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Adoption of Valuations and Declaration of Rates

Your Council

Adoption of Valuations and Declaration of Rates 2024- 2025

NOTICE is hereby given that the Rural City of Murray Bridge at a meeting held on 24 June 2024, resolved:

Adoption of Annual Business Plan and Budget 2024 - 2025

That pursuant to Sections 123(6) and (7) of the Local Government Act 1999 and Regulations 6 and 7 of the Local Government (Financial Management) Regulations 2011, having considered submissions in accordance with Section 123(6) of the Local Government Act 1999 and having regard to all relevant information in the possession of the Council, the Council adopts the Annual Business Plan and Budget for 2024 - 2025.

Adoption of Valuations

That pursuant to Section 167(2) of the Local Government Act 1999 the most recent valuations of the Valuer-General available to Council of the capital value of land within Council’s area totalling $6,326,568,840  be adopted for rating purposes with the total capital value of rateable land within Council’s area for 2024 - 2025 being $6,127,231,909.

Declaration of Rates

That, having taken into consideration the general principles of rating contained in Section 150 of the Local Government Act 1999 and having observed the requirements of Section 153 of the Local Government Act 1999, and in accordance with Regulation 14 of the Local Government (General) Regulations 2013, the Council declares, pursuant to Sections 152 and 153 of the Local Government Act 1999 for the year ending 30 June 2025, differential general rates in respect of all rateable land within its area as follows –

  • 0.52460 cents in the dollar of the Capital Value of rateable land of Categories (a) and (i) uses (residential and “other” categories)
  • 0.83936 cents in the dollar of the Capital Value of rateable land of Categories (b), (c) and (d) uses (commercial categories)
  • 0.73445 cents in the dollar of the Capital Value of rateable land of Categories (e) and (f) uses (industrial categories)
  • 0.47214 cents in the dollar of the Capital Value of rateable land of Category (g) use (primary production category)
  • 0.68198 cents in the dollar of the Capital Value of rateable land of Category (h)) use (vacant land category)

Declaration of Minimum Rates

That pursuant to Section 158(1) (a) of the Local Government Act 1999 the Council fixes in respect to the year ending 30 June 2025, a minimum amount payable by way of general rates of $1,151.

Regional Landscape Levy

That pursuant to Part 5 of the Landscape South Australia Act 2019 and Section 154 of the Local Government Act 1999, the Council declares, in respect of the year ending 30 June 2025, a separate rate of 0.0155730 cents in the dollar, based on the capital value ofrateable land within the Council’s area and within the area of the Murraylands andRiverland Landscape Board in order to recover the amount payable to the Board.

Declaration Waste Water Management and Water Supply Schemes

(1)        Riverglen

Pursuant to Section 155(2) of the Local Government Act 1999, a total of $110,001 is to be levied against the properties within the area known as “Riverglen” to which Council provides and make available the prescribed services of septic tank effluent disposal and water supply.

Accordingly, an annual service charge and service rate are imposed on Allotments 1 to 30 and Allotment 126 in Deposited Plan DP30450, Allotment 53 in Deposited Plan DP115992, Allotment 50 in Deposited Plan DP42391 and Units 1 to 73 in Strata Plan No SP11238, being land which the septic tank effluent disposal and the water supply schemes are provided and made available as follows:

  1. An annual service charge of $725 per assessment plus the relevant per kilolitre charge is imposed on the relevant rateable and non-rateable land based on the nature of the services and the level of usage of the water supply service.
  2. The relevant per kilolitre charge for the supply of water is as follows:

    Usage Charge (<140 kL @ $2.126)

    Usage Charge (140><520 kL @ $3.035)

    Usage Charge (>520 kL @ $3.288)

  3. A service rate (which is varied in accordance with Section 155(3)(b) of the Local Government Act 1999 and Regulations 12(4)(a) and 14(1) of the Local Government (General) Regulations 2013) is imposed on rateable land as follows:
  • 0.058 cents in the dollar of the Capital Value of rateable land of Category (a), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) uses (residential, industry - light, industry - other, primary production, vacant land and other);
  • 0.2833 cents in the dollar of the Capital Value of rateable land of Categories (b), (c), (d), uses (commercial - shop, commercial - office, commercial - other).

(2)        Woodlane

That pursuant to Section 155(2) of the Local Government Act 1999, a total of $94,018 is to be levied against the properties within the area known as “Woodlane” to which Council provides the prescribed services of septic tank effluent disposal and water supply.  A service charge of $930 per assessment plus the relevant per kilolitre charge is imposed on rateable and non rateable land and a service rate of 0.1432 cents in the dollar of the capital value of rateable land is declared on Allotments 1 to 18 in Deposited Plan  DP48073, Allotments 191 and 192 in Deposited Plan DP75292, Allotments 1 to 4, 7 to 37 and 40 in Deposited Plan DP51229, Allotment 50 in Deposited Plan DP53034 and Allotment 200 in Deposited Plan DP62423, being land which the septic tank effluent disposal and the water supply schemes are provided.

The relevant per kilolitre charge for the supply of water is $3.288 per kL for any usage above 130kL per annum.

Waste Collection

That pursuant to Section 155(2) of the Local Government Act 1999 the following variable annual service charges are imposed according to the nature of the service as follows, subject (where relevant) to the application of Regulation 13 of the Local Government (General) Regulations 2013:

Kerbside Recycling and Green Waste Service
An annual service charge of $103 will be applied in 2024 - 25 to those properties to which the Council provides or makes available a kerbside recycling collection service.
An annual service charge of $65 will be applied in 2024 - 25 to those properties in Murray Bridge, Callington, Jervois, Mypolonga, Wellington and Woodlane to which the Council provides or makes available a kerbside green waste collection service.

That pursuant to Section 188 of the Local Government Act 1999 the following fees and charges are imposed:

(1)      New Garbage Collection Service
For the supply of a mobile garbage bin to land to which the new service is provided, a charge of $98 per bin in respect of the year ending 30 June 2025.

(2)      Replacement Bins
For the replacement of lost, damaged or stolen bins, a charge of $98 per bin in respect of the year ending 30 June 2025.

(3)      Additional Garbage Collection Service
For the supply of additional mobile garbage bin/s to land to which the relevant collection service is provided, a charge of $162 per bin in respect of the year ending 30 June 2025.

Payment of Rates

That pursuant to Section 181(11)  of the Local Government Act 1999 rates for the year ending 30 June 2025 will fall due in four equal or approximately equal instalments on 4 September 2024, 4 December 2024, 4 March 2025 and 4 June 2025.