Council takes action: Properties to be sold to recover unpaid rates

Unless the rates are paid before June, all 23 properties will go to auction to recover the outstanding amounts.

Sale proceeds after rates are recovered will be returned to the property owner.

Fourteen of the 23 homes are located in Jerilderie, amounting to just over $293,000 in unpaid rates.

Five of those properties owe rates in excess of $30,000, and three owe in excess of $20,000.

The largest outstanding amounts overall come from this township, with the owners of one Jerilderie property owing $38,664 and another owing $38,037.

The combined total of rates owing on five properties in Colemabally is $71,454, with the highest outstanding amount from the community being $26,856.

Four Darlington Point properties will also be auctioned, to recover a comparatively smaller community total of $5772 in unpaid rates.

Local Government Act 1993 rules allow councils to sell land when rates have been unpaid for more than one year for vacant land, or more than five years for other land.

The auctions will all take place on one day, at the Murrumbidgee Council Jerilderie Office from 11am on Wednesday, June 11.

Elders Rural Deniliquin will run the auction.

Murrumbidgee Council Mayor Ruth McRae OAM said although this is a difficult decision, it is one council must make because “unpaid rates and charges are a heavy burden on both the Council and all ratepayers”.

She emphasised the importance of ensuring all property owners contribute their fair share to the community.

"We strongly encourage anyone affected to settle their outstanding balances before the auction date, to avoid the sale of their property,“ she said.

The auction will be widely advertised through local newspapers, the online Local Government Gazette, council’s website, council’s digital communication channels and community social media pages.

Registered letters will also be sent to anyone who might have an interest in the properties, and notices will be placed at the properties themselves.

The Coleambally properties to be auctioned are: 22 Bellbird St Coleambally Lot 150 DP 237703; 14 Bluebonnet Cres Coleambally Lot 16 DP 234758; 3 Curlew Cres Coleambally Lot 425 DP 862112; 18 Currawong Cres Coleambally Lot 380 DP 259779; 542 Pine Dr Coly Lot 1 DP 1037644.

Darlington Point properties slated for auction are: Clark St Darlington Point Lot 5 Sec 2 DP 759030; Sturt Hwy Darlington Point Lots 6-7 Sec 9 DP 759030; Sturt Hwy Darlington Point Lot 8 Sec 9 DP 759030; Sturt Hwy Darlington Point Lot 10 Sec 9 DP 759030.

Jerilderie properties to be auctioned are: 5 McDougall St Jerilderie Lot 9 DP 2641; 7 Bolton St Jerilderie Lot A DP 100868; 116 Coreen St Jerilderie Lot 4 DP 790300; 86 Jerilderie St Jerilderie Lot 1 DP 1098861; 104 Jerilderie St Jerilderie Lot 2 DP 317821; 9 Kennedy St Jerilderie Lot 1 DP 107009; 4 Mahonga St Jerilderie Lot 1 DP 1067148; 68 Mahonga St Jerilderie Lot 2 DP 1144436; 82 Mahonga St Jerilderie Lots 1-2 DP 399918; 115 Nowranie St Jerilderie Lot 7 DP 790300; 12 Southey St Jerilderie Lot 1 DP 595132; Steeles Ln Jerilderie Lot 1 DP 661756; Broughshane Ln Jerilderie Lot 1 DP 652723; Steeles Ln Jerilderie Lot 1 DP 668706.

For more details about the auctions, or specific properties, contact Murrumbidgee Council on 1300 676 243 or visit www.murrumbidgee.nsw.gov.au.