COUNCIL REVALUATIONS REQUEST

• October 12, 2008
• Politics and Council
• Editor

Council to ask government for revaluations

The State Government will be asked to value all Moreton Bay Regional Council rateable properties by July 2009 to aid council’s amalgamation process.

Mayor Allan Sutherland said council could not implement a consolidated differential rating policy until a uniform revaluation has been completed.

Caboolture and Redcliffe district properties have not been valued since July 2005, but the latest unimproved capital valuations for Pine Rivers district properties came into effect in July 2007.

Updated valuations for Redcliffe and Caboolture districts must be completed before July 2010 under the Valuation of Land Act, which stipulates that valuations must be carried out if the most recent valuation of the land was made more than four years ago.

The Department Of Natural Resources and Water charges councils each year for the valuation service regardless of whether it is performed and the cost to council this year is $683,000.

 “We need the Department of Natural Resources and Water to undertake a complete calculation of all rateable property across the entire Moreton Bay region as soon as possible so that our residents are on a more equal footing,” Cr Sutherland said.

“Ratepayers should be aware of this situation, because the department’s decision on whether to reassess unimproved capital valuations will impact directly on the determination of their rates.”