ALPINE Shire Council's draft 2025/26 budget is proposing a three percent overall rate increase with a total operating expenditure of $36.6m and a total capital works expenditure of $8.4m.
The draft budget, which was to be discussed at Tuesday night's council meeting and go out for public release today, projects total income of $35.3m, which is a big drop from 2024/25 income of $49.5m, largely due t...