Rates & services

Rates

What do I get for my rates and how do they work?

The Council provides many services to the community which are funded by rates. We’ve put together some fi gures to show all the services and facilities we provided in the 2021/2022 fi nancial year. *Usage fi gures were based on data collated from the 2021/22 fi nancial year. The majority of these are accessible by all ratepayers - the level you contribute via your rates is dependent on where you live.

Provided 700 hours of free swimming Planted more than 200 trees & shrubs

More than 480km of roads & 47.5km of footpaths

Hosted 1313 public & private events Looked after more than 500 LED street lights

Sold 6048 event tickets Looked after 5033 rateable properties

30 million litres of kerbside recycling

19.71ha of land for waste water

Made 334 building inspections Provided access to 500,000 library to 500,000 library items items Looked after 52.5ha of parks & reserves

More than 600 hours of free recycling drop-off Provided 833 million litres of drinking water

Registered 2858 dogs

Issued 1913 building consents Granted more than $100,000 in community funding

Responded to 638 service requests

Carterton District Council’s rating model is based on:

 a Uniform Annual General Charge - UAGC (fi xed charge)  a general rate  targeted rates The Uniform Annual General Charge is a fi xed charge applied to every separately used or inhabited part (SUIP) of a property. The general rate funds a range of services we provide and is based on:  your property’s capital value  how you use the property (residential, business, farm, short-term accommodation)  whether your property’s location is urban or rural. Targeted rates pay for specifi c services or projects. For example, in Carterton, rural residents are not rated for kerbside waste and recycling collection as they do not receive this service. The Council also collects rates on behalf of Greater Wellington Regional Council. They set their rates themselves.