Request for Capital Budget Transparency

Principal Petitioner: John Crommelin

Closing Date: 4:30pm, 7 May 2024

At 10 signatures, this petition will be considered properly made.

Petition Request:

We, the undersigned, request that, commencing with its 2024/25 Budget, Council include in its published annual budgets detailed information about planned capital expenditure. We request that the following information be included in the Council’s published Annual Budget documents: a. Description of each discrete capital works project (e.g. upgrade to William Ross Park playground) or capital program (e.g. acquisition of motor vehicles); and b. Amount of anticipated capital expenditure on each project or program for each financial year over the ten-year forecast period; and c. Election division(s) which will benefit from each project or program, unless the whole of Redland City will benefit. Other southeast Queensland local councils (including Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Ipswich and Scenic Rim) provide detailed capital expenditure information in their annual budgets.