Key Features $47.3 million to deliver more than 70 services to the Golden Plains community $18.2 million investment in capital works $2.2 million for active ageing and inclusion services $1 million for resealing local roads $700,000 for gravel re-sheeting of local roads $700,000 for improvements to local roads $250,000 for kerb and channel projects $50,000 to continue the COVID-19 Financial Hardship Policy $50,000 to deliver a COVID-19 recovery program
What’s New The Rates Cap: 1.5% in 2021-2022, down from 2% rates cap in 2020-2021 Municipal Charge: $310.60 per household in 2021-2022, increase of $4.60 (1.5%) from 2020-2021 Waste Management Charge: $379 per household in 2021-2022. The additional funds will be allocated as follows: $20 per household for the State Government Waste Levy Increase (deferred from 2020/21 due to COVID pandemic); $10 per household for increase in recycling costs; and $14 per household for landfill rehabilitation of the former Rokewood and former Teesdale landfill sites. To read the Council Budget 2021/22, and see the full list of changes following the recent consultation period, visit goldenplains.vic.gov.au/budget, or view a copy at Council’s Customer Service Centres.