Letters have been sent to the Hon. Rita
Saffioti, Minister for Lands, the Hon. David Templeman Minister for Local Government and Mr. Paul
Martin, Chief Executive Officer Shire of York. The Shire of York President,
David Wallace, has also been informed.
It was with regard to ‘LANDGATE GRV VALUATION DISCREPANCY BETWEEN A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN PERTH AND YORK’.
It questioned the information clearly and succinctly given on two separate RATE NOTICES
It was with regard to ‘LANDGATE GRV VALUATION DISCREPANCY BETWEEN A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN PERTH AND YORK’.
It questioned the information clearly and succinctly given on two separate RATE NOTICES
The recipients were told to note that the Rate Notice/ Tax
Invoice information was for two private residential addresses of
domestic properties and should be considered Private &
Confidential other than for their responses to the questions raised in
the correspondence.
It questioned the extraordinary variance in domestic property rate-in-the-dollar valuations between a residential/domestic property in the City of Joondalup and a residential/domestic property in the Shire of York.
Specifically the City of Joondalup Gross Rental Valuation
(GRV) for a particular property is $16900- is charged
at 5.3090 cents in the dollar- being a total of $897.22.
The Shire of York Gross Rental Valuation (GRV) for a
similar property is $14,820- is charged at 11.8490
cents in the dollar- being a total of $1,756.02.
Unlike the City of Joondalup notice, the Shire of York’s gives a Minimum
Rate Valuation on this property of $1,080 meaning it has charged its GRV at
$676.02 above the Minimum Rate.)
This information alone shows that the Perth property has a GRV Valuation $2,080 more than the York valuation but pays $858.80 less on this GRV Valuation.
This could be considered double the financial pain.
The obvious question to the Minister for Lands and the Minister for Local Government is how this inequity and financial injustice is allowed to occur?
The following information which can be accessed through the Australian Bureau of Statistics makes the rating inequity even worse.
This information alone shows that the Perth property has a GRV Valuation $2,080 more than the York valuation but pays $858.80 less on this GRV Valuation.
This could be considered double the financial pain.
The obvious question to the Minister for Lands and the Minister for Local Government is how this inequity and financial injustice is allowed to occur?
The following information which can be accessed through the Australian Bureau of Statistics makes the rating inequity even worse.
1. The Median House Price in
the City of Joondalup is $510.000
with an annual capital growth rate of plus (+) 0.82% meaning a property (worth
$510.000) increases in value by $4,182 every 12 months.
2. The Median house Price in
the Shire of York is $300.000 with an annual
capital depreciation of minus (-) 5.51%, meaning a
property (worth $300.000) devalues by $1,653 every 12 months.
The Valuer-General’s Office, within Landgate, revalued GRV property for the Shire of York that came into effect as of July 1, 2016.
Comparing the known valuation of a domestic properties in the City of Joondalup- with Median House Prices $210,000 greater, annual capital growth rate 6.33% greater, comparable land value probably 11.8 times higher and rate valuation 2 times less than the Shire of York, how does the Valuer-Generals Office explain the $858.80 differential in the rates charged?
With an average annual property devaluation of $1,653 within the Shire of York- and a $858.80 differential in GRV rates levied-its Ratepayers may suffer a negative financial impost of $2,511.80 per annum. So what formula does the Valuer-General’s Office use to deliver this inequitable result for the 2017-2018 Financial Year?
The Valuer-General’s Office, within Landgate, revalued GRV property for the Shire of York that came into effect as of July 1, 2016.
Comparing the known valuation of a domestic properties in the City of Joondalup- with Median House Prices $210,000 greater, annual capital growth rate 6.33% greater, comparable land value probably 11.8 times higher and rate valuation 2 times less than the Shire of York, how does the Valuer-Generals Office explain the $858.80 differential in the rates charged?
With an average annual property devaluation of $1,653 within the Shire of York- and a $858.80 differential in GRV rates levied-its Ratepayers may suffer a negative financial impost of $2,511.80 per annum. So what formula does the Valuer-General’s Office use to deliver this inequitable result for the 2017-2018 Financial Year?
The questions put to the CEO
of the Shire of York, Paul Martin, and for which the Minister for
Local Government should require an answer are:-
a) what, if any, services are directly provided by this shire that are valued at $858.80 more than those provided by the City of Joondalup?
b) is the 6.54 cents in the dollar additional impost paid be York ratepayers caused by the Shire of York’s poor financial position of its own making, however, exacerbated by the inadequate governance regulations within the Local Government Act 1995 and inadequate performance monitoring by the Department of Local Government and its senior management?
and
c) does GRV valued rates revenue received by the Shire of York make up around 50% of its gross revenue and is 50 % of this rates revenue used to pay for the staff salary component and on-costs, their facilities and the day-to-day running costs of the Shire.
If so:-
i) is this percentage of revenue spent on staff levels affordable and sustainable?
ii) does the performance of this staff justify this expenditure by meeting all Local Government Area performance criteria as prescribed by the WA State Government and the Department of Local Government?
a) what, if any, services are directly provided by this shire that are valued at $858.80 more than those provided by the City of Joondalup?
b) is the 6.54 cents in the dollar additional impost paid be York ratepayers caused by the Shire of York’s poor financial position of its own making, however, exacerbated by the inadequate governance regulations within the Local Government Act 1995 and inadequate performance monitoring by the Department of Local Government and its senior management?
and
c) does GRV valued rates revenue received by the Shire of York make up around 50% of its gross revenue and is 50 % of this rates revenue used to pay for the staff salary component and on-costs, their facilities and the day-to-day running costs of the Shire.
If so:-
i) is this percentage of revenue spent on staff levels affordable and sustainable?
ii) does the performance of this staff justify this expenditure by meeting all Local Government Area performance criteria as prescribed by the WA State Government and the Department of Local Government?
I await your responses.
The response from the Minister for Local Government will be that he has no jurisdiction over the setting of domestic property rate levies in Local Government Areas, but that there will be a substantial review of the Local Government Act 1995 in 2018.
The response from the Minister for Lands will be that any variance between the Minimum Rate and the rate levied by the Shire of York is not the Valuer-General’s problem, but the Shire of York raising additional revenue to meet shortfalls in its budget.
Mr. Martin will have no comment to make.
Spoiler Alert!
Speaking of comments, here are a couple for Anonymous 1 August at 13.15
In response, the parsing (punctuation and sentence structure) is to allow for the mentally disenfranchised, with few literacy and numeracy skills to understand what is being said. Do you understand that?
Anonymity, in your case, is cowardice. A Vendetta is what you should worry about.
Everyone knows few care about UN Resolutions. The sanctity of ‘Placenames’ was used as a ploy, to embarrass and shame! It was nothing more than that you Dimwit.-Do you now feel embarrassed and ashamed as you keep others amused?
‘Moonbeam’ – I love it. There is nothing more amusing than hunting down anonymous spiders under rocks and watch them scuttle away- is there “Petal”?
Yours sincerely
David Taylor.
York ratepayer.
The response from the Minister for Local Government will be that he has no jurisdiction over the setting of domestic property rate levies in Local Government Areas, but that there will be a substantial review of the Local Government Act 1995 in 2018.
The response from the Minister for Lands will be that any variance between the Minimum Rate and the rate levied by the Shire of York is not the Valuer-General’s problem, but the Shire of York raising additional revenue to meet shortfalls in its budget.
Mr. Martin will have no comment to make.
Spoiler Alert!
Speaking of comments, here are a couple for Anonymous 1 August at 13.15
In response, the parsing (punctuation and sentence structure) is to allow for the mentally disenfranchised, with few literacy and numeracy skills to understand what is being said. Do you understand that?
Anonymity, in your case, is cowardice. A Vendetta is what you should worry about.
Everyone knows few care about UN Resolutions. The sanctity of ‘Placenames’ was used as a ploy, to embarrass and shame! It was nothing more than that you Dimwit.-Do you now feel embarrassed and ashamed as you keep others amused?
‘Moonbeam’ – I love it. There is nothing more amusing than hunting down anonymous spiders under rocks and watch them scuttle away- is there “Petal”?
Yours sincerely
David Taylor.
York ratepayer.
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