be spent on overall operating costs.
As part of the budget, the capital works program is also set to drop from $113.8m from the previous financial year to $80m this year.
a stolen Ford Ranger in the front glass doors of John Duff & Co fuel station on Station Street, Kooweerup at about 3.50am on Wednesday 10 April.
$6m hub canned
By Corey Everitt
The $6 million Cardinia Youth Hub has been scrapped, council has revealed after alleging that they discovered ‘serious structural issues’ to the partially built hub that have rendered the site a demolition job.
The troubled development that would of seen local youth services in the state-of-theart facility has faced severe delays due in largepart to the collapse of its contracted builder last year.
The council authorised an investigation into the site to prepare for a new builder, yet
the findings came back declaring severe issues with the structural integrity of the site that made the partial building dangerous and doomed it to a demolition.
The council has expressed that there are no plans for a new build and plans are still being discussed on the future of the land on
43 James Street.
Mayor Kowarzik has described the revelation as a ’shocking blow’ that has left him ’angry’ and that the council is exploring ’urgent legal advice’ on any action that ’might be warranted’.
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Shire Council’s coffers are expected to be hit hard with a worrying drop in funding from State and Federal Governments. Council projects to go
million into the red for 2024-25, in terms
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