Brisbane City Council Budget Summary 2017-18

It is an honour for me to present this budget – my seventh as Lord Mayor of Brisbane.

This budget reflects your Council’s ongoing dedication and enthusiasm toward keeping Brisbane heading in the right direction.

Brisbane is a great place to live, work and relax – it’s a safe, vibrant, green and prosperous city, valued for its friendly and enjoyable lifestyle.

This budget continues to deliver on our city’s critical infrastructure needs and includes many new and exciting leisure and lifestyle opportunities for residents and visitors. The budget is underpinned by our five point plan as outlined last year which included:

• Continuing to take action on traffic congestion;• Delivering modern public and active transport systems;• A clean, green and sustainable city;• Building our local economy and creating new jobs for the future; and;• Increasing the leisure and lifestyle opportunities in our city.

This budget achieves the right balance between infrastructure delivery, responsible financial management, supporting small business, job creation and our lifestyle.

It is with great pride that I can announce a modest budget which I believe not only ticks all the boxes when it comes to retaining our strong credit rating but also allocates enough funds towards delivering on our promise to be the majority funder of the new Brisbane Metro.

These outcomes are critical to improving the economic prosperity of the city and ensuring we keep Brisbane on the right track.

Graham Quirk LORD MAYOR

HIGHLIGHTS

Public and Active Transport$654.7 Million

Lifestyle and Leisure$307.1 Million

Reducing Traffic Congestion$1.087 Billion

Economic Development$441.4 Million

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KEEPING BRISBANE CLEAN, GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE

Keeping Brisbane Waste Suburban Parks Maintenance

clean and green is Management and Enhancement $131.2 Million $129.4 Million all about making

our city liveable and Recycling Initiatives Drainage Maintenance sustainable for our $15.3 Million and Enhancement

children and their $94 MillionLove Food

children to follow. Hate Waste Maintaining 100% $323 Thousand Carbon Neutrality

$5.9 Million

REBATE UPDATES

• Only Council in SEQ to provide pensioner water remission

• 41,355 pensioner households/properties receive a water remissions rebate

• One of the most generous remissions schemes in Australia

$462PART PENSION

REBATE(excluding water)

increase from $451

$990FULL PENSION

REBATE(excluding water)

increase from $967

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SMOOTHER STREETS AND TACKLING TRAFFIC CONGESTION $1.087 Billion

LIFESTYLE AND LEISURE $307.1 Million

CLEAN AND GREEN $583 Million

PUBLIC TRANSPORT $654.7 Million

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND NEW JOBS $441.4 Million

CREATING NEW LIFESTYLE AND LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES

A liveable city is about more than just new jobs and better roads. More leisure options mean exciting events and vibrant local markets, with better facilities and venues for all ages to enjoy.

Libraries $69 Million

Mt Coot-tha Leisure and Adventure Precinct

$9.9 Million

River-based Leisure and Tourism Infrastructure

$4 Million

Aquatic Centres $17.6 Million

Supporting Markets and Events $22.1 Million

Community Facilities Maintenance and

Enhancement $4.7 Million

BUILDING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY WHILE CREATING NEW AND INNOVATIVE JOBS

Supporting small business and nurturing innovation means a strong economy with more jobs right across Brisbane.

Attracting Tourism and Major Events

$6.3 Million

Smart City Initiatives $1.1 Million

Open Data $386 Thousand

Expanding Free Suburban Wi-Fi $249 Thousand

Business Hotline $1.5 Million

Safer Business Precincts

$229 Thousand

World-class public transport means more buses for the suburbs, fewer cars on the road and quicker, more comfortable trips and more travel options for residents.

Public Transport Subsidy

$123.9 Million

Brisbane Metro $49.7 Million

DDA* Compliant Bus Stops and Ferry Terminals

$18.3 Million

Bikeways $28.3 Million

New CityCat $1.5 Million

Response to BCC Bus Safety Review

$1.3 Million

DELIVERING AUSTRALIA’S MOST MODERN PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT,

INCLUDING THE BRISBANE METRO

*Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA)

Major ProjectsIncluding:

Kingsford Smith Drive $223.2 Million

Wynnum Road $29.7 Million

Inner City Bypass Upgrade $9.6 Million

Telegraph Road Corridor $81.1 Million

BUILDING SMOOTHER STREETS AND CONTINUING TO TACKLE

TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Taking real action on traffic congestion, while delivering smoother suburban streets, means getting residents home quicker and safer with more travel options.

Road Resurfacing $90 Million

Wolston Creek Bridge Upgrade

$11.7 Million

Congestion Busting Projects

$5.9 Million

Progress Road Stage 4 $25.1 Million

Suburban Intersection Improvements

$18.8 Million

Integrated Parking Management $10.1 Million

NET RATE UPDATES

Average Annual 2.4% increase to net rates

(owner-occupied households)

$9.41 average quarterly increase to net rates

(owner-occupied households)

$0.72 average weekly increase to net rates

(owner-occupied households)

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