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…
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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,…
Administrator flags a possible rate rise
The Central Coast Council Administrator Dick Persson has called a special meeting this Thursday, November 26 at 1 pm in Wyong to consider a special rate variation. The public is…
Rate notices to include hardship advice
Rate notices will include an insert on how to apply for hardship assistance when they go out to ratepayers after the new financial year starts from July 1. Mayor Cr…
Approved development contributions result in a huge disparity between former council areas
It’s bad luck if you are planning to build a two-bedroom granny flat in the former Wyong local government area as Central Coast Council has just doubled the development contributions….
Council provides financial relief to ratepayers
Central Coast Council has announced it may provide interest waivers on outstanding accounts until August 31 for those home owners who have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Announcing the…
Charges for rural properties may increase by 4,200 %
A proposal to apply stormwater charges to the owners of rural properties, based on the size of their landholding, is expected to be opposed by the Coast’s rural communities. Around…
Rate rise and tiny surplus in historic Council budget
Residents and ratepayers have one month to comment on a draft of the historic first combined Central Coast Council Delivery Program and Operational Plan for the 2018-19 financial year. The…
Freezing of rates has thawed
The IPART press release P.12 WRC 5/12/17 requires some further truth. Former Wyong ratepayers’ rate paths were subject to a special rate variation (SRV) of 6.7 per cent for four…
Council rate paths frozen for four years
Member for Terrigal Mr Adam Crouch has confirmed his understanding of the NSW Government’s promised rate freeze for residents in local government areas affected by council mergers. “The Government is…