SOME ratepayers have scored a rare win and will get money refunded by Frankston Council after an audit found Acacia Hill and Spring Hill Estate residents were overcharged for rates.
Residents had asked council to look at the actual costs to maintain a lake at the housing estates.
At the 28 November public council meeting the mayor Cr Brian Cunial said council found there had been “a slight overpayment by residents in that estate” so 220 residents will receive a retrospective partial refund.
“Also in future, the cost of maintaining the lake will be better reflected in the differential rate that the people in this estate are paying so I think it’s a good outcome,” Cr Cunial said.
“We do what we can to help.”