2017-2018 Budget and rate capping
We provide over 100 different services to our community, including aged and disability services, kindergarten, school crossing supervisors, libraries, pools, community grants, economic and tourism development. We also look after more than $115m worth of assets, including 3,200kms of road. Because of the type of services and works we provide, our costs go up by more than the ‘normal’ rate of inflation each year. While nobody likes increasing rates, the reality is that with external funding continuing to decline we have no other means of raising revenue and the gap between our income and our expenses is going to continue to grow in coming years.