Contractors blamed for late rates bills, no tip passes, wrong accounts

Ms Haslehurst said the contractor gave no explanation for the delay but apologised and provided a discount for the errors.

Tip passes were also missing from some envelopes, prompting the shire to require proof of local residence at the Toodyay recycling depot for free rubbish disposal.

A different contractor had misprinted shire payment notices, omitting the first three digits on some account numbers.

“It was no fault of the shire,” Ms Haslehurst said.”

“The solution is to insert ‘100’ in front of any seven-digit numbers.”