Orange City Council has released the 2011/12 Draft Management Plan.
The $124.8 million draft budget includes $85.3 million in operational expenditure and $39.5 million in capital expenditure. It includes a deficit in General Fund of $48,080.
The Draft Management Plan will be considered at an Extraordinary Meeting of Council from 5.30pm on Wednesday 4 May before being placed on public exhibition.
The plan is proposed to be on public exhibition and open for comment 9 May to 3 June 2011.
Submissions need to be made in writing to General Manager.
The Draft Management Plan’s key projects include:
- North Orange Bypass
- Stage 6 of the Narrambla Business Park
- A $732,550 drainage construction program
- $785,290 in Airport developments
- The tendering process for the Euchareena Road Waste Facility
- Water main and meter replacement valued at $519,480
- Sewer mains renewal of $763,700
The draft budget includes:
- General rates increase of 2.8% as recently announced by IPART
- Central Business District rate increased 2.8% as recently announced by IPART
- The residential water rate availability charge increased from $170.15 to $185.20 per assessment
- The residential sewer charge increased from $333.80 to $337.15
- The water consumption charge increased from $1.60 to $1.70 per kilolitre for the first 450KL and to $2.55 per kilolitre for the remainder
- Household kerbside garbage collection increased from $163.30 to $176.70 per year
- Household recycle charge increased from $55.00 to $56.65 per assessment
The combined impact of above increases would add $94.35 per year or $1.81 per week to an average residential household, which has an average rate and uses the average water consumption each year. This amount ($94.35) comprises – Rates $36.40, Water Availability charge $15.05, Water Usage $25.00, Household/Recycle charge $15.05 and Sewer Availability charge $3.35.
As indicated the above relates to an average household. Single households may not use any more than 80KL of water per year which would reduce the above by $17.00.
The consolidated debt service ratio for the 2009/2010 year was 7.62 per cent, the projected for 2010/2011 is 6.30 per cent and 4.09 per cent for the 2011/2012 year.
Electricity is provided at a 20 per cent increase across Council sites, this accounts for approximately $480,000 additional expenditure.
The projected net operating cost for the Aquatic Centre including the new indoor facility (before renewals and capital expenditure) is $865,670 for year 1.
The proposed entry fee of $4.00 per child/adult is consistent with average charges currently paid at various other comparable Council centres.
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ADULT
$
CHILD
$
AVERAGE
$
Orange
4.00
4.00
4.00
Bathurst
5.70
3.50
4.60
Wagga
5.50
3.50
4.50
Lismore
4.00
4.00
4.00
Tamworth
3.40
2.40
2.90
Albury
4.00
2.90
2.30
Kurri Kurri
4.25
3.65
3.95
Lakeside ACT
6.00
4.00
5.00
Under the Draft Management Plan a snapshot of the net expenditure result is:
- Library – $1.3 million or $82.59 per rate assessment
- Cook Park – $445,610 or $26.65 per rate assessment
- Customer Service – $351,440 or $21.02 per rate assessment
- Road Maintenance – $1.67 million or $100.31 per rate assessment
- Road Rehabilitation – $3.22 million or $192.96 per rate assessment
- Cemetery – $116,270 or $6.95 per rate assessment
- Lake Canobolas – $244,260 or $14.61 per rate assessment
- Tourism Development and Information – $204,250 or $12.22 per rate assessment
- Ageing and Disability Services – $75,680 or $4.53 per rate assessment
- Youth Services – $181,090 or $10.83 per rate assessment
