2021-06-16 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                             16 JUNE 2021




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A summary of the feedback received on the draft budget is outlined below.

2      Your Say Noosa Submitted Ideas

Council encouraged residents and ratepayers to take the opportunity to send in specific
suggestions and / or submissions on the draft budget via the Your Say Noosa webpage. 22
contributions occurred on the Your Say Noosa webpage with the majority of ideas and comments
relating to the proposed transitory property rating category changes and discontinuation of the
Tourism and Economic levy, with a mix of comments both supporting and opposing the proposed
rating changes. The full list of ideas are provided as Attachment 1 to this report.

3      Direct Feedback to Council’s Budget Email Address

Residents and ratepayers were also encouraged to email any specific budget priorities directly to
Council’s budget email address [email protected]. 93 email submissions were
received which are summarised in Attachment 2 to this report. Feedback was received by a cross
section of the community including residents and ratepayers, resident and ratepayer groups, and
also businesses and business associations. The majority of emails received were focused on the
proposed transitory property rating category changes and proposed discontinuation of the Tourism
and Economic levy.

4        Proposed Introduction of Transitory Accommodation Rating Categories

A number of responses (6 ideas and 17 emails) were received relating to the proposed introduction
of transitory accommodation rating categories for approximately 4,300 properties currently offered
for short stay accommodation. Responses were received from both impacted property owners
(currently offering their property for short stay accommodation) objecting to the proposed increase
for their property, and residents / ratepayers supporting the proposed transitory accommodation
rating changes. A submission was also made by Stayz, an Expedia Group company (who along
with Airbnb are one of the online short term and holiday rental market leaders) outlining concerns
with the proposed rating changes.


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