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Consultation has concluded.
All feedback received through the consultation will be collated and presented to Council for further consideration and future direction.
The City of Victor Harbor will make no changes to its rating structure following the completion on its Rating Review in May 2021.
The Council considered the final report at its ordinary council meeting on 24 May and made the decision to retain its current rating structure as follows:
Commercial Differential at 130%
Industry Differential at 115%
Primary Production Differential at 90%
Vacant Land at 150%
Fixed Charge
Rate capping at 15% (where appropriate)
Background
Councils are responsible for the delivery of a broad range of services to their communities. These services can vary as each community is unique and has different priorities. Councils receive income from a number of sources to pay for the services they provide, and the largest revenue source is rates.
The Local Government Act 1999 allows councils to raise rates and provides a degree of flexibility in the options used by councils to do this. Council have a responsibility to determine the best method for their communities, and review this from time to time to ensure the system used is relevant.
The City of Victor Harbor has recently completed a review of its rating structure. It is important to note that the review was not about increasing or decreasing Council rates, it looked at how rates are distributed across land use types.
The review included a number of Elected Member workshops and a public consultation period that sought the views of the City of Victor Harbor community.
The City of Victor Harbor will make no changes to its rating structure following the completion on its Rating Review in May 2021.
The Council considered the final report at its ordinary council meeting on 24 May and made the decision to retain its current rating structure as follows:
Commercial Differential at 130%
Industry Differential at 115%
Primary Production Differential at 90%
Vacant Land at 150%
Fixed Charge
Rate capping at 15% (where appropriate)
Background
Councils are responsible for the delivery of a broad range of services to their communities. These services can vary as each community is unique and has different priorities. Councils receive income from a number of sources to pay for the services they provide, and the largest revenue source is rates.
The Local Government Act 1999 allows councils to raise rates and provides a degree of flexibility in the options used by councils to do this. Council have a responsibility to determine the best method for their communities, and review this from time to time to ensure the system used is relevant.
The City of Victor Harbor has recently completed a review of its rating structure. It is important to note that the review was not about increasing or decreasing Council rates, it looked at how rates are distributed across land use types.
The review included a number of Elected Member workshops and a public consultation period that sought the views of the City of Victor Harbor community.
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Consultation has concluded.
All feedback received through the consultation will be collated and presented to Council for further consideration and future direction.
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The City of Victor Harbor’s council rates are made up of a fixed charge and differential rate. There is also a separate rate for the Regional Landscape Levy, which councils collect on behalf of the SA Government.
Fixed Charge – the fixed charge is a base amount paid by all rateable properties irrespective of their value that contributes to the delivery of services, programs and projects that support each property.
Differential Rate – the differential rate proportion is based on whether the land is used for residential, commercial, primary production, industrial, vacant land or other purposes. It is calculated by multiplying the individual property value (which is provided to Council each year by the Valuer-General) by the differential rate in the dollar adopted for the relevant land use category.
