Applications and submissions received 2012/13 - Special Variations & Minimum Rate Increases

Media Release - Change of release date for council special rate variations and minimum rates for 2012/13 - 28 May 2012

Fact Sheet - Council applications for special variations received by IPART for 2012-13 - 14 March 2012

Councils below have applied for special rate variations and minimum rate increases to IPART for 2012/13 financial year.

Coffs Harbour City Council	North Sydney Council
Gilgandra Shire Council	Port Macquarie Hastings Council
Hunters Hill Council	Queanbeyan City Council
Kempsey Shire Council	Tamworth Regional Council
Lake Macquarie City Council	Wingecarribee Shire Council
Muswellbrook Shire Council	Minimum Rate Increase
Nambucca Shire Council	Gundagai Shire Council
Newcastle City Council	Willoughby City Council

Blayney Shire Council (This is a late application in respect of a land revaluation)

COUNCIL NAME	APPLICATION TYPE	APPLICATION
Coffs Harbour City	Special Variation 508(2)	Covering letter to application Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting documents (Attachments 1 to 12) Supporting documents - Attachment 1A to 5A Supporting document - Impact of special variation on KPIs (General Fund)
Gilgandra Shire	Special Variation 508A	Application Form Part A (Updated 3 May 2012) Application Form Part B with Attachments 1 to 9 & 14 to 18 Attachments 10,11,12,13,19 & 20 (Cover pages only. Due to confidentiality reasons, these documents were not published) Supporting documents - Community Survey - March 2012 Supporting documents - Community Survey - March 2012 - Question 5 & 6 comments
Hunters Hill	Special Variation 508(2)	Application Form Part A (updated 10 April 2012) Application Form Part B Supporting documents (Attachments 1 to 5) Supporting documents (Attachments 6 and 7) Supporting documents (Attachments 8 to 10) Supporting documents (Additional) Supporting document - Capital works program excluding special variation funding
Kempsey Shire	Special Variation 508A	Covering letter to application Application Form Part A Application Form Part B (updated 26 March 2012) Supporting documents (Appendix 1 & 2) (updated 26 March 2012) Supporting documents (Appendix 3) Supporting documents (Appendix 4) Supoprting documents (Appendix 5) Supporting document - Community survey - Quantitative questionnaire Supporting document - Community survey results - Micromex Research Supporting document - Delayed 5 year scenario (added 22 May 2012) Supporting document - Long Term Financial Plan(added 22 May 2012) Supoprting document - Road Capital Ten Year Financial Data (added 22 May 2012) Submissions received by IPART
Lake Macquarie City	Special Variation 508A	Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting dcouments - Section 2 Supporting documents - Section 3 (3.1 to 3.5) Supporting documents - Section 3 (3.6 to 3.9) Supporting documents - Section 3 (3.10 to 3.18) Supporting documents - Section 4 (4.1 to 4.2) Supporting documents - Section 4 (4.3 to 4.7) Supporting documents - Section 4 (4.8 to 4.19) Supporting documents - Section 5 Supporting documents - Section 7 (7.1)(Uploaded on 13 April 2012) Supporting documents - Section 9 (Please note: Supporting documents 3.16 from Section 3, 4.1.2 from Section 4 and 7.2 from Section 7 are not published due to confidentiality reasons) Lake Macquarie City Council's response to public submissions received by IPART - 24 April 2012 Submissions received by IPART (Due by 20 April 2012)
Muswellbrook Shire	Special Variation 508(2)	Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting documents
Nambucca Shire	Special Variation 508(2)	Application Form Part A (Updated 24 May 2012) Application Form Part B Supporting documents (Appendix A to I) Supporting documents (Appendix J) Supporting documents (Appendix K) Supporting documents (Appendix L to R)
NewCastle City	Special Variation 508(2)	Covering letter to application Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting documents Part 1 Supporting documents Part 2 Supporting documents Part 3 Supporting documents Part 4
North Sydney	Special Variation 508A	Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting documents (Attachments 1 to 11) Supporting documents (Attachments 12 to 32) Supporting document - Telephone Survey Questions regarding Infrastructure and Environmental Levies Supporting document - Council resolution and Community Consultation Summary Submissions received by IPART
Port Macquarie Hastings	Special Variation 508(2)	Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting documents (Attachments 1 to 13b) Submissions received by IPART
Queanbeyan City	Special Variation 508(2)	Application Form Part A (updated on 22 March 2012 to correct some errors) Application Form Part B Supporting documents (Attachments A to MM) Submissions received by IPART
Tamworth Regional	Special Variation 508(2)	Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting documents (Annexure A to N) Supporting document (Additional information) - Effeciency Audit Summary Submissions received by IPART
Wingecarribee Shire	Special Variation 508(2)	Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting documents (Attachments 1 to 3) Supporting documents (Attachments 4 to 12) Supporting documents (Attachments 13 to 18) Supporting documents (Attachments 19 to 25) Submissions received by IPART
Gundagai Shire	Minimum Rate Increase	Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting document - Newspaper Ads Supporting document - Resolution 48
Willoughby City	Minimum Rate Increase	Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting document - Attachment 9 - Presentation - Meeting with IPART Supporting document - Attachment 11 - Presentation - Public meeting Supporting documents - Attachment 17 - Consultation documents Supporting documents - Attachment 18 - Consultation Evidence & FAQ
Blayney Shire	Special Variation 508(2)	Covering letter to application Application Form Part A Application Form Part B Supporting document - Council resolution - 16 April 2012 Supporting document - Draft Community engagement strategy Supporting document - Letter of support for variation to rates from Cadia Valley Operations Supporting document - Pensioner and hardship policy Supporting document - Weblinks for council documents