Without healthy well educated youth there can be no Hilltops growth, as such Hilltops Council places great importance on our youth. In 2020 Council received NSW State Funding for a Youth Engagement and inclusion Officer under the Stronger Country Communities Fund....
Three significant business items for Council have been the rates harmonisation, finalisation of the LEP and adoption of the 2021-2022 budget. Rates harmonisation is the process of adopting one rating structure across the three former shires. No additional money is...
In my March 2021 column I commented on the financial performance of Hilltops Council since the forced merger in 2016. In doing so I highlighted the historical trend to Operational Deficit before Contributions for Capital Works. The accumulated result of such deficits...
Hilltops Council is calling on community groups who have shovel ready projects to contact Council urgently for application assistance to the next round of the Stronger Country Communities Fund which closes on Friday 25 June. Community groups who believe they have an...
At its April meeting, Council resolved to write to the Riverina LLS (Local Land Services), State LLS, Local MPs and other affected Councils, strongly objecting to the proposed management changes affecting TSRs (travelling stock routes and reserves). It was proposed by...
