2018-06-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   12 JUNE 2018




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                      12 JUNE 2018

           HERITAGE LEVY GUIDELINE

           Consideration may be given to projects during a financial year in response to an event that could not
           have been anticipated during the budget preparation process e.g. emergent preservation work on a
           community heritage building, activity commemorating death of a key local identity, or the digitization
           of records at risk of damage or loss.
           3.   Heritage Coordination and Advice
           Funds under this category will be used to assist employing heritage expertise for the coordination of
           Heritage activities within Council, undertake routine heritage activities as part of the Heritage
           Coordination role and engage external Heritage consultants.
           A.   Heritage Coordination Funding will be provided under this category to assist Council to employ
                a suitably qualified heritage professional in the Heritage Coordinator role.
                The Heritage Coordinator will oversight heritage activities within Council, provide expert heritage
                advice to Council and the community, develop and implement heritage related projects and
                engage heritage consultants.
           B.   Heritage Activities Funding will be provided under this category to undertake activities that will
                be undertaken regularly or continually as part of the Heritage Coordination role to achieve the
                aims of the Heritage Levy Policy and Noosa Cultural Plan 2018-2023. Heritage Activities may
                include items such as facilitation of the Heritage Reference Group, printing heritage promotion
                or education materials, undertaking oral history interviews and processing heritage materials.
           C.   Heritage Advice Funding will be provided under this category to engage suitably qualified
                heritage professionals to provide advice to Council, community organisations, property owners
                or developers in relation to heritage matters. Heritage professionals may include heritage
                architects, historians, planners, conservators, or similar. Heritage matters may include built
                heritage, historical research, preservation and management, specific collection items and
                objects or similar.
                Consideration of funding under this category will be on an individual basis and application made
                to Council's Heritage Coordinator.
                Heritage consultancy advice provided to private property owners and developers will be limited
                to a single initial consultation only. Consultants will be chosen from Council’s preferred advisors.
           4.   Heritage Sustainability
           Funds under this category will be used to undertake activities which assist or support the ongoing
           sustainability and development of the Noosa heritage sector. Sustainability activities funded under
           the Heritage Levy may include training to develop heritage related skills, activities that encourage
           collaboration and sharing of ideas, support to increase resilience of local organisations with a focus
           on heritage.
           Prioritisation for funding under this category will be considered with advice taken from relevant
           experts and stakeholders including the Heritage Reference Group.
           One-off funding in exceptional circumstances may be considered to support the sustainability of a
           heritage related organisation. Provision of funding in these circumstances will require a separate
           business case and consideration by Council, taking into account the following factors:
                e   The nature of the circumstances facing the organisation;
                e   The significance of the organisation to local heritage matters;
                e   The prospect of the organisation remaining viable; and
                e   The willingness of the organisation to review its operations.

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