Budget submissions closing

BUDGET PLAN: For the upcoming financial year council state the focus of the budget plan includes construction of council's new service centre, the reconstruction of Tower Road Penola, and investment and extension of services on council's road network.

Community feedback for Wattle Range Council’s 2024/25 draft annual business plan closes this Friday at 5pm.

Written submissions marked ‘2024/2025 draft annual business plan’ can be hand-delivered to any of council’s offices, posted to PO Box 27, Millicent SA 5280, or emailed to council@wattlerange.sa.gov.au

To partly fund planned strategies, projects and capital expenditure council is proposing to increase general rates by 6.3 per cent plus growth (0.32 per cent) from new rateable assessments.

Council is seeking to deliver an operational budget of $36.07 million and a capital expenditure budget of $8.85 million

$6.87 million has been allocated for the renewal of a wide range of existing facilities and infrastructure and $1.98 million for the upgrade and acquisition of new assets.

A full list of capital projects listed in the draft plan is available from www.engage.wattlerange.sa.gov.au/annual-business-plan-budget.

Community feedback received will be considered and a final plan presented to the council for adoption at a special meeting to be held on Tuesday, July 2, 2024.