Each year, the Borough of Queenscliffe creates a budget that determines what projects and services to invest in throughout the financial year. Guided by the Council plan, it outlines where our money will go and what it will do. The budget outlines the resources needed to deliver the wide range of services Council provides to the community over the coming year.

Council manages several projects and services in our community, but to keep things simple, we're going to talk about all these projects in just seven categories. The Borough of Queenscliffe uses its budget to fund the following:

1. Capital works

This includes new construction projects, like the Queenscliffe Hub or major road improvements.

2. Assets, facilities and public spaces

This category includes a lot of maintenance, like keeping community halls in good shape, or putting mulch in playgrounds.

3. Environment and waste

Like rubbish collection, weed management and coastal protection.

4. Statutory planning and local laws

This section funds Council's statutory planning activities, including heritage protection and local laws.

5. Arts and libraries

This funds arts grants, library staff and festival activities.

6. Tourism and business support

Including business workshops, caravan parks and advertising.

7. Aged and family services

This is where we fund our community carers and immunisation program.

Below is a breakdown of how the previous years budget was allocated.

Like many other Councils across Victoria, we are facing increased costs in all areas, including those such as construction materials, fuel and external services.

We know many people rely on the services, facilities and support Council offers. The cost of delivering these services and facilities is unfortunately rising faster than the income from rates, fees and grants.

With that in mind, we have developed some quick and easy to use tools to capture what our community believes our priorities should be over the next financial year.

How you can participate:

We've created two different ways to capture feedback - you can share what you think our priorities should be or where you think we should focus on by using the tools below, or if you have a specific idea you would like considered for the budget, you can make a submission here or by using the "Make a submission" button to the right of the page.

To share your thoughts on our priorities, use the tool below to show us how you would allocate $100 to the different Council areas by moving the slider to the right on the areas you wish to fund until you have allocated all your funds. When you're finished, hit submit at the bottom of the tool.

Directly underneath that is a short questionnaire that asks for some further detail. Once you've done that, hit submit again. You will need to hit submit twice - one for the funding tool, the other for the questionnaire - to share your thoughts.

Please fill out the questionare below and hit submit so we've captured all your thoughts.