2016-06-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  7 JUNE 2016


3                        HERITAGE LEVY POLICY
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Director Community Services, Alan Rogers
                                    Community Services Department

Index                               ECM/Subject/ 69.2 Community Services Section

Attachments                         1.    Draft Heritage Levy Policy


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Director Community Services to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 7 June 2016 and:
A.                       Rescind the existing Heritage Levy Policy that transferred to Noosa Council from the
                         Sunshine Coast Regional Council under the Local Government (De-amalgamation
                         Implementation) Regulation 2013; and
B.                       Adopt the Heritage Levy Policy provided at Attachment 1 to the Report.



REPORT

1.                       Background

Council charges ratepayers an annual Heritage Levy. The purpose of the Heritage Levy (“the
Levy”) is to raise funds to preserve and promote the history and cultural heritage of Noosa Shire.
This policy outlines the heritage and administrative principles that will provide direction for the
allocation of Heritage Levy funds by Council.

The head of power for the Levy comes from Section 94 of the Local Government Act 2009 that
gives Council the ability to impose a separate charge on all rateable land in the shire. In doing so,
Council can only use funds raised via a separate charge for the specific purpose identified in the
Revenue Statement adopted each year as part of Council’s annual budget process. In that
context, this policy provides guidance and further details about how the Council will manage the
Levy and its implementation.

This Levy policy updates and replaces the previous Heritage Levy policy which Noosa Council
inherited from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council following de amalgamation

Previous Council Consideration

Nil

Finance & Risk

Adoption of this levy policy will ensure compliance with Section 94 of the Local Government Act
2009



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