Proposed 2024/25 Annual Budget

Moorabool Shire Council has seen significant growth in recent years and our capital program has been developed to meet community infrastructure needs now and into the future. The proposed Capital Improvement Program for 2024/25 is $46.48 million (includes $24.463 million in works carried forward from 2022/23). Of this total, $22.022 million relates to new works, $17.080 million relates to the renewal of assets, and $2.287 million is for the upgrade of assets. Some of the key projects proposed as part of the 2024/25 Capital Program include:

• Yendon No. 2 Road, Yendon - Reconstruction ($2.450 million)
• Reseal Program ($2.165 million)
• Woolpack Road, Bacchus Marsh - Bridge replacement ($1.500 million)
• Ballan-Meredith Road, Ballan - Resheet/Reseal ($1.099 million)
• Bacchus Marsh Bowls Club Pavilion & Bowling Green ($0.730 million)
• Ballan Library Facility ($0.975 million)
• Ingliston Road, Ingliston ($0.934 million)
• Clarendon-Lal Lal Road, Lal Lal ($0.750 million)
• Doyles Road, Elaine - Gravel road resheet ($0.688 million)
• Ballan-Meredith Road, Fiskville - Shoulder renewal ($0.580 million)
• Clarendon Lal Lal Road, Lal Lal - Path renewal ($0.550 million)
• Lyndhurst Street, Gordon - Gravel road resheet and seal ($0.234 million)
• Madderns Road, Clarkes Hill - Shoulder renewal ($0.125 million)

For the 2024/25 annual budget, rate increases have been capped at 2.75% in line with the Victorian Government’s Fair Go Rates System.

The Waste Management Service Charge will decrease from $120.00 to $118.00, and the overall Waste Collection Charge will decrease from $258.00 to $256.00. The State Landfill Levy will decrease from $69.00 to $65.00, and the optional Kerbside Green Waste service will decrease from $101.00 to $95.00 for 2024/25.