Our friendly staff look forward to assisting with your enquiry.
We deliver a wide range of services across a large rural shire, including libraries, emergency management, roads, waste and recycling, sport and recreation, health, and local laws. By taking part in this activity, you’re helping us understand which services matter most to you and your community.
Your feedback is key to our budget planning. It allows us to consider what resources are needed to provide the services that have the greatest impact on our community.
Your input will provide valuable information to guide us in making decisions that help us continue to provide high-quality services across East Gippsland.
We look forward to receiving your feedback through the 'Fund It' tool as the first stage of our 2025/26 Draft Budget community engagement
Friday 31 January 2025 to Friday 21 February 2025: Fund It - community engagement
Have your say on the services that are important to you, using the Fund It tool.
March 2025: Fund It - feedback considered by Councillors
Councillors will consider all feedback provided to inform the development of the Draft Budget 2025/26.
May 2025: Strategic Documents - community engagement
Have your say on of the strategic documents:
May-June 2025: Strategic Documents - feedback considered by Councillors
Councillors will consider all feedback provided by the community to inform finalising the strategic documents.
Tuesday 24 June 2025 - Council Meeting
Council Meeting to adopt:
2024/25 Budget
Our Budget 2024-25 resources the final year of the Council Plan 2021-25.
It is a budget guided by Council’s vision that East Gippsland will be an inclusive and innovative community that values our natural environment, puts community at the centre of Council decision making and creates the conditions in which the community can thrive.
Council adopted the budget at the 25 June 2024 Council Meeting.
The newly adopted budget funds the final year of the Council Plan 2021-25, which is driven by a vision of an inclusive and innovative East Gippsland. It prioritises the natural environment, community-centred decision-making, and conditions conducive to a thriving and prosperous region.
In developing the budget, Council said it recognised that cost-of-living pressures are impacting many.
It therefore developed a disciplined budget that keeps rates at 2.75 per cent, which is below forecast inflation, balancing community aspirations for more of some services and delivering on our legislative obligations while keeping the financial impact on community as low as possible.
The budget includes an 11-page summary at the front of the document to give readers a snapshot of the budget.
It also explains how the budget was compiled, and what Council considered in its decision making.
We have put together a 2023-24 budget information sheet. This outlines the main changes to fees and charges.
Our Services guide
A snapshot of the services and programs delivered by Council.
Council is required to develop, adopt and keep in force a Financial Plan in accordance with its deliberative engagement practices.
The Financial Plan covers at least the next 10 financial years.
The 10-Year Financial Plan was adopted by Council at the 25 June 2024 Council Meeting.
Council prepares and adopts a Revenue and Rating Plan by the next 30 June after a general election for a period of at least the next four financial years.
The Four-Year Revenue and Rating Plan includes information regarding rating legislation and principles together with information on Council’s current rating differentials, service charges and other administrative rating matters.
The Plan also includes information on:
The Plan supports the 10-Year Financial Plan and the Annual Budget.
The Plan was adopted at the 25 June 2024 Council Meeting.