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Hanging a banner across Kingaroy Street has been a low-cost way for community groups to promote their event for decades, but Council is concerned about the cost to ratepayers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 29, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cost of stringing a banner across Kingaroy Street or Knight Street could quadruple from $200 to $800 if the SBRC agrees to adopt a recommendation from its Traffic Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n

At this week’s Council meeting, Councillors heard that community groups who supply banners for the Kingaroy sites currently pay a fee of around $200.<\/p>\n

But Council staff put up and take down the banners and the real cost to Council is around $800, leaving ratepayers $600 out of pocket every time a banner is changed.<\/p>\n

The motion to either put an end to banners or increase fees to a cost-recovery level was moved by Cr Damien Tessmann and seconded by Cr Deb Palmer.<\/p>\n

Mayor Wayne Kratzmann said he thought banners were an outdated way of advertising and community groups had many other options open to them these days.<\/p>\n

But Councillors Keith Campbell, Kathy Duff, Ros Heit and Barry Green disagreed.<\/p>\n

“Many community groups use these banners to promote major events that bring a lot of visitors to the area,” Cr Campbell said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I think they’re still an effective way to promote things like the Burrandowan Picnic Races, Wine and Food In The Park or other events, and we should keep this facility available.”<\/p>\n

Cr Green said he agreed.<\/p>\n

So did Cr Heit, who said that she liked the banners and didn’t want to see an end to them.<\/p>\n

But if cost was an issue she wasn’t opposed to increasing fees – if not to a full cost-recovery level, then at least to a level which trimmed back current losses.<\/p>\n

Another question that vexed the meeting was that if banners were to remain but usage fees increase, when should the price rise occur?<\/p>\n

Councillors heard that many groups have booked their banners well in advance and have already drawn up their budgets based on the current cost.<\/p>\n

It would be unfair to suddenly bring in a price rise without providing adequate advance warning.<\/p>\n

In the end, the motion to put an end to banners and\/or quadruple their current price was defeated 4 to 3.<\/p>\n

Councillors agreed to continue to look into the matter – along with possible alternatives that might be more suitable – and bring the issue back to the table at a future Council meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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