Section 28 of the Local Government Rating Act 2002 requires Council, during the month of May, to give public notice that the Rating Information Database (RID) is available for public inspection.
The Rating Information Database, which records all information required for setting and assessing rates, may be inspected in the following ways:
By visiting one of the following locations:
Rodney District Council Head Office
50 Centreway Road, Orewa
8am to 5pm
Warkworth Service Centre
1 Baxter Street, Warkworth
8am to 5pm
Huapai Service Centre
300 Main Road, State Highway 16, Huapai
8am to 4.30pm
Helensville Service Centre
49 Commercial Road
Helensville
8am to 4pm (closed between 12.30pm and 1pm)
Whangaparaoa Service Centre
Whangaparaoa Library
Whangaparaoa Town Centre
9.30am to 5pm Mon-Fri
The database includes the following information relating to each rating unit:
a) All information that relates to the rating unit that is included in the district valuation roll for the district
b) All information that relates to the unit that is required to:
1) determine the category to which the unit belongs for setting general rates
2) determine the category to which the unit belongs for setting targeted
rates
3) calculate the amount of liability for a targeted rate.
Any ratepayer may object to the information contained in the database on one or more of the following grounds:
a) that a rating unit included in the district valuation roll has been omitted from the database
b) that information included in the district valuation roll has been omitted from, or inaccurately entered in the database
c) that information included in the database, other than information entered from the district valuation roll, is incorrect
d) that there has been a failure to enter a lawful amendment to the district
valuation roll into the database.
Objections must be lodged in writing, setting out the grounds for the objection and forwarded to the Revenue Manager, Rodney District Council, Private Bag 500, Orewa.