2014-06-26 Budget Meeting Attachment E

Noosa Shire Council Revenue Statement 2014/15



                                 APPENDIX 7 – Rural Fire Charge

OVERALL PLAN

1. Special Charge for Assistance to Noosa and Surrounds Rural Fire Brigades
Noosa Shire Council recognises that it is beyond the fundraising ability of the volunteers that staff
the rural fire brigades within Noosa shire to raise the funds to meet their operational costs and to
acquire and maintain the necessary equipment to conduct their activities. Therefore, to provide
financial assistance to Noosa Rural Fire Brigade Group and its constituent Rural Fire Brigades,
Council has resolved to make and levy a special charge for the 2014/15 financial year upon all
rateable land within Noosa shire which will, in the Council’s opinion, specially benefit from the
services provided by the Rural Fire Brigades listed below.
2. The Rateable Land to Which the Special Charges Applies
The special charge for the Rural Fire Charge applies to all rateable land within the Noosa shire that
falls within the Gazetted Rural Fire Brigade area maps for the following Rural Fire Brigades:

             Rural Fire Brigade
             Black Mountain
             Boreen Point
             Cooroibah
             Doonan
             Federal
             Kin Kin
             Noosa North Shore
             Ridgewood
             Teewah
             Tinbeerwah
This land specially benefits from the provision of rural fire fighting services because it is not
serviced by urban fire services.

3. Service, facility or activity
The service, facility or activity is the provision of funding for the purchase of equipment and
operational costs and training initiatives required by the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service.
This will enable the Brigades to direct more time toward:
a) prevention of rural fires;
b) education of residents; and
c) training of volunteers.

4. The Estimated Cost of Implementing the Overall Plan
The estimated cost of carrying out the overall plan is $155,000. Council will distribute these funds
to the Noosa Rural Fire Brigade Group in accordance with the following procedures:
4.1     Following the July and January rate runs the rural fire levy funds collected by the Council
        shall be available for payment to the Rural Fire Brigade Group; and
4.2     To obtain the full amount of the moneys levied by the Noosa Shire Council by way of the
        special charge each Rural Fire Brigade must submit to Council and the Noosa Rural Fire
        Brigade Group the following:




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