2018-06-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   12 JUNE 2018


11                       REVISED HERITAGE LEVY POLICY AND DRAFT HERITAGE LEVY POLICY
                         GUIDELINE
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Libraries & Galleries Manager, Kerri Contini
                                    Community Services Department

Index                               ECM/Subject/Revenue Management/47.01 - Heritage Levy

Attachments                         1.    Revised Heritage Levy Policy – Draft
                                    2.    Heritage Levy Policy Guideline - Draft
                                    3.    Heritage Levy Policy – Current (showing proposed changes)



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Libraries & Galleries Manager to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 12 June 2018 and:

A.                       Repeal the current Heritage Levy Policy and adopt the revised Heritage Levy Policy
                         provided at Attachment 2 to the Report;

B.                       Approve the Heritage Levy Policy Guideline provided at Attachment 3 to the Report; and

C.                       Request the Chief Executive Officer to appoint suitable representatives to the vacant
                         positions on the Heritage Reference Group.


REPORT
The purpose of this report is to present a revised Heritage Levy Policy and proposed Heritage
Levy Policy Guideline for Council’s consideration.
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.
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.
Council adopted a Heritage Levy Policy on 16 June 2016 to replace the policy that Noosa
Council inherited from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council following de amalgamation. The
Noosa Heritage Levy policy outlines the heritage and administrative principles that will provide
direction for the allocation of Heritage Levy funds by Council.
The current policy has been revised following an evaluation of the practical implementation of the
Policy over the past two years and a policy guideline developed to provide direction to Council
officers regarding expenditure and activities under the Levy program.

2.                       Revised Heritage Levy Policy
The Heritage Levy Policy has been reviewed taking into consideration feedback from key
stakeholders including Council officers and the Noosa Heritage Reference Group. The revised


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