Bass Coast ratepayers will pay an average 2.75% more in a budget described by Mayor Clare Le Serve as ‘conservative and responsible’.
It provides for total expenditure of $103.6 million, including almost $25 million on capital works, and projects an operating surplus of $4.3 million with a small underlying deficit of $66,000.
The capital works allocation for `24-25 is down 18% on last year’s allocation as councillors opted to maintain services rather than splash out on new infrastructure.