2025/2026 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 2025/2026 Proposed Budget include:

• Continuation of support for key services Gannawarra Shire residents rely on.
• A $17.256 million investment in capital works.
• Investment in road safety projects, made possible thanks to the Transport Accident Commission’s Safe Local Roads and Street Program
• Efforts to reduce the risks associated with future riverine and stormwater flood events, including flood betterment works, Stage 1 of the Koondrook Levee, and stormwater network and town pump renewals.
• The rejuvenation of the Gannawarra’s towns, including Stage 2 of the Cohuna Waterfront Development and the establishment of the Koondrook Local Development Strategy.
• The development of details plans for the redevelopment of swimming pools at Cohuna and Kerang.
• The completion of The Glasshouse @ The Gannawarra.
• Funding for the maintenance of roads, bridges and footpaths.

The 2025/2026 Proposed Budget also complies with the State Government’s Fair Go Rates System, which states that the total revenue raised through municipal rates cannot increase by more than 3.00 per cent compared to the previous year.

Residents can have their say on the 2025/2026 Proposed Budget in the following ways:

• Completing a Have Your Say form, which is located below or from Council’s Customer Service Centres at Cohuna and Kerang.
• Emailing council@gsc.vic.gov.au 
• Sending a letter to Gannawarra Shire Council, PO Box 287, Kerang VIC 3579.

• By phoning Council on (03) 5450 9333.

All feedback received will assist with the development of the 2025/2026 Gannawarra Shire Council Budget, which will be presented at the June 2024 Meeting of Council, to be held on Wednesday, 18 June 2025.