Letter: Council waste management charge - "not happy!"
Our recent land rate notice has a charge, for waste management (general), of $100 which is an extreme increase from previous year's ($44.15)
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An extra $55.85 which is certainly not acceptable, nor reasonable.
For example in a block of nine units, at two street numbers (addresses), the owners are paying $900 compared to $100 per house on a single block of land.
The explanation of this charge, on the MidCoast Council website, is:
- Charges are used to fund all expenditure associated with the provision of waste management services other than domestic waste management services.
- This includes principal repayments on loans for capital landfill costs, education, public place litter bins, illegal dumping and littering.
- Any excess funds will be placed in reserves to assist in funding future expenditure.
- $100 per service within the waste collection area.
- $45 per property outside the collection area.
- Properties containing more than one dwelling or utilising more than one service will be charged for each dwelling or service provided.
I should imagine that the reserves will be greatly assisted by these massive increases!!
Not happy!
