Rates and Charges, (Column 7) and Charges Rates and charges levied under the Local Government Act 1989. Including general rates, supplementary rates and rate adjustments, municipal charge, garbage charges (levied under the Local Government Act 1989), special rates and charges, and payments in lieu of rates. Interest on rates not included in this cell, rather in other revenue. Statutory Fees & and User Fees (Column 8) Statutory Fees and relates mainly to fees and fines levied in accordance with legislation. User Fees relates mainly to the recovery of service delivery costs through the charging of fees to users of Council’s services. DO NOT include in column Other Recurrent State Government Grants Recurrent (Column 9) Recurrent – from Government recurrent or operating grants received from State Government, including: grants allocated by the Victoria Grants Commission specific purpose payments, such as recurrent library funding, HACC, beach cleaning, youth services, art galleries, performing art centres State Government Grants Non-Recurrent (Column 10) Non-Recurrent – from State Government specific capital works grants received from State Government for Council owned assets. Federal Government Grants Recurrent (Column 9) Recurrent – from Federal Government recurrent or operating grants received from Federal Government, including: specific purpose payments Federal Government Grants Non-Recurrent (Column 10) Non-Recurrent – from Federal Government specific capital works grants received from Federal Government for Council owned assets. Contributions and Reimbursements (Column 13) Contributions relate to monies paid by developers in accordance with planning permits issued for property development. Reimbursements for capital and maintenance works undertaken on behalf of other public bodies (eg: VicRoads).
Valuations & Rates Rates and Charges collected for the 12 month period ended 30 June, with the exception of the penalties (interest charged and collected - refer to section 172, Local Government Act 1989). This tab should report the end of year status of rates and charges collected, by taking account of rates and charges assessed at the start of the 12 month period and any subsequent changes resulting from supplementary valuations and new assessments coming on stream during that 12 month period. Please refer to the following legislation: Valuation of Land Act 1960 Local Government Act 1989 Cultural and Recreation Land Act 1963 Residential (Column 1) Include all property assessments used for residential purposes Commercial (Column 2) Include all property assessments used for commercial but not industrial purposes, eg. retail and wholesale shops and showrooms, motels/hotels, offices. Industrial (Column 3) Include all property assessments used for industry, manufacturing etc. Rural (Column 4) Include all rural property assessments. Include farms and urban farms. Refer to the Valuation of Land Act 1960. Other (Column 5) Include all other property assessments: eg. Inappropriate sub-divisions, cultural and recreation land. Rateable Assessments & Valuations two years, Victorian local councils revalue all rateable properties in their council. The Valuations and Rateable Assessments as used to collect the rates for the 12 month period ending on 30 June.