Financial blueprint locked away for 2023/24

Naracoorte Lucindale Council adopted its 2023-2024 Annual Business Plan and Budget at its final monthly meeting for the current financial year. The Annual Business Plan and Budget was adopted unchanged from the draft documents, which were released for community review and comment after a Special Council Meeting on May 9.

The budget has endorsed a progressive and diverse program of $12.97m in capital works and projects with a relatively conservative 5 per cent increase in general rate revenue of $11.66m, despite the challenging current economic climate.

It provides for the continuation of the high level of services that our community currently enjoys, as well as a suite of new projects across all areas of council’s operations.

Key priority projects from the budget include:

• Road construction, re-sheets and reseal projects ($7.69m)
• Continued upgrades and improvements at the Naracoorte Regional Livestock Exchange ($1.72m)
• Capital projects in open space areas including the Naracoorte Creek, Pioneer Park, Lucindale’s Loechel Park, the Naracoorte Cemetery, and Frances BMX track ($878,389)
• Implementation of the Naracoorte Swimming Lake Masterplan including the upgrade of the changerooms, fencing replacement, improved parking and café design ($387,828)
• Detailed design of the Naracoorte Town Centre Rejuvenation Plan ($180,000)
• Ongoing support and sponsorship for community events ($98,500) In the lead-up to the adoption of the Annual Business Plan and Budget, the draft documents were released for community comment in line with public consultation legislation and only one submission was received.
You can read through the 2023- 2024 Annual Business Plan and Budget in its entirety on council’s website at https://bit.ly/nlcbudget