Dear Members, Please find recent correspondence from the Noosa Council to the NWRA below.
Dear Noosa Waters Residents Association I am reaching out to you regarding the proposed special rates for Noosa Waters next financial year. First and foremost, sincere apologies for late notice in contacting you. With new staff and changes to Council’s executive, finance team and new CEO, this is the first year many of the officers have progressed through Noosa’s budget and are still working through the process as previously run by the former Director Corporate Services Michael Shave (who you had been dealing with previously). In future years, we will ensure we contact earlier in the year to ensure you have sufficient engagement time to assess any proposed changes. The attached brief provides a breakdown of the proposed special rates for both the Lock and Weir as well as Canal Maintenance Levies. There has been no significant change to the cost forecasts and proposed charges collected, and we have worked to moderate the impacts from the recent State Government land valuation (which is used to determine the special rate charge through a cents in the dollar charge). Our goal has been to keep most of the properties still on the minimum charge for both levies with no increase to the minimum charge next year. For the higher value properties (who are above the minimum), the goal has been to keep most in the realm of a 1% – 2% increase. Cash reserve balances still remain stable under this approach. To ensure we have your feedback on these charges incorporated into the final budget adopted by Council, can you please advise any concerns by next Friday 23 June. I recognise that there are elements of complexity to Council’s rating process, and am more than happy to meet with NWRA representatives and discuss in detail at any stage next week to discuss. Once again, thank you for your patience. Kind regards Trent Grauf Acting Director Corporate Services | Noosa Council
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