{"id":39416,"date":"2021-06-07T10:43:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T23:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=39416"},"modified":"2021-06-07T10:43:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T23:43:51","slug":"city-not-far-from-adopting-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/city-not-far-from-adopting-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"City not far from adopting budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s budget time in council. A month away from adopting our final four-year strategic budget, it\u2019s been a tough and time-consuming process.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

City staff have done a tremendous job providing information, advice and options, but ultimately it is council that will sign off on the budget.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As you might expect in a healthy democracy, councillors don\u2019t always agree on everything. The city\u2019s four wards\u00a0have diverse needs and populations. Eleven councillors represent these communities, each with their own values and perspectives. However, we can agree it\u2019s challenging to get budgets right.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The city is the second largest council in Victoria by population,\u00a0and we are the fastest growing regional municipality in Australia. The bulk of our operational budget goes towards delivering high quality services for the community, such as maternal and child health, early learning, aged care, libraries, environmental conservation and maintenance, and waste management. Our capital budget goes towards ensuring infrastructure our community\u2019s infrastructure needs are met, such as roads, footpaths, playgrounds, community hubs and sporting facilities. We must maintain and renew existing services and infrastructure, and meet the needs of growth areas.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We fund an extensive grants program for the community to support programs, events, equipment purchases, and infrastructure planning and delivery. By having competitive grants at arm\u2019s length from council, access to funding is fairer and more transparent (rather than being at the whim of councillors), however it requires community groups to be able to submit quality grant applications, which can be hard for smaller volunteer run initiatives. We review the process annually to try to make it easier, but there is always room for improvement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Local governments are also being required to provide more and more for their communities, due to decisions of other levels of government, and rising\u00a0community expectations. For example, the royal commissions into aged care and mental health will have implications for councils. The climate emergency requires councils to provide leadership on tackling carbon emissions, as well as preparing their communities for the impacts of climate change. Many local governments are taking a more active role in addressing the social housing and housing affordability crisis. Councils these days are much more than roads, rates and rubbish.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My fellow Brownbill Ward councillors and I were out doing listening posts last weekend and had great conversations with community members keen to provide their views on the budget. This week we also received the written submissions from the community about our budget following our community engagement period (more than double last year\u2019s submissions). For every bit of positive feedback, we got many times the number of requests for more funding for various issues and projects. By and large these requests have been very reasonable, and it\u00a0can be difficult to explain why they didn\u2019t make the cut, other than to say there isn\u2019t more money in the pot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As it stands, council will be borrowing substantially for our capital projects, and going into significant deficit to fund our operations and initiatives. Some of this is due to the impact of COVID on council operations, and our support packages to assist the community through this difficult time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Councils have limited revenue streams. Most is derived from rates, and the amount raised through rates\u00a0is tightly regulated by state government legislation. While it\u2019s common for councillors to hear grumbles about rates (and other taxes), paying rates is all about contributing to the common good. Residents and businesses alike benefit from good local infrastructure and services. But for some, rates and charges can create financial stress, so we have developed hardship policies to try to support them (people shouldn\u2019t hesitate to ask for assistance if they need it).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve looked for efficiencies wherever we\u00a0can, and we\u2019ve also sought feedback from the community about where the city could save money (and implemented around $500,000 of savings they identified).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of the day it\u2019s a balancing act. The demands for council funding always exceed what is available, and we need to ensure we can deliver the services and infrastructure our community needs not just today, but well into the future. While this year we are setting a four-year strategic budget, every year it will be reviewed and no doubt adjusted. A\u00a0councillor\u2019s role is to give voice to the community in that decision-making process, so if you have feedback or ideas for council, reach out and let us know \u2013 I can be contacted at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>smansfield@geelongcity.vic.gov.au<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Remember, there is always next year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cr Sarah Mansfield,<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Brownbill Ward<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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