The Draft Council Budget 2022-26 is now available to view and feedback is open until Sunday 22 May. We are delighted to be including 6 community initiatives in this budget. Thanks to the submitters and everyone who participated in this project.

The initiatives we received

In the first round of our engagement, we received an impressive number of community submissions. We thank the community for the time and effort they put into this process.

We now have 32 projects, initiatives, or programs that Council could include as part of the 2022-23 Budget.

The voting we received

In the second round of our engagement, we received votes from 1,412 people in the community. Each person had 3 votes to allocate which means that 4,237 votes were received in total.

The outcome

Although $250,000 was initially available for this process $462,500 worth of ideas were selected for inclusion in the draft budget.

The ideas included in the 2022-2026 draft Budget are:

• Harold Stevens Athletics Track Fences $150,000;
• Merri Creek Trail: Seating Installation Blitz (25 seats) $87,500;
• Hadfield Sporting Club Scoreboard $85,000;
• Community Access to a Commercial Kitchen $70,000;
• Extending the Youth Holistic Outreach Program (YHOP) $60,000; and
• Northside Renters Rights Info Nights $10,000.