Council
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Combined rates and charges up more than 8%
THE Scenic Rim Regional Council has voted to increase its revenue from rates by 7.9%. Adding to Council’s annual take from ratepayers, is a 10…
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Counselling service for Council employees
Council will again engage Lavender House to run an employee assistance program. The program is offered to employees and their immediate family members for free,…
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Water and sewerage bills set to rise by 5.2 percent
SCENIC Rim residents on town water and sewerage schemes can expect a 5.2 percent price hike on their next bill from Urban Utilities. The pricing…
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No tender needed
COUNCIL officers have asked Scenic Rim councillors to ‘give the tick of approval’ to spending more than $728,000 in the next financial year on a…
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McConnell re-appointed Deputy Mayor
COUNCILLOR Jeff McConnell has been re-appointed Deputy Mayor for the second year after the only other contender for the job declined to accept the nomination.…
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Council forecasts $58M capital works carryover
$73M capital projects promised to be completed by end of June MORE than $58 million in capital works projects are expected to be carried over…
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Council moots a 7.9 per cent rates hike
A 7.9 PERCENT increase in rates and the community infrastructure charge is being pitched in a draft Budget released by the Scenic Rim Regional Council. And the waste charge is expected to…
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More grant money secured for Teviotville Road works
THE Scenic Rim Regional Council has won ‘Betterment’ funding to upgrade parts of Teviotville Road while repairing flood damage. And it is expected that the…
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Bridges on a recurring theme
KENGOON Bridge outside Kalbar and Hinchcliffe Bridge at Kooralbyn are the two major bridge projects listed in the draft 2023 – 2024 Council Budget. The…
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Council puts a halt on new borrowings
THE draft Budget released by the Scenic Rim Regional Council showed a sharp halt on taking out any loans. In the current financial year, Council…
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SCENIC RIM REGIONAL COUNCIL DRAFT BUDGET 2023 – 2024
ACCORDING to the 2023 – 2024 draft Budget released by the Scenic Rim Regional Council this month for public comment: • $100,000 will be allocated…
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Financial outlook for council downgraded
QUEENSLAND Treasury Corporation has questioned the financial outlook for Scenic Rim Regional Council over the purchase of a Tamborine Mountain winery for the Gallery Walk…
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