We’re inviting community members to review and make submissions on our draft budget 2024/25.

The suite of budget documents includes:

• Draft Budget 2024/25
• Draft Operating Income and Expense by Service Plan
• Draft 10-Year Financial Plan
• Draft Revenue and Rating Plan
• Draft Council Plan 2021-2025 – Year 4 review
• Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan

These documents detail how Council will invest its resources to deliver the services, infrastructure and support our community needs.

In preparing the draft budget, Council has taken into consideration priorities identified by the community during the pre-budget engagement phase as well as actions included in the Council Plan 2021-2025 and other key strategies and plans. You can read a summary of the engagement findings under the documents section.

The budget includes funds to ensure the ongoing delivery of essential services, such as roads, footpaths, drainage and building maintenance, rubbish and recycling collections, cycle paths, parks and gardens, maternal and child health, libraries and swimming pools just to name a few.

The community now has 21 days to review the documents and if compelled, to make a formal submission. Details on how to do this are located further down this page.

Budget overview

Make a submission

Submissions have now closed. Thank you to everyone that took the time to share their feedback.

Council will consider all submissions at the Ordinary Meeting of Council on Tuesday 25 June, 2024.

**Please note that Council will no longer hear from submitters in person.