Public Notice: Change in Purpose of Reserve Fund

Published on Thursday, 9 April 2026 at 4:32:17 PM

In accordance with Section 6.11. of the Local Government Act 1995 – Reserve Accounts


(1) Subject to subsection (5), where a local government wishes to set aside money for use for a purpose in a future financial year, it is to establish and maintain a reserve account for each such purpose

(2) Subject to subsection (3), before a local government — (a) changes* the purpose of a reserve account; or (b) uses* the money in a reserve account for another purpose, it must give one month’s local public notice of the proposed change of purpose or proposed use.

At a Special Council meeting held on the 26 March 2026, Council resolved to adopt a change in purpose of the ‘Unspent Grants Reserve’ to a ‘Carry-Forward Projects Reserve’ to also incorporate the carry-forward of projects currently budgeted from Municipal funds.

Reserve Fund Name Purpose
Carry-Forward Projects Reserve To be used to restrict funds, being Shire funds and/or grants and contributions, required to complete projects from prior financial years.

Ben Lewis
Chief Executive Officer

Documents

26 04 08 Public Notice Change to Reserve

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