Rates to rise 4.8 per cent next year
Central Coast ratepayers will see a rate increase capped at 4.8 per cent next financial year. It is one of the lowest rate increases in NSW, set by the Independent…
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The Weekly News 5@5
Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News 5@5 for the first week of October 2022. In the bulletin this week: Premier Opens part of Wyong HospitalA-League season kicks off at CC StadiumSpeculation…
Rate payment deferral for flood-impacted residents
Central Coast residents with flood-impacted properties will be given an extra two months to pay their first 2022/23 rate instalment. Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said the deferral was…
15 per cent rate rise extended by seven years
Central Coast ratepayers will be forking out 15 per cent extra on their rates until 2031, with the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) approving Central Coat Council’s application to…
Whole community must respond to IPART application in detail
To nobody’s surprise, the Administrator has decided to proceed with his application to IPART for the further seven year imposition of the three-year increase already approved by IPART as a…
Rates hike application ‘misrepresents community sentiment’
Once again, Administrator Rik Hart ignores community sentiment in applying to IPART for a further rate hike (“Council forges ahead with request to extend 13% rate hike” CCN3280. At least…
Resident receives Council bill – from 2006
When a Blackwall resident received a letter supposedly from Central Coast Council for $393.54 for an overdue bill dated from 2015, he thought it was a scam. Craig Caldwell rang…
Low rate peg throws out Council’s numbers
Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart has joined the chorus of councils criticising the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s rate pegging. IPART has infuriated Councils across NSW with its latest,…
Wracked with frustration
Forum – I am extremely frustrated with Central Coast Council. I live in Toukley with a lake side property. We have higher assessed property value as a result of our…
Hart asks for feedback on rates and service levels
Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart is stepping up his campaign to have the 13 per cent Special Rates Variation (SRV) granted by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART)…
At least we know about tribunal meeting
Forum – It’s good that IPART has put our Administrator Mark 3 back in his box (IPART tells Council what is appropriate, Pelican Post September 2). It is outrageous that…
Vaccine rates on par with rest of state
Almost 40 per cent of the Peninsula’s population is fully vaccinated as new COVID-19 cases continue to be announced on an almost-daily basis and there is a heightened focus on…
Water outage maps, rates and referendums …Administrator’s wrap on recent work
Central Coast Council now has a map on its website which shows residents in real time what water outages are impacting suburbs. Administrator Rik Hart explained the new map was…
Pensioner cancels health cover to pay rates
Forum – I am a ratepayer in the Woy Woy area and have just received the current Annual Rate Notice which discloses an increase of 40 per cent or $813.05…
The Weekly Video News 5@5
Coast Community Video News 5@5, May 28. Coming up this week: Council to recover money from delinquent ratepayers – Whales are on the move – New road technology announcement –…
Council moves to recover unpaid rates
Central Coast Council has moved to recover more than $1.7 million in unpaid rates and charges. Council has exhausted all other avenues to recover these rates available under the Local…
Proposed rate rise is 42 percent for some ratepayers
Calculations on how much residents would pay with a proposed 15 percent rate rise rose to 42 percent for some ratepayers, Central Coast Council has conceded, if you include rate…
Weekly News 5@5
12 Feb, 2021 – The ‘must know’ stories from across the Central Coast: PEP11 in limbo, an e-petition is launched for a judicial inquiry in the council, Dick Persson says…
Ratepayers should only pay for what they use
Forum – I refer to letters from Evan Deas and Joy Cooper about the Council’s bankruptcy matters in Central Coast News, January 15. These reveal there is both lack of…
Legislation unveiled to update the way council rates are charged
A new environmental land rate category and more flexible residential, business and farmland categories are among plans to update the way council rates are charged. Local Government Minister, Shelley Hancock,…