Budget 2007/08
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OBJECTIVES AND HIGHLIGHTS for 2007/2008
OBJECTIVES for 2007/2008
• To improve services and amenities in an economically sustainable fashion through a strategic approach and in accordance with community expectations.
• Development of a works program that enhances the safety and convenience of the community.
• Completion of all capital works by the 30 June of each year.
• Improve administration systems with cost effective technology.
• Continue to increase the productivity of the plant fleet.
HIGHLIGHTS for 2007/2008
Rating
Council’s funding is drawn from many sources. One of these sources is rates. There are two main methods of rating; Gross Rental Value (GRV) and Unimproved Value (UV). Each rate notice carries on it both the method of rating for your property and its estimated value.
GRV is the method applied to most householders in our townsites. The State’s Valuer General provides council with an estimate of the annual rental value of each individual property. This estimate is reviewed every five years. Council then charges a ‘rate” which is a number of cents for every dollar in the gross rental value of your property.
Our Shire’s GRV’s were last reviewed in 2002/03 and the next review will occur in 2007/08 and applied in 2008/09.
As GRV valuations move only every five years, it is necessary for council to slightly increase the rate charged per dollar to both keep pace with inflation and meet the increasing demands on your Council to provide services.
In order to fund its program for this year Council has authorised a modest increase in the rates paid by GRV property owners from 9.4377 cents per dollar to 9.9095 cents per dollar.
Unimproved Valuation (UV) is the method most commonly used to value rural properties, including large farms as well as most rural residential properties.
The Valuer General provides Council with an estimate of each properties value in an “unimproved” condition. These values are subject to ongoing review and new valuations are available to Council every year.
This year there has been an increase in the overall Unimproved Values for the Shire. These increases are not uniform and some property owners have had the misfortune to see their asset fall in value whilst others have enjoyed a tremendous increase.
The general rise in Unimproved Valuations has meant that Council does not have to raise the “rate in the dollar” charged. The rate for 2007/08 will remain at 2006/07 levels of 0.7813 of a cent per dollar of Unimproved Valuation (UV).
Strategic Plan
Council developed its Strategic Plan during 2007 with the intent of focusing and prioritising the Shire’s resources to achieve key objectives as listed in the Plan.
The Strategic Plan is a ‘living’ document that is to be reviewed and amended on an annual basis to reflect the Shire’s priorities.
Several items requiring funding have been included in the 2007/08 budget and are listed in this document.
Projects for 2007/08:
Housing
• Construction of a transportable house in Dandaragan - $153,747
Recreation and Culture
• Replacement of Playground Equipment in Cervantes - $108,475 and Dandaragan - $60,004
• Development of a Picnic Park at Badgingarra - $100,000, Street Beautification at Jurien Bay - $32,510, Streetscaping on Aragon Street, Cervantes - $40,000
• Replacement of Television Equipment at Cervantes - $20,400, Badgingarra - $23,400 and Jurien Bay $55,000.
• Provision of $50,000 to the Cervantes Bowling Club through Councils Recreation Plan for the purchase and installation of a Synthetic Bowling Green
• The raising of a Specified Area Rate for Jurien Bay townsite residents for initial design concept plans and costings for the construction of a new Jetty.
Health
• Contribution of $50,000 towards the after hours callout of the Doctors in Jurien Bay with the Shire of Coorow contributing $12,500.
• Provision of an emergency bed at the Cervantes Health Centre - $3,760
Transport
• Reconstruct and Reseal North West Road - $118,656
• Sealing sections of Watheroo Road - $149,808
• Commencement of enhancement to Dandaragan townsites main street - $195,240
• Realign curve, Rowes Road - $173,513
• Rural Reseals - $293,690
• Urban Reseals - $100,063
• Urban Construction - $557,964 including the commencement of Aragon Street Development in Cervantes
• Gravel resheeting of various roads throughout the Shire including Yerammullah, Mimegarra, Kayanaba, Yandan, Wolba, Woodbine, - $503,525
• Subsoil drainage, Dandaragan Road and Oval - $27,675
• Jurien Bay Depot Office Extensions - $36,000
Plant Purchases – Major Items
• Septic Truck - $162,838
• Road Construction Truck - $163,969
• Grader - $360,000
• Loader - $250,000
• Fuel Truck - $75,000
• Parks & Gardens Truck - $75,000
Tourism
• Continued contribution of $57,000 to the Pinnacles Country Promotion Committee towards the promotion of tourism in the Shire.
• $10,000 contribution to a Central Coast Tourism Planning Strategy costing $136,182
• Site works for an Information Bay in the Dandaragan Townsite
Footpaths/Walkways
• Connection of asphalt sections of Turquoise Way from Dobbyn Park to Island Point , Jurien Bay - $200,338
• Seville Street to Thirsty Point, Cervantes - $15,200
• Bashford Street between Hastings Street and Seaward Drive, Jurien Bay - $26,000
• Various Foreshore Walkways, Cervantes - $58,320
Waste Management
• Annual maintenance of all four sites in the Shire - $403,557
• Rehabilitate Badgingarra Refuse Site - $20,400
• Survey and Operational Review of Jurien Bay Refuse Site - $25,000
C. Strugnell
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
July 2007
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