by Don Palmer | Apr 29, 2017 | Budget
Council has long had a policy of using loan funding for Capital Works and Replacement. Doing so spreads the burden of capital expenditure over current and future rates. Following on from my post introducing this years budget, if you look deeply into this years draft...
by Don Palmer | Apr 25, 2017 | Budget
Before Council settles on it’s 2017-18 Annual Business Plan and Budget we are looking for your input. At last night’s Full Council Meeting we moved and approved that: 1. The report be received. 2. The proposed list of net Operating Projects of $1.232 m be...
by Don Palmer | Jul 14, 2016 | Community Plan, rates
It has been just short of a week since the State Government 2016-17 budget was handed down. This was amid wide acclaim for bringing in a surplus that has previously escaped them. Thanks that is to councils and rate payers. While the Treasurer trumps his State...
by Don Palmer | Jun 28, 2016 | business plan, Community Plan, Community Plan
After months of work and a seemingly never ending conversation Coucnil last night approved the 2016/17 budget. In recent days that conversation became quite polarised with a small number of councillors pushing for a 2.7% increase. The change in the conversation...
by Don Palmer | Jun 23, 2016 | Community Plan, rates
Council on Monday night will consider as part of the rate budget how much loan funding we should use to fund council programs. When we as individual property owners need to improve or redevelop our property we will be faced with how to finance any such project....
by Don Palmer | Jun 22, 2016 | Community Plan, rates
Council sits on Monday night to consider our annual business plan and budget. The focus will be whether or we adopt a 2.2%, 2.7% rate increase or something else. That is the question for council. As mentioned in my last blog post Council up to now at least seems...
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