Sustainability Levy

The Sustainability Levy is a special rate variation (levy) of 6% utilised specifically for sustainability projects from Council’s Sustainability Action Plan. Each year levy projects are funded under the themes of Environment, Community and Liveability.

Sustainability Levy Projects 2023/24

Environment Budget Backyard Habitat Program $46,082 Bird and Rodent Control $22,000 Bush Friends $48,004 Bush Kids $52,866 Coastal Management Program $16,000 Feral Animal Control $8,550 Lane Cove Goes Circular $3,200 Lovetts Reserve Biodiversity Protection $25,000 On the Verge $16,500 Powerful Owl Project Support $8,000 Recycled Street Banners $11,500 Rope Access Noxious Weed Control $19,500 Saltmarsh Restoration $10,000 Streamwatch Program & National Waterbug Blitz $500 Sustainability Reporting $20,000 Urban Rewilding Linkage Project Contribution $5,000 Ventemans Reach Contaminated Sites $50,000 Volunteer Bushcare Program - materials $17,800 Warraroon Reserve Insect Survey $5,000 Warraroon Wetlands Restoration - Stage 6 $6,100 Woodford Bay Erosion Control $40,000 Total $431,602 Community Budget Climate Resilience Events and Communications $12,000 Community Wellbeing Survey $17,000 Every Child a Bushland Experience $5,000 Greener Apartments $12,000 HarbourCare $15,000 Installing Solar with Confidence $10,000 Love Where You Live $20,000 Native Garden/Disability Support Program $14,200 Recycling Station $20,000 Resilient Sydney Membership $11,000 Skate Park Upcycled Sculpture $25,000 Solar for Business $10,000 Sustainable Building Advisory Service $8,000 Sustainability Communication $15,735 Sustainability Events $6,000 Sustainability Lane $24,000 Village Graffiti Reduction Program $35,000 Villages Public Art Program $79,600 Total $339,535 Liveability Budget Business Support $23,000 Sustainable Council Buildings $30,000 Sustainable Sport and Recreation Facility $200,000 Total $253,000      Total Budget $1,024,137