Annual Business Plan & Budget and Long Term Financial Plan

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Have your say on the Draft Annual Business Plan and Budget 2022-2023 and the Draft Long Term Financial Plan 2022/23-2031/32. Please provide feedback by 5 pm Friday 20 May 2022.

The rates freeze for the past two consecutive years has cumulatively saved ratepayers $2.3m in rates with no accompanying reduction in services. This was made possible by Council driving down its cost base and embedding savings and efficiencies into its budget.

Over this period, the Local Government Price Index (LGPI) has risen by 2.0 per cent, with Council’s material costs increasing by $1.3m, without a corresponding increase in rates revenue (excluding growth from subdivisions).

For Council to maintain the quality of its services to the community while balancing its budget, a rate increase of 3.5 per cent is being proposed for 2022/23, which is in line with the December 2021 LGPI Index and below Council’s expected cost of business (forecast to be 3.8 per cent).

A 3.5 per cent rate increase will ensure that Council can continue to provide more than 118 quality services to our City, undertake projects to maintain the city’s $718m in assets and deliver new community projects in the 2022/23 financial year.

2022/23 highlights of this budget include:

  • Maintaining more than 118 services.
  • 36 proposed new projects and services.
  • An Operating Surplus of $0.4m.
  • $14.4m in new and renewed capital projects for the community.

Please visit engage.burnside.sa.gov.au to continue reading and to find more information on the proposed new projects and services and the Draft Long Term Financial Plan 2022/23 – 2031/32. Both of the documents are located on engage.burnside.

Your feedback on the proposed 2022/23 Draft Annual Business Plan and Budget and the Long Term Financial Plan is welcome. Give your feedback online at engage.burnside.sa.gov.au, print and complete the survey located in ‘Related Information’ (above right) or email your feedback to [email protected]

Have your say on these two documents by 5 pm Friday 20 May 2022.

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