COUNCIL DA LEVIES & ACCOUNTS NOTES

Mon 15 Dec 2008						REF:AEAYLFN1

TO:	Residents				cc	Interested Parties

Dear All - whilst we have not received a response from our local Council
we have received some very interesting responses with regard to
the different DA Levies and Council Accounting Notes.

It appears that Councils are acting as Agents and would be considered
as "An Authorised Deposit-taking Institution [ADI]"

This is one response

> Hi Peter
> 
> Response from our Finance Department
> 
> 1	Long Service Levies from DA Applications
> 
> Long Service Levies are collected on behalf of the State Government. 
> 
> We are an agent collecting the LSL levies on behalf of the Long 
> Service Levy Corporation so the fees are not retained by the Council.
> 
> 2	Security Deposits
> 
> Security Deposits are held in the Council's Trust Accounts. 
> 
> They appear in note xx of the financial statement.
> 
> 3	S94 Contributions
> 
> Unspent S94 Contributions are restricted and invested with the  
> normal term investments (such as term deposits). 
> 
> They appear in note xx of the financial statement.
> 
> xxxxxxxxx   
> Personal Assistant to the General Manager / Mayor & 
> Councillors

In addition we have received some interesting information on the 
Accounting Notes for a number of Councils including


Mosman Council

A	INCOME STATEMENT
				2008		2007
				$ '000		$ '000

Income - major amounts
Rates				$ 17,615	$ 16,216
User Charges			$  5,750	$  4,890
Other Revenue			$ 12,167	$  3,715

Expenses - major amounts
Employee Costs			$ 12,081	$ 11,598
Materials			$  9,169	$  8,815
Depreciation			$  3,451	$  3,422
Other Expenses			$  4,951	$  4,289

Profit 				$   9,568	$     918	

B	BALANCE SHEET

				2008		2007
				$ '000		$ '000

Property & Plant		$ 497,438	$ 397,609

Special Schedule No 1
				$ '000
Governance			$ 1,050
Administration			$ 5,706


WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHER COUNCILS

				Mosman	Manly	Warringah Nth Syd
				$ '000	$ '000	$ '000	  $ '000

Governance Fees			1,050	 2,740	  3,997	    1,333

Administration			5,706	10,862	 48,006	   10,667

NEXT STEPS

You may want to check your Council's Accounts on your local
websites

The documents should be under "Council/Publications"

We would be interested in other feedback on
"Special Schedule No 1 - Net Cost of Services"

Regards

Yours sincerely		


Stephen GOULD	Peter AXTENS  LLB	Michael CLEAR
Hon Secretary	Hon Compliance Officer	Sponsor
KIDS SAFE-AT-SPORT NETWORK

E:	stephen.gould@ksas-au.net
M:	0416-009-468
Att	A	Draft analysis DAs 2008/11/18

The Question submitted on 17 Jul 2008 "Request details how
Entrepreneurial Income $ 3,264,540 derived".

The Question submitted on 07 Jul 2008 "Request details how
Waste Management Income $ 4,131,321 derived".

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