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That: A.
1. The
expenses, revenues, capital expenditure, and plant and equipment expenditure
detailed in the document ‘City of Hobart, Budget Estimates, for the
2018-19 Financial Year’, marked as Attachment A to item 6.1 of the Open
Finance and Governance Committee agenda of 13 June 2018, be approved.
2. New
borrowings of up to $20M be approved for infrastructure.
3. The
Council delegate to the General Manager the power to enter into loan
agreements to source the above borrowings on the most favourable terms.
4. The
General Rate be 8.16 cents in the dollar of assessed annual value (AAV).
5. The
following Service Rates be made:
(i) A
Stormwater Removal Service Rate of 0.47 cents in the dollar of AAV; and
(ii) A
Fire Service Rate of 1.35 cents in the dollar of AAV.
6. A
Waste Management Service Charge be made and varied according to the use or
predominant use of land as follows:
(i) A
Service charge of $250 to apply to residential properties;
(ii) A
Service charge of $500 to apply to non-residential properties;
7. A
Waste Management Service Charge of $50 be made for kerbside green waste
collection for all rateable land within the municipal area to which Council
supplies or makes available a green waste collection service utilising a
green waste collection bin.
8. A
Landfill Rehabilitation Service Charge be made and varied according to the
use or predominant use of land as follows:
(i) A
Service charge of $10 to apply to residential properties;
(ii) A
Service charge of $20 to apply to non-residential properties.
9. The
rates be subject to the following remissions:
(i) A
remission of 1.0 cents in the dollar on the AAV of any land or building which
is within the Fern Tree Volunteer Brigade Rating District, as defined by the
State Fire Commission.
(ii) A
remission of 1.05 cents in the dollar on the AAV of any land or building
which is within areas other than Permanent Brigade Rating Districts or the
Fern Tree Volunteer Brigade Rating District as defined by the State Fire
Commission.
10. Unspent
2017-18 capital funding be carried-forward into 2018-19, with any
necessary adjustments to be made in the September 2018 quarter financial
report to Council.
11. The
interest rate on unpaid rates be 8.81% per annum, charged monthly.
12. The
2018-19 Annual Plan marked as Attachment B to item 6.1 of the Open Finance
and Governance Committee agenda of 13 June 2018, be adopted .
13. The
Long Term Financial Management plan 2019-39 marked as Attachment C to item
6.1 of the Open Finance and Governance Committee agenda of 13 June 2018, be
adopted.
14. The
following delegations be approved:
(i) Pursuant
to Section 22 of the Local Government Act 1993, the Council delegate to the
General Manager the power to expend monies on Council’s behalf
identified as Delegation Classification 1 items in the Council’s Annual
Plan; and, the Council authorise the General Manager to delegate, pursuant
Section 64 of the Local Government Act 1993, to such employees of the Council
as he considers appropriate, the power to expend monies on Council’s
behalf which are identified as Delegation Classification 1 items in the
Council’s Annual Plan.
(ii) Pursuant
to Section 22 of the Local Government Act 1993, the Council delegate to all
Council Committees the power to expend monies on Council’s behalf which
are identified as Delegation Classification 2 items in the Council’s
Annual Plan.
B. The
Council approve an increase of $80,000 in the Community Development Planning
and Coordination budget allocation in the 2018-19 draft Annual Plan as
detailed below:
· Creative
Hobart Medium Grants - $30,000
· Small
Community Grants - $10,000
· Event
Grants - $40,000.
and the
budgeted surplus for 2018/19 be reduced to reflect the increase.
C. The proposed draft budget for 2018/19 for The Taste of Tasmania (including
Kids in the Park and New Year’s Eve) not be increased by $400,000 to
$1.6 million.
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