Annual Report 2019-20

          Noosa Shire Council                                                                                                                                                                 2019 - 20 Annual Report


  Deferment for pensioners                                                                                   Single owner not on the maximum rate of pension
  To assist eligible pensioners who have experienced large increases in the value of their property as       Where the pensioner is not in receipt of the maximum level of pension and has sole title to the
  determined by the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy or have experienced financial          property that is their principal place of residence, the concession shall be 25% of the general rate up
  hardship, Council will allow deferment of up to 50% of the general rate. The deferred rates will           to a maximum amount of $115.00 per annum.
  accumulate as a debt against the property until it is sold or until the death of the ratepayer.
  The deferment of general rates applies only to rates payable with respect to land included in              Joint owner not on the maximum rate of pension
  Differential General Rates Categories 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 24.
                                                                                                             Where the pensioner is not in receipt of the maximum level of pension and owns the property jointly
  To be eligible to defer up to 50% of the general rate the applicant must:                                  with one or more people, the concession shall be 25% of the general rate up to a maximum amount of
  • own and occupy the property; and                                                                         $65.00 per annum.
  • have no overdue rates and charges on the said property; and
  •	be the holder of a Pension Concession Card issued by Centrelink or the Department of Veteran
                                                                                                             Invitations to Change Tenders
     Affairs; or
  • a Repatriation Health (Gold) Card issued by the Department of Veteran Affairs; or                        There were no reportable invitations made by Council to change tenders during the period.
  • a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card; or
  • a Queensland Seniors Card issued by the Queensland State Government.                                     Infrastructure Charges
  Note that automatic eligibility applies to those ratepayers currently receiving a Pension Concession       Under Queensland infrastructure charges legislation, Council levies infrastructure charges on
  on their rate notice. Eligibility for those ratepayers with a Seniors Card will be assessed accordingly.   development approvals. They can be collected in the form of monetary contributions, or in some
  In accordance with section 122(5) of the LG Regulation Council is authorised to charge interest, or        instances in the form of physical trunk infrastructure in lieu of paying the charge. The timing of money
  request payment of an additional charge, to all deferred general rates for the relevant period.            contributions received may differ from the timing of when the infrastructure is constructed, and any
  For the period one ratepayer had their general rates deferred.                                             unspent funds are held by Council in reserve for that purpose in future years.
                                                                                                             Council’s planning scheme identifies the particular trunk infrastructure can be funded through
  Pensioner Concessions                                                                                      infrastructure charges in its Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP).

  Council’s pensioner rate concession to eligible pensioners is allowed under Chapter 4, Part 10 of the      The following table summarises the infrastructure charges revenue and expenditure for the 2019-
  LG Regulation. Table 16 outlines the method of calculation.                                                20 year. In accordance with the Planning Regulation 2017 full details of infrastructure charges are
                                                                                                             provided on Council’s website.
  Table 16 – Method of calculation
                                                                                                                   Infrastructure charges revenue                     Infrastructure charges expenditure
  Pension Rate                          Sole title to the property        Joint title to the property
                                                                                                               Total amount of       Total amount of        Total amount of     Total amount of     Total amount
  Maximum level of pension              $230 p.a. maximum                 $180 p.a. maximum                      infrastructure       infrastructure          infrastructure     infrastructure       of unspent
                                        $115 per half year                $90 per half year                    charges revenue         charges that         charges revenue       charges that      infrastructure
                                                                                                              collected (by way      were offset (i.e.         spent on the         the local      charges revenue
  Not Maximum level of pension          $115 p.a. maximum                 $65 p.a. maximum                     of infrastructure      infrastructure         supply of trunk      government
                                        $57.50 per half year              $32.50 per half year                  charges levied)       provided by a           infrastructure        refunded
                                                                                                                                    developer in lieu of
  Single owner on the maximum rate of pension                                                                                       paying the charge)

  Where the pensioner is in receipt of the maximum level of pension and has sole title to the property              $’000                  $’000                 $’000               $’000               $’000
  that is their principal place of residence, the concession shall be 25% of the general rate up to a
                                                                                                                   1,994.3                  12.8                 1,956.7              0.0                 24.8
  maximum amount of $230.00 per annum.
  Joint owner on the maximum rate of pension
  Where the pensioner is in receipt of the maximum level of pension and owns the property jointly with
  one or more people, the concession shall be 25% of the general rate up to a maximum amount of
  $180.00 per annum.

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