What's Happening July-August 2016

BUDGET
CAPITAL PROGRAM DELIVERS $75.54m BOOST
The City of Wanneroo’s 2016/17 budget advances Council’s commitment to delivering the infrastructure,
services and support our residents need, while continuing to keep rates as low as possible.
A $75.54m capital program is a key
feature of the budget and coupled
with a further $16.8m of works
carried forward from the previous
financial year, it adds up to a $92m
investment.
We’re a big city and getting bigger
Wanneroo is unique. We’re already
Perth’s largest growth city and one
of the fastest growing municipalities
in Australia.
Wanneroo’s population will double
in the next 20 years from 180,000
(2014) to 354,000 (2036). Every
year up to 8,000 new residents call
Wanneroo home. That’s around
150 people each week.
We must ensure we continue to
provide new and maintain existing
infrastructure to ensure residents
have access to sport, community
and recreation opportunities.
Your rates help us to build the city
we all need.
As we grow, we need to invest in
our City
Our plan for Wanneroo is a city
that offers the best of the bush
and the beach as well as housing
choice, employment, community
services, transport and recreation
without having to leave their own
community.
2016/17 Budget highlights
Waste and
Recycling $26.7m
As well as creating new facilities -
libraries, community centres and
sporting ovals, we’re mindful of
the need to maintain our existing
infrastructure - roads, bridges and
pathways.
The pace of growth at Wanneroo,
and the cost of delivering new
facilities and services in areas where
the population is still growing,
makes us very different to our
neighbours at Stirling or Joondalup.
The focus in those municipalities is
on maintaining rather than creating.
Our challenge is to do both, and
that’s what sets us apart.
We’re improving efficiency and
managing costs
Wanneroo’s rates rank amongst the
lowest per capita in Perth. This year,
residential rates will increase by an
average 3.50% which is the City’s
lowest increase in over 10 years.
It is important to recognise that as
a growth council with a significant
capital works program, there is a
need to raise rates above CPI.
This is so we can meet the needs
of our growing population, however
every effort is made to ensure these
increases are kept to a minimum
while still delivering the essential
infrastructure and services our
expanding community requires.
Community Safety and
Health $11m
We have also again included the
maximum possible rebate for
pensioners and community groups
who lease land from the City,
while improved internal processes
mean Council employee costs are
budgeted to decrease by $1.94m
from the previous year.
We’re listening to our community,
and taking action
We continue to listen to our
residents, to respond to their
feedback and to work with our
community to build a better
Wanneroo.
The three areas residents identified
in our latest community perception
survey as needing improvement -
streetscapes, traffic management
and /security safety - have all been
addressed in this year’s budget.
Focusing on liveability, the budget
includes allowances for improved
resident services including extra
Ranger patrols during the summer
months, an increase in parks
maintenance and an additional
spend on median and verge
landscaping and maintenance.
Above all, this budget continues
our commitment to working in
partnership with our community,
and Building a Future Together.
Libraries, Museum and
Heritage $10.1m
Parks, Playgrounds and
Conservation $24m
Roads, Street Lighting
and Pathways $48.3m
Community
Facilities $20.1m
Emergency
Management $1.4m
Beach
Management $3.2m
Sports
Facilities $32.4m
Figures shown are
estimates only which
represent both Operational
and Capital Works funding
from the 2016/17 Budget.
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