DIFFERENTIAL RATES 2023-24

The Shire of Goomalling is advertising its proposal to apply differential rates for the 2023/2024 Draft Budget which is expected to deliver an overall rates increase of 5.5% across the board (yield).   The advertisement reads as follows:

 SHIRE OF GOOMALLING

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO LEVY DIFFERENTIAL RATES

 In accordance with Section 6.36 of the Local Government Act 1995, the Shire of Goomalling hereby gives notice of its intention to impose differential rates on rateable property in the Shire of Goomalling in the 2023/2024 financial year.

 Details of the proposed Rate in the Dollar and Minimum Rates for each rating category are as follows:

 A statement of the Objects and Reasons for the proposed rates and minimum payments is available for inspection here, and at the Shire Administration Building, 32 Quinlan Street, Goomalling during normal business hours.

 The Shire invites submissions in relation to the proposed differential rates and minimum payments which are to be addressed to the:

 Chief Executive Officer

Shire of Goomalling

PO Box 118

GOOMALLING  WA  6460

 Or by email to: goshire@goomalling.wa.gov.au to be received by 28th June 2022 at 10.00am.

 Once Council has considered any submissions, the Differential Rates, Minimum Payments and the 2023/24 Budget (with or without modification) will be adopted by Council. All statutory entitlements in relation to rates for pensioner and other concession holders will apply.

 PETER BENTLEY

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

FORM 4 - NOTICE PURSUANT TO SCHEDULE 6.3 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 REQUIRING PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING RATES OR SERVICE CHARGES

Activate Goomalling Grant - ROUND 3

Goomalling Community Opshop is a Shire of Goomalling Tidy Towns initiative, a not-for-profit organisation set-up to divert clothing and bric-a-brac that would otherwise be sent to landfill, to be resold at the retail shop. The Opshop then contributes it profits back to the community through donations, small grants and contributions to Council community development initiatives.

The Goomalling Community Opshop – Activate Goomalling Grants is an ongoing grant program with two rounds each year (April and September) annually to deliver profits made from the Goomalling Community Opshop back to the community.
The grant program is designed to assist not-for-profit organisations in the community through small grants for program delivery and infrastructure projects that benefit people living in the Shire of Goomalling.
The objectives of the program are:

• Enhance the wellbeing of the Goomalling Community
• Increase participation in community activities
• Support lifelong learning and skills development
• Provide opportunities for people to interact socially

ROUND 3 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Goomalling Toy Library $1700 - new education toys

Goomalling Primary P & C $900 - guided reading resources 

Goomalling Gumnuts $1000 - softfall replacement

Goomalling Aboriginal Corporation $600 - NAIDOC Week event