Month after month the constant refrain from council in regard to its open space levy is –
All multi-unit developers pay a uniform 5.7 per cent of the value of the land (or give Council 5.7 per cent of the area of the land).
Apparently this is NOT the case as revealed in the minutes of the Audit Committee. We quote:
Clearly, not ‘ALL MULTI-UNIT DEVELOPERS’ pay their fair share, or in fact may pay anything at all! Questions thus abound:
- Why aren’t all levies collected?
- On what grounds were levies waived?
- Who made these decisions and were they empowered to do so?
- How many thousands (if not tens of thousands) has council lost since the introduction of the 5.7% levy?
- How many developers did not pay and who were they?
- Does the open space fund really have $11m in the kitty as claimed or is this more ‘creative accounting’?
Glen Eira Debates 
June 8, 2018 at 1:45 PM
No room for manoevres here. All means all. Council has to publish a full report on what’s been going on and why.
June 8, 2018 at 3:03 PM
It’s seem likely me that money is changing hands below the table, the whiff of corruption in the Glen Eira Planning Department goes on and on and on. We need a full on criminal investigation into the underbelly of this council. The CEO should call in the investigators, and if she refuses the councillors should pressure her to do so. They are her employers, if she refuses to follow directions, replace her with someone that will; as quickly as possible.
June 9, 2018 at 10:16 AM
Maybe if all paid there would not be the need to borrow another 30 mil and impose continuing long term debt on residents.