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Resolved: (Mayor
Wallace/Cr Milne) Minute
No. C 19303(2)
“That Council
resolves to set the rates and add penalties to unpaid rates during the
2019-2020 rating year by passing the resolution:
SETTING THE RATES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020
Targeted and General Rates
1. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the 2018-28
Long Term Plan and the Funding Impact Statement including Rates for
2019-2020, the Council hereby resolves, pursuant to Section 23 of the
Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, to set and assess the following Hutt
City Council rates for the year commencing 1 July 2019 and ending 30
June 2020. All amounts are inclusive of Councils GST obligations.
(a) A Targeted Rate (Water Supply Rate) set and assessed under sections 16 to 18 of the Local
Government (Rating) Act 2002. The water supply charges for the 2019-2020
rating year are as follows:
The
targeted rate for water supply is set on the basis of the following factors:
1. A charge of $448.50 per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit which is connected to the water
reticulation system.
2. A charge of $224.25 per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit
that is not connected to, but is able to be connected to, the water
reticulation system.
(b) A Targeted Rate (Wastewater Rate) set and assessed under sections 16 and 17 of the Local
Government (Rating) Act 2002. The wastewater charges for the 2019-2020 rating year are
as follows:
The targeted rate
for the wastewater is set on the basis of the following factors:
1. Rating units in the residential
category will only be charged for one water closet or urinal, regardless of
the actual number.
2. Rating units in the
business categories will be charged $478.50
for the first
water closet or urinal
connected to the wastewater system
from each rating
unit; and
3. $239.25 for the second and
each subsequent water closets or urinal connected to the wastewater system
from each rating unit.
(c) A Targeted Rate (Recycling
Charge) set and assessed under
sections 16 and 17 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002. The recycling
charge for the 2019-2020 rating year is as follows:
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CATEGORY
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CHARGE
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Only rating units
in the Residential category receiving or able to use the
recycling collection service
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$40.00 per separately
used or inhabited part of each rating unit
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(d) A Targeted Rate (Jackson Street Programme Rate)
set and assessed under sections
16 and 17 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002. The Jackson Street
Programme charge for the 2019-2020 rating year is as follows:
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CATEGORY
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CHARGE PER $ OF CAPITAL VALUE
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Rating units in any
business category having
frontage to Jackson Street, Petone,
between Hutt Road and Cuba Street
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0.0008013 per $ of capital value per rating unit
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(e) A General Rate set and assessed under sections 13 and 14 of the Local
Government (Rating) Act 2002. The general rate charge for the 2019-2020
rating year is as follows:
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CATEGORY
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DIFFERENTIAL
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CHARGE PER $ OF CAPITAL VALUE
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Residential (RES)
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1.00
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0.31713 cents
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Rural (RUR)
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0.75
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0.23785 cents
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Business Accommodation (BUA)
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2.51
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0.79599cents
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Business Central (BUC)
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2.72
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0.86258 cents
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Business Suburban (BUS)
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2.63
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0.83404 cents
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Utility Networks (UTN)
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2.36
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0.74842 cents
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Community Facilities 1 (CF1)
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1.00
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0.31713 cents
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Community Facilities 2 (CF2)
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0.50
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0.15856 cents
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Community Facilities 3 (CF3)
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2.36
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0.74842 cents
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Rates Instalments
2. The targeted rates and the general rate for the financial
year ending 30 June 2020, as set out above, are payable in six equal
instalments by the following due dates:
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Instalment Number
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Due Date
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One
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20 August 2019
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Two
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21 October 2019
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Three
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20 December 2019
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Four
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20 February 2020
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Five
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20 April 2020
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Six
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22 June 2020
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Penalties on unpaid rates
3. The Council resolves, pursuant to sections 57 and 58 of
the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, except as stated in 4 below, that:
a) A penalty of 10% will be added to the
amount of any instalment remaining unpaid by the relevant due date above.
b) A penalty of 10% will be added to the
amount of any rates assessed in previous years remaining unpaid on 20th
August 2019.
c) A further penalty of 10% will be added to
the amount of any rates to which a penalty has been added under b) above and
which remain unpaid on 20th February 2020.
4. No penalty shall be added to any rate account if:
· A direct debit authority is in place for payment of
the rates by regular weekly, fortnightly or monthly instalments, and payment
in full is made by the end of the rating year.
· Any other satisfactory arrangement has been reached for payment of the current
rates by regular
instalments by the end of the rating
year.”
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1 27 June 2019