Financially Responsible Council



Yarra Ranges Council a financially responsible Council.  Despite what you read and hear out there by people speaking untruths this council as of 10.10.12 has a debt of  950,000 dollars.  When you consider that to operate this coucil annually is about $150 million dollars, that is such a small amount of debt.  I don't know about you but I know people who have bigger mortgage's.

The Auditor General has stated that Yarra Ranges Council is in the top 5% of well run and financial sound councils.

A resident asked me about the amount of money being spent on Melba and Hookey Park.  Yarra Ranges has this money is cash obtained from Developers Open Space Contributions.  What this means is that over the years when developers have developed housing in this area they provide a dollar amount that is specifically designed so that council can use that money for residents open space such as parks, gardens, reserves foot ways etc. 

What this means is that council does not have to borrow money or obtain funding for those projects, we have the money there and being used exactly for what it was intended