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...
A very pleasing announcement came through on Monday that the Cowra Retirement Village plans to recommission the former St Lawrence Residential Aged Care Facility in Harden. The board of the Cowra Retirement Village saw this as a fantastic opportunity to complement its...
The beautiful Hilltops village of Jugiong has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2021 Top Tourism Town Awards presented by Business NSW. Pulling in at Jugiong it‘s hard to miss the activity and atmosphere, with people spilling onto the footpath for alfresco dining,...
