Manningham’s draft budget and 10 year financial plan available for viewing

From September to November last year, our community told us where they’d like to see spending prioritised.

We heard from more than 140 people, including 6 residents who shared their project and service ideas directly with councillors during in-person pitches in December 2025.

You told us you’d like to see investment focused on 5 key areas including:

• maintaining and cleaning public spaces
• sporting facilities (such as courts, ovals, fields, and pavilions)
• parks, reserves, and other open spaces
• local roads
• and community safety.

This feedback has helped shape our proposed 2026-27 Budget and 10‑Year Financial Plan, which will be considered by Council for endorsement on Tuesday 30 June 2026.

We’re proposing spending where it matters most

With global events and the rising cost of living putting pressure on many of our ratepayers, we know that every cent counts.

This budget includes practical measures to support our community while continuing to deliver our vital services in an environment of economic uncertainty.

We’ve kept rates in line with the Victorian government’s mandated rate cap, frozen the waste component of the waste service charge, and maintained assistance for ratepayers experiencing financial hardship.

We have continued to carefully manage spending, and as a result have been able to do this while remaining debt-free.

You can view the documents in the document library on this page.