2026/27 Budget - Investing in Our Community

This year Council will deliver a substantial capital works program, including:

 

$6.026m – Roads, bridges, community buildings, maintenance

$1.9m – Medical Centre

$868,000 - Sport, parks and gardens

$419,000 - Swimming pool and gym

$558,000 - Waste Management

$295,000 - Fire Prevention

 

This investment will help maintain and improve the roads, facilities and infrastructure that support our community, local businesses and agricultural sector.

Rates are only 37% part of the funding picture. Council has worked to maximise other funding and revenue sources to deliver more for the community.

The Shire will also use $1.18 million in previously secured borrowings for the Evacuation Centre, with no new borrowings proposed this year. 

 

 

The cost of maintaining the Shire’s extensive road network, buildings, infrastructure and community facilities continues to increase.

Additional rate revenue helps Council maintain these assets, continue essential services and provide the local contribution needed to attract external funding for projects.

For a small community with a large asset network, maintaining what we already have is just as important as building something new.

 

 

The 2026/27 Budget is about investing locally in better roads, maintained community facilities, improved infrastructure and continued delivery of the services residents rely on.

By combining rates, grants, reserves and previously secured funding, Council can deliver a much larger program of works than could be achieved through rates alone.

Our focus is simple: invest in what our community needs, maintain what we have, and ensure Boyup Brook remains a strong and sustainable community into the future.