Rates Incentive Scheme

Council’s giving you the chance to win a brand new Ford Fiesta car or holiday package valued at $1500 by simply paying your rates and charges up front and in full before 31 August 2008.

The Rates Incentive Scheme is designed to attract extra interest from rates payments which can then be directed back into projects and services for the community.

The winners of the car and travel package will be drawn at Council’s meeting to be held on 23 September 2008.

Conditions of Entry
Rate payers with properties categorised as ‘Residential’ or ‘Farmland’, as shown on the 2008-09 Rates and Charges Notice, are eligible to participate in the scheme. Eligible ratepayers who pay their 2008-09 rates and charges notice (including any arrears) in full on or before 31 August 2008 will automatically be entered into the draw, unless you advise Council in writing you do not wish to participate. No refund of rates and charges will be made to eligible ratepayers entered in the draw after the closing date.

The following are not eligible to enter the draw: Local Government Authorities, Federal and State Government Departments and Instrumentalities, Administrators, Wollongong City Council staff and their relatives as defined in the
Local Government Act, 1993 dictionary. The dictionary defines a relative as follows- (a) the parent, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, lineal descendant or adopted child of the person or of the person’s spouse, (b) the spouse or de facto partner of the person or of a person referred to in (a).

The prize will be drawn at the Ordinary Council meeting held in the Council Chambers, 41 Burelli St, Wollongong on 23 September 2008. The prize will be drawn by one of the Administrators and scrutinised by an independent person.

The winners will be notified in writing, and after a verification process, by public notice announcement in the Wollongong Advertiser. In the event of any winner being ineligible for the prize or any winners payment cheque being dishonoured, Council reserves the right to award their prize to another eligible ratepayer by the lottery draw process. In the event that any prizes remain unclaimed after three months of the drawing, permission will be sought from the Department of Gaming and Racing for a redraw. No correspondence will be entered into after the draws.