At a Glance - 2011/12 Townsville City Budget
Budget Highlights
General Rates
- 1.98% average increase in general rates over all owner-occupied residential properties
- General rates on a typical property with an average valuation of $147,000 will increase from $1,439.92 to $1,477.35 or 72 cents a week
Utilities
- Residential Sewerage $637 to $669 (nett increase of 5%)
- Refuse/recycling $196 to $197 (increase of $1 or half percent)
Residential water (choice of):
- Standard Plan fixed charge $650 water allocation of 772kl. Excess water charge of $2.49 per kl above 772kl
- Water Watcher - Service charge $296. Price per kl $1.18 for all consumption
$199 million capital works budget
- $57m water and sewerage (water $26.2m, sewerage $30.8m)
- $44.5m roads, road safety plus $50m NDRRA repairs
$5.3m drainage
$42m parks maintenance
$3.2m environmental programs
Download the full budget document. (2MB)
Download the revised 2011/2012 budget document
Mayor's Budget Speech
Mayor's 2011/12 Budget Speech Part 1
Mayor's 2011/12 Budget Speech Part 2
Transcript of the Mayor's 2011/12 Budget speech.
Media Releases
Download the full suite of media releases for the 2011/12 Budget.