2014-03-25 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda Pages 168-231

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                 25 MARCH 2014


3.    Rate Concessions

Details of the concessions granted on the January Levy are set out below. With respect to
pensioner concessions, Council was required to seek consent from each pensioner to access
information to allow the concessions to be processed. As at rating issue date 2,771 pensioner
concession forms had been received and processed. A further 1,120 application forms were
processed after the issue date following a further request via Council’s website and local media
for pensioners to ensure they provided their forms back.

There are still approximately 295 properties that received a pensioner concession in the July
2013 rate run but did not return the required forms in time to obtain a concession in the January
rate run. Revenue Services staff have begun phoning these pensioners requesting them to
submit a pensioner application if they are still eligible.

                                          Maximum Rebate
Type of Pension Concession                                       Properties      Amount
                                             (1/2 year)
Maximum/Sole Owner                            $115.00              1,070         $122,570
Maximum/Joint Owners                           $90.00              1,146         $98,972
Not Maximum/Sole Owner                         $57.50               670          $38,525
Not Maximum/Joint Owners                       $32.50              1,005         $32,037
Total                                                              3,891         $292,104

In addition to the pensioner concessions Council allowed general rate concessions on 49
properties totalling $57,104.08.

Other allowable concessions provided are as follows:

State Government Rebates                            Properties          Amount
As at issue date                 2,906                           $286,035
Applications processed post 14/1 1,173                           $114,723
Total as at 28 February 2014     4,079                           $400,758

EMFRL Concessions                        Properties              Amount
As at issue date                         2,906                   $43,209
Applications processed post 14/1         1,173                   $16,303
Total as at 28 February 2014             4,079                   $59,512


4.    Valuations

Noosa Council will not be revalued for the 2014/2015 financial year. For the previous three years
the change in valuations has been:

Year              Change
2013/14               -6%
2012/13             -4.7%
2011/12              5.4%
Note: Figures were for the Sunshine Coast region as a whole.




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