011 (extract from 'Special meeting of Council - 19 Aug 2011 - Minutes' found below in 'Related documents').

The minimum general rate to be made and levied for each differential general rate category is as follows:

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Special charge - Rural fire equipment levy

Council make and levy a special charge (to be known as the "Rural Fire Equipment Levy") of $25.00, on all rateable land within the region, other than rateable land that is liable to pay an urban district fire levy, to fund the ongoing provision and maintenance of rural fire fighting equipment for the rural fire brigades that operate throughout the rural areas of the region.

As adopted by Council on 19 August 2011 (extract from 'Special meeting of Council - 19 Aug 2011 - Minutes' found below in 'Related documents').

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Sewerage charges

Sewerage charges are levied in accordance for the supply of a sewerage system (other than a common effluent drainage system) by the Council.

Details of these charges can be located in 'Special meeting of Council - 19 Aug 2011 - Minutes' found below in 'Related documents'. Note from page 38 and following.

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Water charges

Water charges are levied by the Council upon all lands within the water area for the supply of water services by the Council.

The basis and principles of the water charges be:

  • an annual access charge which applies to all lands within the water area; and
  • a consumption charge for each kilolitre consumed which shall be based on the consumption registered by the meter or meters installed by the Council on the water service or water services to the land.

Full explanations of these charges can be found in 'Special meeting of Council - 19 Aug 2011 - Minutes' found below in 'Related documents'. Note from page 47 and following.

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Remission of rates

Full explanations of these charges can be found in 'Special meeting of Council - 19 Aug 2011 - Minutes' found below in 'Related documents'. Note from page 56 and following.

(a) General Rate Pensioner Remission - Entire Region

Pursuant to sections 55 and 56 of the Local Government (Finance, Plans and Reporting) Regulation 2010, a remission of the general rate of $95.00 per annum be granted to all ratepayers who are pensioners and who are eligible for the State Government pensioner remission.

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