Cassowary Coast Regional Council
Category 4 based on population and geographical size
Salaries
Mayor between $95,462 and $126, 560 per annum
Deputy Mayor between $56,084 and $80,538 per annum
Councillors between $41,765 and $63, 280
Total of seven councillors
Area: 4,701sq km
Population: 30,843
Electors: 18,024 (14th January 2008)
Optional preferential voting instead of first past the post (for mayor and councillor positions)
2007 - Local government Minister Andrew Fraser said proposed council amalgamations were not
being introduced to fail. but to make stronger councils.
January 2008 - CCRC will need $175 million over next 10 years for its capital works programme
- David Spearritt
JSC component - Projected costs total $159m
Subsidies total $43m
Annual Rates $25m
Forward estimates for water capital programme $91m (normal subsidies of $41m)
Total cost of sewerage programme $43m after subsidies
Jubilee Bridge in need of imminent need of replacement $15m
Awaiting National disaster Relief funding approvals - Flying Fish Point rock wall $9m, and
road and bridge projects
CSC component - Projected costs total $98m
Subsidies total $37m
Annual Rates $17m
An extra $17.5m is needed annually on top of exisiting $42m Rates
JSC 2007-2008 Revenue Statement & Unaudited Financial Statement June 2007
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Revenue Statement (12 pages 1mb) includes 10 year projection of Rates for the various categories of properties and Water
and Sewerage rates projections.
The Financial Statement (1 mb) lists all expenditures, grants and other monies received including Council's assets and Works Expenditures
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2006 CENSUS FIGURES
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Highest Value of Projects North Queensland
Innisfail to Cardwell - $2.29 billion
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Urban Development Institute of Australia's September 2007 Major Developments Report prepared
by The 20/20 Group indicates that the number and value of major construction projects in North Queensland has risen in the
last quarter. There were 199 projects detailed in the Project Report, having a combined value of $10.26 billion.
The value of the listed developments comes to $10.26 billion, of which $6.94 billion (64%) is residential
or resort development.
27% of projects - $2.85 billion – are currently under construction or have been completed in the period
(since the last report in June 07).
The area with the highest value of projects under construction, or in various stages of the planning and approvals
process remains the Innisfail to Cardwell region with 23 projects worth some $2.29 billion - or 22%
of the total value of all projects. The Ella Bay development remains the key development in this region. Full
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