The Administration staff start to prepare the budget each April and if you have an item that you would like Council to consider funding, it is highly advisable that you contact Council prior to the June Ordinary Meeting. If you miss this meeting, it is probable that your item will not get an allocation of funding from Council.

Council’s  Budget includes more than $4m of income and expenditure. Council adopts the budget in early July each year.

As the Budget is a very lengthy document, we are unable to provide a detailed breakdown on the pages. We can however provide a brief rundown of the major projects funded and any further queries should be addressed to either the CEO, Julian Murphy or the Deputy CEO, Miss Taryn Dayman.

The important projects funded in the 2008/09 Budget include:

• Council will progress with the Granite Rise Subdivision at a cost over $1.3M. This will be funded by loan and reserve funds.
• Budget $100,000 for staff house completion.
• $128,900 for the Corrigin Transfer Waste Station and Bulk Bin purchases.
• $200,000 in Blackspot funding will be used to widen sections of Rabbit Proof Fence Road.
• Council continues with its plans for the upgrade of the park on the corner of Gayfer St & Centenary Ave - another $28,000 has been allocated to the project. We also have allocated $20,000 for a shade structure at Miss B's Park.
• $29,950 has been allocated to construct a toilet at the Corrigin Cemetery if matching funding can be sourced.
• Completion of Courboules Crescent Subdivision will cost $200,000.
• Committed $40,000 as a contribution to the proposed new Senior Units.
• $10,000 allocated to LEMC for an alternative power source generator to be purchased which can be used in emergencies.
• Corrigin Town Hall is scheduled for an upgrade of the bar area at a cost of $10,000. Council has also been successful in an application for funding from Lotterywest totaling $19,110 towards Conservation works at the hall.