2024/2025 Proposed Council Budget

A Proposed Budget is one of the key document Council produces each year. It outlines how Council will continue to provide the various services residents rely on and what capital works projects Council will invest in.

Some of the highlights of the 2024/2025 Proposed Budget include:

• Continuation of support for key services Gannawarra Shire residents rely on.
• A $22.862 million investment in capital works.
• Investment in projects that will transform liveability, recreational and tourism opportunities for residents and visitors alike. This includes construction of The Glasshouse @ The Gannawarra, Stage 2 of the Cohuna Waterfront and CBD Redevelopment, and the construction of a flood protection levee at Koondrook.
• Funding for the development of plans for the redevelopment of the Cohuna and Kerang swimming pools, based on information outlined in the Gannawarra Aquatic Strategy.
• Continued efforts to maintain roads, bridges, buildings, footpaths, kerb and gutters, and drainage.
• Efforts to repair roads and other infrastructure damaged during the 2022 floods.
• Compliance with the State Government’s Fair Go Rates System, which states that the total revenue raised through municipal rates cannot increase by more than 2.75 per cent compared to the previous year. 

To learn more about the 2024/2025 Proposed Budget, click on the video above or please click here(PDF, 2MB) to view a three-page guide that outlines these and other highlights.

Residents were able to have their say on the 2024/2025 Proposed Budget in the following ways:

• Completing a Have Your Say form.
• Emailing Council.
• Writing to Council.
• Phoning Council.