by Don Palmer | Apr 30, 2018 | Budget
Everyone knows we received a $ 2.5 m grant prior to the last election for the Goodwood Oval Grandstand. This was courtesy of the previous State Government and the work of our new Badcoe Member of Parliament, Jayne Stinson. This means it was time to get serious. As a...
by Don Palmer | Apr 24, 2018 | Budget
While limiting the likely rate increase to 2.8% (including a 0.3% allowance as our best guess as to what the China rubbish crisis may inflict on us), the City of Unley 2018/19 Budget is achieving great things for our community. Council is embarking on some major...
by Don Palmer | Jun 27, 2017 | Budget, Community Plan
After the most significant contribution from our community in who knows how long Council has determined its budget for 2017/18. A win for those in our Community who contributed to the process. As I suggested in my blog post entitled “Please Stay with Us” the...
by Don Palmer | Jun 8, 2017 | Budget, Community Plan
Following on from my last blog post, there are two observations I believe warrant making in this platform. The first is welcome to our world and please stay with us. I will deal with the latter in a later blog post. With some of the observations that our ratepayers...
by Don Palmer | Jun 6, 2017 | Budget, Community Plan
Before this year I have not seen much interest from our community in setting our yearly budget. This year I can honestly say I am proud of our Community’s contribution to determining our next budget. So why am I proud of our Community’s contribution to...
by Don Palmer | May 8, 2017 | Budget, Community Plan
What do you want from Council in the next 12 months or even the next 4 years. We are asking you to help us prioritise what Council does for you in the next 12 months and beyond. The first step was for us to prepare a draft Community and Business Plan, and accompanying...
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