2014-04-28 General Committee Meeting Agenda Pages 65-200

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 28 APRIL 2014


9.   POLICE BEAT – PROPOSED NEW 5 YEAR LEASE

Author            Property Officer, Michelle Stirling
                  Corporate Services

Index             ECM/ Application/ LEAS13/0034

Attachment        1.   Lease Plan



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note the report by the Property Officer, Property and Facilities to the General
Committee Meeting dated 28 April 2014 and
A.   Approve the new lease agreement with the Department of Housing & Public Works for the
     Police Beat Office at 48 Hastings St Noosa Heads, for 5 years commencing 1 January
     2014, pending satisfactory maintenance costs negotiations;

B.   Change the internal classification of the Police Beat lease from a commercial lease to a
     community lease; and

C.   Apply the exception to the requirement for tendering of the lease under Section 236
     (1)(b)(i) of the Local Government Regulation 2012 as the renewal of the lease is to a
     government agency.



REPORT

In 1995 Noosa Council entered into a lease agreement with the State of Queensland to provide a
building for the use as a Police Beat Office (a joint project between the Noosa Council ($60,700)
and the State Government ($69,300). Operation commenced on 1 February 1996 and the lease
expired at the end of 2003.

Two additional lease agreements have been entered into with the Department of Housing &
Public Works (DHPW), the latest lease expired on 31 December 2013. The building is located on
part of the reserve R.1486 for Local Government (Ground Level Car Park), 48 Hastings Street
Noosa Heads.

On the 16 September 2013 Council received a written request from the DHPW, on behalf of the
Police for a new 5 year lease, with an annual rental of $500p/a as per the previous lease
agreements.

Under previous leases a fair share of repairs and maintenance was the responsibility of DHPW .

DHPW have requested during negotiation thus far that the majority of maintenance costs become
Council’s responsibility. This is not acceptable to Council.




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