2019-09-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    10 SEPTEMBER 2019


5                        JULY 2019 RATE LEVY OVERVIEW
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                           Manager, Revenue Services, Kellie Seeleither
                                 Corporate Services Department

Index                            ECM / Rates Management / Rateable Services

Attachments                      Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager Revenue Services to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 10 September 2019 providing an overview of the July 2019 Rate Levy.


REPORT
This report provides Council with a summary of the July 2019 rate levy.

1.                       Levy Summary
Rate notices were issued on the 16 July 2019 with a due date of the 16 August 2019. The gross
amount of the levy was $39.57 million, which comprised of $36.21 million of Council rates and
charges, and $3.36 million for the State Emergency Management Levy. Between January 2019
and July 2019 the net increase in rateable properties was 78, representing minimal growth of
0.26%.
Properties within the Shire were revalued by the State government for the 2019/20 financial year,
with an overall Shire increase of 6.41%. At a more detailed level, however, the increase in
valuations varied greatly both at a locality and property type level and these changes resulted in
changes to the differential general rate structure, decreasing the number of differential general
rate categories from 30 to 26. The number of valuation bands for properties classified as
Residential (Principal Place of Residence) and other was decreased from 10 to 7, and the
category for Extractive Industries (excluding quarries) was removed as there are no longer any
active mining leases in the shire.
Significant changes were also made to the charging structure for waste management services,
as a result of the introduction of the State Waste Levy on commercial waste, and a new charging
regime was introduced for the commercial properties using the bin enclosure located on Council
land at Peregian Beach. A new special levy was introduced at the request of the Noosa Junction
Traders Association to allow scoping work to be undertaken for the re-development of the
streetscape in the Noosa Junction locality.


                                                                                     Rateable Valuation
Levy/Charge                                           Amount         # Properties
                                                                                       Or # Services
General Rates                                      $25.535 million      30,587         $9.549 billion

Separate Charges
Environment Levy                                    $1.070 million      30,587               30,587
Sustainable Transport Levy                          $0.459 million      30,587               30,587
Heritage Levy                                       $0.153 million      30,587               30,587


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