VICTORIA

Annual Report

of the

VICfORIA GRANTS COMMISSION

for the

Year ended 31 August 1988

Ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed

MELBOURNE JEAN GORDON GOVERNMENT PRINTER 1987-88

No.3

VICTORIA GRANTS COMMISSION

ANNUAL REPORT

1988

The Hon. Andrew McCutcheon, M.P., Ministerfor Local Government, National Bank House, 500 Bourke Street, MELBOURNE, VIC. 3000

As Members appointed under section 3 of the Victoria Grants Commision Act 1976, we have the honour to present the twelfth Annual Report of the Victoria Grants Commission, in accordance with section 17 of that Act.

JIM STEVENSON, Chairman

DIANNE FULLER, Member

IAN PA WSEY, Member MIKE ULBRICK Secretary

October, 1988

VICTORIA GRANTS COMMISSION

MEMBERS

Jim Stevenson, B.E., M.Eng.Sc., Chairman Dianne Fuller, T.P.T.C. Ian Pawsey, A.A.S.A., A.C.I.S., A.I.M.M.

STAFF Mike Ulbrick, B.Ec., Dip. Ed. Executive Officer Alex Bashtannyk, B.Ec. Econometrician Graeme Bales, B.A. Computer Systems Officer Cameron Rowe, B.A. (Hons.) Research Officer Peter J anssen Research Officer Jean Gibbons Confidential Secretary

LOCATION The Commission is located on the 7th floor, National Bank House, 500 Bourke Street, Melbourne (postcode 3000).

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER Page No. 1. ROLE OF THE COMMISSION 1 Legislation 1

2. CALCULATION OF THE GRANTS 2 Total Fund-1988-89 .. 3 State Shares 3 Council Grants for 1988-89 .. 3 Final Grants for 1987-88 3 Principles 3 - Standards for Equalisation 4 - Natural Disaster Relief .. s Method ofEqualisation s - Expenditure Needs and Disabilities .. s - Revenue Raising Capacity 6 - Treatment of Specific Purpose Payments 6 Minimum Entitlements 7 Implementation of Change .. 7 Returns of Information 8

3. CONSULTATION 9 Regional Consultation 9 Bodies Representative of Local Government 9 Exchange of Information 10 Consultation with Municipalities .. 10 Submissions 10 Issues Arising .. 10 Arrangements for 1988-89 .. 13

4. OTHER MATTERS IS Conference of State Grants Commissions .. IS Membership of the Commission IS Acknowledgements IS APPENDICES Page No. I. Terms of Reference-Review of the Financial Arrangements between the S.E.C. and the Municipal Electricity Undertakings for the Distribution ofElectricity ...... 17 2. Shares between the States and the Northern Territory. 19 3. Transmittal Memorandum and 1988-89 Allocations 21 4. Final Allocations for 1987-88 . . 27 5. Implied Grants 1988-89 . . 33 6. Expenditure Needs and Disabilities 35 A. Needs 35 B. Standards . . 40 7. Revenue Capacity...... 41 A. Tax Base and Implied Rate 41 B. Distribution of Rateable Property 45 8. Consultation Program 1987-88 . . 47 A. Program for Regional Conferences 47 B. Advertisement 49 C. Consultation with other bodies (Representative of Local Government) . . 49 D. Councils attending Regional Conferences 50 E. Municipal Meetings ...... 52

Chapter 1 ROLE OF THE COMMISSION

Legislation 1.1 The principal role of the Commission is to determine the allocation of general revenue grants provided by the Commonwealth to the State for local councils. The covering legislation is the Commonwealth's Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1986 and the Victoria Grants Commission Act 1976. The purpose of the more recent legislation is to see that the funds are allocated to support the needs and disabilities of the more disadvantased municipalities. 1.2 Each council supports the Commission in this role by providing the information required by the Commission for its assessments. The Commission also conducts inspections and examines submissions from councils so that it is acquainted' with their needs and disabilities. 1.3 The Minister for Local Government also requested the Commission to enquire into the financial arrangements applying between the State Electricity Commission and the 11 Municipal Electricity Undertakings. A copy ofthe referral by the Minister and the Terms of Reference, which specify a final reporting date of3l March 1989, are included in Appendix I. 1.4 The Commission consists of a Chairman and two part-time members appointed by the Governor in Council for a period of not more than live years. The Commission was convened on 44 days during the year ended 31 August 1988.

Chapter 2 CALCULATION OF THE GRANTS

Total Fund-1988-89 2.1 The funding of general purpose financial assistance for Australian Local Government is set out in the Commonwealth's Local Government (Financial Assistance) Amendment Act 1988 at a level of $652·5 miJlion for 1988-89. This represents a $15·8 million (2·5 per cent) increase on the total allocation of$636·7 million for 1987-88. State Shares 2.2 Provision is made in the Commonwealth legislation for a transition to straight population shares between the States and the Northern Territory by 1988-89. On this basis, the share for Victoria for 1988-89 is 26·4714 per cent. a total amount of $172 725 885. This represents a growth of 4·97 per cent on the total final allocation -to Victoria of $164 548 774 for 1987-88. The additional funding for 1988-89, as a consequence of the move towards a straight population basis, is $4·1 million. The apportionment between the States and the Northern Territory is shown in Appendix 2. Council Grants for 1988-89 2.3 The Commission's recommendation on the grants to Councils was transmitted to the Minister for Local Govemmen~ the Hon. Jim Simmonds, M.P., on 14 July 1988. A copy of the recommend-:ions is shown in Appendix 3. 2.4 The grants to individual Councils for 1988-89 were determined in accordance with the principles of allocation approved on 17 August 1987 by the Commonwealth Minister for Local Government, Senator the Hon. Margaret Reynolds. The change to the distribution of the funds as a consequence of the application of the new principles is to be phased in over a period of four years. This year is the second year of the phase·in period. Final Grants for 1987-88 2.5 The total amount to be provided as general revenue grants for the preceding year, 1987-88 was to be maintained in real terms and the grants reported in the Commission's 1987 Annual Report were based on an estimated CPI figure of 8 percent. 2.6 As the final CPI figure determined by the Commonwealth Statistician at the end of the March (1988) quarter was 7·84 per cent, an adjustment was made to the total amount for allocation for the year. This meant that the preliminary allocation for 1987-88 was reduced by an amount of$244138. 2. 7 The adjustment was allocated among the 210 municipalities pro rata their share of the allocation determined in August 1987, excluding special factor allowances. The adjustments were made in the May 1988 quarterly payment. The final grants for 1987-88 are shown in Appendix 4. Principles 2.8 The 11 principles for the distribution of the grants in Victoria are listed below. They were approved subject to a requirement of the State Government that the resultant distribution of funds to local government would not be inconsistent with an efficient allocation of resources at the local government level. 3 PRINCIPLES FOR FISCAL EQUALISATION 1. The allocation of funds made available by the Commonwealth as general revenue grants to local government will be made, as far as practicable, on a full horizontal equalisation basis, that is a basis that ensures that each local governing body in the State is able to function, by reasonable effort, at a standard not lower than the average standard of other local governing bodies in the State. 2. In determining each local governing body's horizontal equalisation entitlement, regard will be had to the expenditure required by each local governing body in the performance of its functions and to the capacity of each local governing body to raise revenue. 3. The assessment of required expenditure {expenditure disabilities) and of capacity to raise revenue (revenue-raising disabilities) will be effort or policy neutral; that is, it will be independent of the policies or practices of the respective local governing bodies in raising revenue and in the provision of services. 4. The assessment of disability for any function (either revenue or expenditure) will depend on deviations from average. Both positive and negative deviations will ordinarily be taken into account. 5. Disadvantages in revenue and expenditure functions will be accorded natural weights, not weighted or discounted prior to aggregation. 6. Only one calculation of disadvantage will be made for each expenditure function without supplementary use of calculations for special needs. 7. In adjusting its assessment of disability for specific purpose grants the "inc1usion approach" will be followed. 8. The assessment ofneeds will include consideration ofthe situation whereby a local authority is providing significant services to people other than its own residents. 9. The minimum allocation determined for a local governing body will be not less than the amount to which the body would be entitled tf 30 per cent of the total amount for the State was allocated on a per capita basis. 10. Recognition will be given to the net cost to a local governing body of approved natural disaster relief and restoration measures. 11. The changes to the distribution of the funds among local governing bodies as a consequence of the adoption of these principles will be phased in uiniformly over the four-year period to 1990-91. Standards for Equalisation 2.9 The principles of fiscal equalisation prescribe the standard of equalisation as "the average standard of other local governing bodies in the State", whereas the previous legislation referred simply to "a standard not appreciably below the standard of other local governing bodies in the State". The Victoria Grants Commission uses modal or most common levels of expenditure as the standards for determining allowances for expenditure disabilities. However, prior to 1987-88 the Commission used the average of the top 25 per cent of municipalities as the standard for measuring revenue-raising disabilities. 2.10 The adoption of State-wide average standards for determining revenue disabilities has affected the allocation of funds amongst the 210 municipalities in the State, since a standard based on the average for the State is substantially lower than a standard based on an average of the top 25 per cent of municipalities only. The {>urpose of this change is to better target the grants to the more disadvantaged murucipalities.

4 Natural Disaster Relief 2.11 The Commission takes into account the effects of natural disasters. The allowances for these are equal to net expenditure on natural disaster relief and restoration measures that are authorised under Commonwealth/State arrangements. For the allowance to be made the expenditure must be authorised by the appropriate State Government Authority (usually the Department of Management and Budget) and the actual expenditure on the approved works verified from the Statement ofAccounts. Method ofEqualisation 2.12 The principles were approved with the understanding that a "balanced budget .. approach is used to establish the fiscal equalisation relativities for each municipality. That is, each municipality's fiscal equalisation entitlements are determined by the difference between the expenditure required to provide a common range oflocal government services, given the unique cost conditions of the municipality, and the amount of revenue that could be raised by appl~ a standard (average) rate in the doUar to the value of rateable property m the municipality. The modeJ has the general form: Gi =Ei -Ri Where Gi is the grant for any municipality, Ei is the required expenditure (the expenditure component), and Ri is the standardised amount of revenue (the revenue component). The implied grants as determined for J988-89 using this method are illustrated in Appendix 5. Expenditure Needs and Disabilities 2.13 The expenditure component (Ei) is the sum of the required expenditure figures for the common range of municipal services. That is: Ei = ei(a) + ei(b) + ei(c) + ... + ei(n). 2.14 The required expenditure for each service is derived by multiplyi.na the number of units of service by a standard cost for the service and modifying the outcome, as necessary, by a factor (the disability factor) which takes account of the unique cost characteristics of performing the services in the municipality. That is: ei(a) - es(a). ni(a). gi(a) Where, ei(a) is the required expenditure of an individual local governing body on service (a). es(a) is the standard expenditure on service (a). ni(a) is the number of units of service in the local government body for service (a). gi(a) is the disability factor for service (a), reflecting the unique cost conditions of the municipality. The assessed "needs.. and standards adopted for the 1988-89 allocations are shown in Appendix 6. 2.15 The standard expenditure (es) for any service is an expression of the average expenditure on the function f'or all murucipalities in the State. The V.G.C. uses modal values, that is the most commonly occurring level of expenditure among all municipalities in the State on the service. 2.16 The disability factor for each service (g(a)) for each municipality ~ reOects the relative cost characteristics that the municipality has to contend with in 5 P.Crformin~ the service. If all things ·were equal g( a) would be simply the ratio of t's expenditure on the service to the standard expenditure on the service. That is:

gi(a) = eeMa~ a Factors so derived are referred to as the .. implicit disability factors". However, a municipality's expenditure on a service (ei(a)) will reftect a range of factors including the effects of local council policy decisions, differences in efficiency, the degree of self help, etc., as well as the inherent cost characteristics of the municipality. It is only the latter, the inherent cost characteristics, that determine the disability factors. Therefore the implicit disability factors are adjusted b:y the Commission using the objective measures available, evidence from submissions, evidence collected during the course of inspections, etc. so as to reflect only cost differences arising from the inherent characteristics of the municipality. 2.17 A factor of 1 implies no disabilities in the cost of performing the service compared with the standard cost; factors greater than l imply inherent cost disabilities in performing the service, and factors less than I imply cost advantages in performing the service compared with the standard cost. Revenue Raising Capacity 2.18 Standardised Revenue for each municipality (Ri) is the product of the total value of rateable property in the municipality and the standard rate in the dollar. That is: Ri == Ti.ts Where Ti is the tax base, or total value of rateable property and ts is the standard rate in$. 2.19 The tax base (Ti) is the value of rateable property for each municipality in net annual value terms. The values of property for each municipality are those applying at the beginning of each local government financial year. In order to smooth out short-run fluctuations in the total values, the V.G.C. uses 3-year movin~ average values. The Valuer-General provides the V.G.C. with total valuauons for each municipality as at l October of each year on a net annual value basis. 2.20 The standardised tax rate (ts) is derived as the sum of the total amount of rates for the relevant local government financial year for the State as a whole, divided by the total value of rateable property for the State as a whole. That is the standardised tax rate is the weighted average tax rate for the State, or ri ( 1) + ri (2) + ..... + ri (n) ts = Ti (l) + Ti (2) + ..... + Ti (n) Where ri is the rate revenue of the individual municipality, and Ti is the total value of rateable property of the individual municipality. The tax base and the implied rate for each municipality is illustrated in Appendix 7. Treatment ofSpecific Purpose Payments 2.21 Specific purpose payments are included in all expenditure figures for the purposes of determining the standard cost of services ("the inclusion method,.). Thus the assessed required expenditure figures for each service include a component for specific purpose payments and, therefore, an element of double countmg. To avoid this double-counting, the re(\uired expenditure figures are discounted by a factor derived by dividing the mumcipal contribution to total expenditure on the service by total expenditure on the service ("the discount factor").

6 2.22 The discount factor ranges from 0 to 1 and is calculated individually for each service for each municipality. A factor of 1 implies that there are no specific purpose grants and the whole cost of the service has been met from Council funds. Minimum Entitlements 2.23 The basis for determining the minimum or as of right entitlements is clearly defined in the legislation as a straight per capita figure based on 30 per cent of the total available for allocation. There can be no weighting for other factors. 2.24 Moreover the legislation makes it clear that the per head figures do no more than determine minimum entitlements for each municipality and play no other part in determining the general revenue allocations. In other words the requirement is that the allocations be determined solely according to fiscal equalisation principles, but that a minimum level is set to each municipality's allocation. 2.25 The basis for calculating the minimum entitlement is regarded as a "principle.. which is subject to the same phasing-in requirements as the general principles. That is, the reduction in minimum entitlements as a result of the new statutory basis for calculating them, is to be phased in over the same period as changes to the allocations as a consequence of the new principles. 2.26 The per capita minimum entitlements are calculated by multiplying the total allocation for the State by 0.30 and dividing the product by the total population of incorporated local government areas. Each municipality's minimum entitlement is the product of the per capita minimum entitlements and the population of the municipality. Official Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated population figures are used throughout. Implementation ofChange 2.27 The legislation requires the use of the approved principles by I July 1991. The provision of a phasing-in period is in recognition of the effect that changes to the assessment process will have on the allocations for many municipalities. There are two sides to the phasing-in debate. Those that are likely to do better from the application of the new principles justifiably argue for a short phasing-in period as the new principles provide for a more equitable allocation of funds and they have effectively been penalised by the former, less equitable arrangements for JO years. On the other hand those councils whose share of the allocations is to decline significantly could argue that they need an adjustment period to cope with the decline in revenue and the consequential effect on services, cost structures, and/ or rating levels. A four-year phasing-in period was adopted as a compromise period which would provtde the opportunity for councils to adjust their budgetary procedures to cope with the changed level of allocation. 2.28 The effects of the new procedures, principally the effect of the change to average standards for the revenue component, are to be phased in over a 4-year period to 1990-91. This is to be achieved as follows:

Old Procedures New Procedures 1987-88 15% 25% 1988-89 50% SO% 1989-90 25% 15% 1990-91 0% 100% 2.29 The entitlements under the old procedures are determined as the average of the shares received by each municipality of the total allocation for the State (special factor allowances are excluded) over the last 3 allocation periods that the previous procedures fully applied (i.e. 1984-85, 1985-86 and 1986-87). The three 7 year average figures are used. in preference to a single year figure. as a means of smoothing-out the effects of short run fluctuations in the grants. 2.30 The figures so calculated for each municipality are then applied to the amount available for allocation in 1988-89 to produce implied allocations for this year based on the old procedures. 2.31 The phasing-in of the change to the basis for calculating minimum entitlements ts accomplished in a similar manner. 1bat is, the minimum entitlements are calculated using_the old procedure and then re-calculated using the new straight per capita basis. The weights appropriate to the approved phasing­ in period are then applied. RETURNS OF INFORMATION 2.32 The Commission has applied considerable effort in 1988 demonstrating to municipalities how the financial and other information required by the Commission and the Australian Bureau of Statistics is used to detennine the ~ts. The quality of this information is important to the assessment of the mdividual grants.

8 Chapter 3 CONSULTATION

3.1 To involve local government in the assessment of the grants and to demonstrate the possible implications of the new principles, in terms of future grants, the Commission decided to: • Release the implied grants as assessed for 1987-88. • Conduct a program of consultation with all municipalities through a series of 24 meetings with regional groupings oflocal governing bodies. • Review the detailed analyses with those municipalities requiring this and, in particular, with those municipalities likely to be most affected at the time of the full implementation of the new principles. Regional Consultation 3.2 A schedule of the dates and locations of the regional meetings and a list ofthe municipalities attending these is shown in Appendix 8. These meetings were open to the public and this was advertised in the media. It is estimated that more than 1300 councillors and officers of local government attended the meetin~s. A number of Members of Parliament also attended one or more of the meetmgs, which were also generally covered by the local media. 3.3 The purpose of the meetings was: • To demonstrate how the principles and method used by the Commission comply with the legislation and achieve the purpose offiscal equalisation. • To demonstrate how the grants are determined and the objectivity and consistency of the method and the data used. • To assist municipalities to plan ahead by demonstrating the factors which may determine future grants. • To describe the characteristics of the municipalities affected by the change in terms of their tax base; rate effort, expenditure needs and disabilities and unit expenditures on municipal services. • To initiate a process of review. 3.4 Each municipality was provided with the details of the method and the data used to calculate the implied grant The meetings provided an objective framework for conducting more detailed discussions with individual municipalities regarding specific matters which included the tax base; disability assessments; volunteer services; and, accounting practice and the influence of these on the grants. Bodies Representative ofLocal Government 3.5 The Commission also addressed meetings of the bodies representative of local government: • Municipal Association of Victoria • Metropolitan Municipal Association • Local Government Engineers Association • Institute ofMunicipal Management and other representative groups (refer Appendix 8).

9 Exchange ofInformation 3.6 In order to target interaction between municipalities and the Commission, the Commission provided each municipality with: • A forecast of the trends in grant on a Statewide, regional and individual municipality basis. • Information on rating effort and the significance of the grant and the change in grant, as a percentage of annual rate revenue. • The assessed expenditure needs and disabilities and how these were calculated for each of the services used by the Commission. • The measures of "need" (population, length of road etc.) used in the assessment. • The frequency distributions of unit expenditure for each of the services, used to determine the (modal) standards. • The disability factors. • Each municipality's unit expenditure for each ofthe services, illustrated on a regional basis. In this way each municipality had access to the performance criteria used by the Commission to determine the grants. This approach assisted in focussing the discussion on the issues of significance. Consultation with Municipalities 3. 7 The Commission also met individually with 71 municipalities, to conduct a more detailed analyses of the factors determining the grant (refer Appendix 8). This provided these municipalities with the opportunity to complete submissions to the Commission on the quantitative aspects of the grants assessment, in particular, those relating to: • The valuation used to assess revenue raising capacity. • Volunteer services; to update the Commission's record of these. • Discrepancies in accounting practice. • Disability assessments. 3.8 The consultation program was designed to assist municipalities to improve the Commissions's data bank for the 1988-89 assessments and to take the appropriate steps to accommodate any predicted change in grants, thereby fully utilising the phase-in period. Submissions 3.9 The Commission received 82 submissions relating to the 1988-89 determinations from municipalities. As a result of the consultation program the municipalities were in a better position to target the issues relevant to the municipality and to improve the quantitative treatment of these for consideration within the grants assessment procedures. 3.10 In addition, some municipalities combined resources on a joint submission (e.g. the North-Western Region) and the Municipal Association of Victoria submitted a proposal to the Minister for Local Government in support of a 30 per cent "Safety Net" and to the Minister for Local Government and the Rural Affairs Cabinet Committee for a review of the phase·in period. Issues Arising 3.11 A number of issues were raised during the consultation program. Those of a specific nature have been addressed with the municipality concerned. Those relating to the procedures used by the Commission included: • "As ofRight,. or Minimum Grant.

10 • Use of property type in the assessment of Revenue Capacity. • Categories of Municipality. • Review ofValuations. • Administration -inclusion of overheads -categories -disability factors • Treatment ofcapital and debt servicing. • Revenue from other sources. Minimum Entitlement 3.12 The concern was in two forms. One view was that the area component should be reinstated as a safeguard for rural shires. However, this is not necessary, as the effects of area and associated characteristics (such as sparsity, isolation, duplication) are comprehended in the assessment of cost disabilities. What the new model does is remove the possibility of double-counting these characteristics in the allocation process. 3.13 The other view was that the minimum grant should be discontinued altogether, since it simply ensures that a municipality not entitled to an equalisation grant is still the recipient of, in some cases because of its population, a sizeable grant. 3.14 The situation is, of course, that the minimum grant is specified in the legislation. Classes ofProperty or Categories ofCouncil 3.15 The concern relates to the use of property type in the assessment of revenue raising capacity. This and the more general 1ssue of categorisation is addressed in the discussion papers relating to the development of the principles and in the Commissions' 1987 Annual Report (page 10). 3.16 In relation to revenue raising capacity, whereas property type was used by the Commission in assessments prior to 1987-88, this was a refinement appropriate for awegating marginal assessments of revenue disabilities as was required for the "dtreet measurement" model in use at that time. In the balanced budget model the valuation comprehends the unique mix of property type. The issue to be addressed (and for which a consensus would need to be established) is the criteria for applying a different standard to a given valuation for each property type. 3.17 The V.G.C. is opposed to the use of categories for a number of reasons. First the use of categories appears to be inconsistent with the provisions of the Commonwealth Act which requires in Section 9 (2) (h), that the fiscal equalisation procedures be on "a basis that ensures that each local governing body in a State is able to function by reasonable effort, at a standard no lower than the average standard ofother local governint bodies in the State ...... , {emphasis added). There is no mention of categones or groups of local governing bodies in this, or any other, provisions of the Act. 3.18 Second, there is no logic to the structure oflocal government in Victoria and it is heroic to expect that logical groupings of municipalities can be put together. Definitive attempts at categorisation have produced large numbers ofcategories containing small numbers of municipalities, which is totally unsatisfactory for fiscal equalisation purposes. The smaller the number of categories, the less definitive the groupings become and the more questionable becomes the allocation ofborderline cases. 11 3.19 Third, the use of categories would require a second-order assessment of intercategory fiscal relativities which would unnecessarily further complicate the allocation process. Valuations 3.20 The issue concerned the release of the valuations used in the V.G.C. assessments, as provided by the Valuer-Generals Office and the procedures for review. The V.G.C. with the support of the Valuer-General has since made this information available to the individual municipalities. Also, a process for reviewing valuations has been set in place, as for all other parameters used in the V.G.C. 's assessment procedures. Administration 3.21 There are a number of issues of concern regarding this function. These include: • The inclusion of overheads with administration. • Specification ofcategories of municipality and the treatment ofdisability. 3.22 Overheads will continue to be analysed with administration. This is to enable the derivation of a standard for this function which as near as practicable comprehends uniform practice. There would be no advantage or disadvantage in treating the overheads with the services. 3.23 The Commission's view on categories of municipality is as set out in paragraphs 3.17 to 3.19 inclusive. The standard for each municipality is equal to the (modal) standard multiplied by the disability factor. The disability factor makes allowance for the unique characteristics of the municipality which includes such factors as isolation, sparsity, duplication of centres, growth, regional role, resort role. The factors used by the Commission have been released to each municipality. 3.24 In this regard there are 210 categories or to the extent that the disability factor for the function reflects it there may be a smaller number of categories. However, these cate~ories are defined as an output of the process for identifying inherent characteristics not as a prescription for disability. 3.25 Each municipality is encouraged to review these disability factors on the basis of inherent characteristics. It is not sufficient to claim the use of the implied disability for administration since this is strongly influenced by the efficiency and accounting practice of local governing bodies in Victoria and these are not inherent characteristics. 3.26 A further issue relates to the identification of the inherent characteristics which indicate an advantage which could lead to the application of a disability factor for this function of less than unity. Accepting a contention that economies of scale could create an inherent advantage the Commission will continue to review the disability factors for administration for the more populous municipalities. An implied disability of less than I may, of course, relate more to accounting practice or relative efficiency than to some Inherent advantage. Capital and Debt Servicing 3.27 For the 1987-88 allocations, debt servicing was included in the balanced budget. This raised two issues: (i) A request for the inclusion of capital from revenue. This was done for the 1988-89 allocations. (ii) The attribution of capital from revenue and debt servicing to the individual services. This is to be arranged for future detenninations.

12 Other Revenues 3.28 The issue concerns the capacity of some municipalities to raise additional revenues from other sources. The most common example referred to is parking fees and charges. Each year the Commission conducts a review of any significant function additional to those included in the .. balanced budget" and this process is to continue. Parking is primarily of a regu]atory nature; impacting on a relativelY: small number of municipalities; and, a service with significant costs of administration and enforcement. However, the treatment of parking is under review. Accounting Practice 3.29 It is apparent from the meetings with municipalities that accounting practice does vary throughout the State. Many municipalities apply modeni accounting practice which more precisely attribute expenditures to the services. However, this is not universal. This difference in accounting practice does not have a direct effect on the allocation process, as the assessment of needs and disability factors is not an accountinJ exercise. However, the accounts are used to provide a measure of the implied disability and to this extent improvements in accounting practice could assxst the assessment of these. A"angements for 1988-89 3.30 The program of consultation for 1988-89 is to follow a similar pattern to that for 1987-88. This will be in three parts- • Regional presentations which will focus on: -the outcome of the 1988-89 assessments -improvements to the assessment of disability factors. • Inspections of municipalities, in ~articular, those likely to be most significantly affected by the change m grants. • MuniciPal meetings. Also, as has been explained previously, the implied grant is to be reassessed annually, using more current information. The reassessment for 1989-90 could be expected to be influenced by growth in the total fund, relative changes in revenue capacity; changes in assessed needs and a review of disability factors.

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Chapter 4 OTHER MATTERS

Conference ofState Grants Commissions 4.1 The annual conference of State Grants Commissions was hosted by the Queensland Grants Commission on 12th to 15th September, 1987. The Conference was attended by each of the six states, the Northern Territory and officers of the Commonwealth Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs. An outcome of the meeting was the establishment of a Working Group of officers of Commissions to examine aspects of equalisation methods. The Working Group commenced with the development of an improved method for the assessment of roads needs and disabilities. The project is being conducted on behalf ofthe Commissions by the Australian Road Research Board. Membership ofthe Commission 4.2 Mr. Jim Stevenson was appointed full-time Chairman of the Commission from the 1st November, 1987. 4.3 Mr. lan Pawsey was appointed as a part-time member of the Commission on 1st November, 1987, for a term of five years. Mr. Pawsey has spent his career in local government and occupied the position of Secretary of the Municipal Association of Victoria for the last 9 years. 4.4 Mrs. Dianne Fuller continued within her current term of appointment. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4.5 We wish to record an appreciation for the assistance provided to the Commission by the Local Government Department throughout the year and to the Valuer-General's office which has supplied us with the detailed information about valuation changes throughout the State. 4.6 The availability of financial, demographic, and other data which is essential to the Commission's work owes much to the efforts of the Local Government Branch of the Victorian Office of the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Their work on the design of the returns and in verifying and collating the data is gratefully acknowledged as was their involvement in the Regional Meetings with local government. 4. 7 Also, we acknowledge the help and support of the staff of the Commission who have contributed to a year of significant change.

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APPENDIX 1 Terms ofReference-Review of the Financial Arrangements between the SEC and the Municipal Electricity Undertakings for the Distribution of Electricity.

3 August 1988 Mr. J. Stevenson, Chairman Victoria Grants Commission, 500 Bourke Street, MELBOURNE, 3000

Dear Mr Stevenson, In my letter of the 27 June, the Commission was requested to report under Section 16 of the Victoria Grants Commission Act 1976, on the local government electricity supply industry. I indicated that the Terms of Reference for such a review would be forwarded in due course. The Terms of Reference for the Inquiry have now been finalised and a copy is enclosed. The Commission should now report in accordance with these Terms of Reference by 31 March 1989. Yours sincerely

JIM SIMMONDS Minister TERMS OF REFERENCE To enquire into the Local Government electricity industry in Victoria and to analyse and report on both the financial arrangements between the MEU's and the SECV, and any changes deemed necessary or appropriate to improve the arrangement for supply of electricity and associated service to the Victorian Community. Particular reference should be given to: 1. Arrangements which ensure the long tenn financial viability and autonomy of the Municipal Electricity Undertakings. 2. The financial impacts of current financial arrangements between the municipal electricity undertakings and the State Electricity Commission on electricity consumers throughout the State. 3. The appropriateness of State Government budgeting, funding and financial policies for local governments with electricity undertakings. 4. The policies and practices to be adopted to fund capital works of electricity undertakings which will provide an appropriate debt/equity ratio to ensure their continued financial viability. S. The appropriateness of current arrangements to assist MEU's to meet their financial commitments resulting from the Government's economic development strategy, e.g. project infrastructure assistance. 6. Industrial matters relevant to the current financial agreement, including job protection and future employment. The enquiry is to report to Government by 31 March, 1989.

17 Appendix I -continued 27 June 1988 Mr. J. Stevenson Chairman Victoria Grants Commission 500 Bourke Street MELBOURNE, 3000

Dear Mr Stevenson I am writing to you pursuant to the Victoria Grants Commission Act 1976 to request that in accordance with section 16, the Victoria Grants Commission report on the current financial arrangements between the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) and the eleven Local Government Authorities within the Melbourne metropolitan area, which are currently bulk supplied electricity by the SECV in order to fulfil their responsibilities as Municipal Electrical Undertakings. The municipalities involved are: City of Box Hill City of Brunswick City of Coburg City ofDoncaster(fempJestowe City of Footscray City of Heidelberg City of Melbourne City ofNorthcote City of Port Melbourne City of Preston City of Williamstown. At present more detailed terms of reference are being prepared, and I will write to you further in relation to them. Yours sincerely

JIM SIMMONDS Minister

18 APPENDIX2 GENERAL PURPOSE ASSISTANCE GRANTS TO STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES 1974-75 to 1988-89 ($000) NewSouJh Qruums· Western SouJh Nortltm1 Wales Victoria land Australia Australia Tasmania Territory Total 1974-75 21 359 14630 8954 4959 4774 1669 56345 197s-76 29 257 20242 13 808 7 S24 6 78S 2292 79908 1976-77 Sl289 3S 398 24222 13 162 11925 4004 140000 1977-78 60 341 42078 2181S IS 524 14220 5 290 165 328 1978-79 6S 487 45666 302S2 16 848 IS 433 s 741 179427 1979-80 80930 56 436 37 387 20821 19072 709S 221 741 1980-81 109 780 76 SS4 so 714 28243 25871 9624 300786 1981-82 128 058 89300 59158 32 94S 30178 u 227 350866 1982-83 154 928 108037 71 571 39858 36 SIO 13 582 2033 426 519 1983-84 167 647 116 907 77447 43 130 39 507 14 697 2 199 461 534 1984-85 177 574 123 829 82033 45684 41847 15568 2 330 48886.5 198s-86 195615 1)6410 90367 50326 46098 17149 2S66 .538.531 1986-87 211754 147 664 97 823 54411 49 901 18 564 .5430 ss.s 613 1987-88 228800 165 763 106 834 .59285 ss 519 19285 6045 641 .532 1988-89 229435 172 726 108322 59892 57348 18 530 6248 652 500 Total I 912 254 I 351 640 886 767 492678 454 988 164 317 26 851 s 289 49.5 Note: For qualifications regarding the above inclusive to year 1987-88 refer to previous Annual Reports. Annual grants are now subject to quarterly instalments. In addition the final quarter payment for the 1987-88 year was adjusted to reflect the difference between the estimated and final Consumer Price Index for 1987-88 being 1·0800 to 1·0784 respectively and representing a reduction in total funds of$904 685. Calculation ofthe distribution ofthe general purpose assistance grants inclusive from 1988-89 will be as specified in the Local Government Financial Assistance Act 1986 as amended.

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APPENDIX3 VICI'ORIA GRANTS COMMISSION The Hon. J. L. Simmonds, M.P. Minister for Local Government SOO Bourke Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 Victoria Grants Commission Act 1976 Determination of Allocations of General Revenue Grants for 1988-89 to Municipal Councils in Victoria In accordance. with the provisions of the Victoria Grants Commission Act 1976, we have pleasure in submitting to you the Determination of allocations of general revenue grants to municipal Councils in Victoria for the 1988-89 financial year, from funds made available under the Commonwealth's Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1986. The Local Government (Financial Assistance) Amendment Act 1988 K:~ides that the amount available for allocation Australia·wide for the 1988-89 cial year is $652·5 million. For subsequent years the increase in payments is to be based on the percentage change to Commonwealth general purpose payments to the States. The allocation of the total amount between States and the Northern Territory will change to a straight population basis for 1989-90 onwards. This change from the previous fixed percentage shares is being phased~in over this period and wiU have the effect of increasing Victoria's share of the funds. For 1988-89, Victoria's share is 26·4 714 per cent, providing an amount of $1 72,725,885. The amount of $172,725,885 has been allocated among the 210 municipal Councils in Victoria in accordance with the provisions ofthe Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1986 and the Victoria Grants Commission Act 1976 (as amended). In particular, the allocations have been determined in accordance Wtth the principles ofallocation approved by the Commonwealth on 17 August 1987. During 1987-88 the Commission held meetings at twenty-four different centres throughout the State. The purpose of the meetings was to demonstrate to all municipalities how their grants were determined and to initiate a Prosram of review. These meetings were open to the public and the media In addition, discussions were held with bodies representative oflocal government. Each Council, and each of the representative bodies, was invited to make submissions to the Commission on matters relevant to the 1988-89 allocation procedures. Also, Councils were invited to attend individual meetings with the Commission to funher examine the more detailed aspects of the assessments. A total of71 councils attended such meetings with the Commission during 1988-89. Most of these followed up with written submissions to the Commission. The arrangements provided for a phasing-in period of four years to enable Councils to adjust their budgetary strategies to any changes to their shares of the funds. Therefore the allocations for each municipal Council have been determined by giving 50 per cent weight to its previous share of the funds and SO per cent weight to the share derived by the application of the new principles. The allocations include special factor allowances for the effects of natural disasters upon the operations of a number of municipalities throurdlout the State. These allowances, which are equal to the net cost of approved reliefand restoration 21 Appendix 3-continued measures, amount to $168,885 and are identified in the Determination of allocations for 1988-89. The allocation for each municipal Council is not less than its minimum or as­ of-right entitlement. The Commonwealth legislation requires that the change to the basis for calculating minimum entitlements be phased-in over the same period as for the changes to the allocations generally. Therefore minimum entitlements have been calculated by weighting the calculations 50 per cent according to the old basis and 50 per cent according to the new basis. For 1988-89, the payment is to be made quarterly in August, November, February and May. Details of the Commission's activities for the year ending 31 August 1988, including the J?.rinciples and methods used as the basis for determining the 1988-89 allocations, wtll be mcluded in the Commission's 1988 Annual Report. J. McL. STEVENSON, Cbainnan D. M. FULLER, Member I. R. PAWSEY, Member M. A. ULBRICK, Secretary 14July 1988 VICTORIA GRANTS COMMISSION DETERMINATION OF ALLOCATIONS OF GENERAL REVENUE GRANTS TO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS IN VICTORIA-1988-89 FINANCIAL YEAR General Special Equalisation Factor Total Allocation Allocation Allocation Municipality ($) ($) ($) Alberton ...... (S) 701 000 0 701 000 Alexandra ...... (S) 432 000 0 432 000 Altona ...... (C) 607 000 0 607 000 Arapiles...... (S) 194 000 0 194 000 Ararat ...... (C) 682 000 0 682 000 Ararat ...... (S) 466 000 0 466 000 Avoca...... (S) 269 000 0 269 000 Avon ...... (S) 317 000 0 317000 Bacchus Marsh ...... (S) 565 000 13 550 578 550 Bairnsdale ...... (S) 535 000 0 535 000 Bairnsdale ...... (T) 685 000 0 685 000 Ba11aarat ...... (C) 2 452 000 0 2 452 000 Ballan...... (S) 274 000 15 675 289 675 Ballarat ...... (S) l 065 000 0 I 065 000 Bannockburn ...... (S) 243 000 0 243 000 Barrabool ...... (S) 345 000 0 345 000 Bass ...... (S) 350 000 0 350 000 Beechworth ...... (S) 344 000 0 344000 Belfast ...... (S) 125 000 0 125 000 Bellarine ...... (S) 1 682 000 0 1 682 000 Benalla ...... (C) 578 000 0 578 000 Bena11a ...... (S) 197 000 0 197 000

22 Appendix 3-continued General Special Equalisation Factor Total Allocation Allocation Allocation Municipality ($) ($) ($) Bendigo ...... (C) 2 410 000 0 2 410 000 Berwick ...... (C) 1 780 000 0 1 780 000 Bet Bet ...... (S) 261 000 12 500 273 500 Birchip ...... (S) 146 000 0 146 000 Box Hill ...... (C) 1171000 0 1171000 Bright ...... (S) 499 000 0 499 000 Brighton ...... (C) 489 000 0 489 000 Broadford ...... (S) 256 000 0 256 000 Broadmeadows ...... (C) 3 925 000 0 3 925 000 Brunswick ...... (C) 1 976 000 0 l 976 000 Bulla ...... (S) 961 000 0 961 000 Buln Buln ...... (S) 728 000 0 728 000 Bungaree ...... (S) 220 000 0 220 000 Buninyong ...... (S) 620 000 0 620 000 Camberwell ...... (C) 1 458 000 0 1 458 000 Camperdown ...... (T) 295 000 0 295 000 Castlemaine ...... (C) 576 000 0 576 000 Caulfield ...... (C) l 390 000 0 I 390 000 Char1ton ...... (S) 184 000 0 184 000 Chelsea ...... (C) I 306 000 0 I 306 000 Chiltern ...... (S) 141 000 0 141 000 Cobram ...... (S) 519000 0 519000 Coburg ...... (C) 2 188 000 0 2 188 000 Cohuna ...... {S) 379 000 0 379 000 Co1ac ...... {C) 700 000 0 700 000 Colac ...... (S) 507 000 0 507 000 Collingwood ...... (C) 843 000 0 843 000 Corio ...... (S) 2 141 000 0 2 141 000 Cranbourne ...... (S) I 699 000 0 1 699 000 Creswick ...... (S) 373 000 0 373 000 Croydon ...... (C) I 509 000 0 1 509 000 Dandenong ...... (C) I 369 000 0 1 369 000 Daylesford and Glenlyon ...... (S) 588 000 0 588 000 Deakin ...... (S) 594 000 0 594 000 Diamond V alley ...... (S) 1 964 000 0 1 964 000 Dimboola ...... (S) 458 000 0 458 000 Donald ...... (S) 264 000 0 264 000 Doncaster and Templestowe ...... (C) 2051000 0 2 051 000 Dundas ...... (S) 217 000 0 217000 Dunmunkle ...... (S) 288 000 0 288 000 Eaglehawk ...... (B) 629 000 0 629 000 East Loddon ...... (S) 167 000 0 167 000 Echuca ...... (C) 507 000 0 507 000 Eltham ...... (S) I 663 000 0 I 663 000 Essendon ...... (C) 2 069 000 0 2 069 000 Euroa ...... (S) 306 000 10000 316 000 Fitzroy ...... (C) 911 000 0 911000 Hinders...... (S) 698 000 0 698 000 Footscray ...... (C) 2 448 000 0 2 448 000 Frankston ...... (C) 2 326 000 0 2 326 000

23 Appendix 3-continued General Special Equalisation Factor Total Allocation Allocation Allocation Municipality ($) ($) ($) Gee1ong ...... (C) 601 000 0 601000 Geelong West ...... (C) 762 000 0 762000 Gisborne ...... (5) 480000 0 480000 Glene1g ...... (5) 507 000 0 507000 Gordon ...... (5) 353 000 0 353 000 Gou1bum ...... (5) 143 000 0 143 000 Glenville ...... (5) 323 000 0 323 000 Hamilton ...... (C) 730000 0 730000 Hampden...... (5) 596 000 0 596 000 Hastings ...... (5) 556 000 0 556000 Hawthorn ...... (C) 499 000 0 499000 Healesvil1e ...... (5) 763 000 35000 798 000 Heide1berg ...... (C) 1 958 000 0 1 958 000 Heytesbury ...... (5) 806000 0 806000 Horsbam ...... (C) 984000 0 984000 Huntly ...... (5) 286 000 0 286 000 K.aniva ...... (5) 205 000 0 205 000 Kara Kara ...... (5) 149 000 0 149000 Kara.karooc ...... (5) 445 000 0 445 000 Keilor ...... (C) 3 411 000 0 3 411 000 Kerang ...... (B) 282 000 0 282000 Kerang ...... (5) 507 000 0 507000 Kew ...... (C) 485 000 0 485 000 K.ilmore ...... (5) 422 000 20 731 442 731 Knox ...... (C) 2 888 000 0 2 888000 Korong...... (5) 486 000 0 486000 Korumburra ...... (5) 666000 0 666 000 Kowree ...... (5) 396 000 0 396000 Kyabram ...... (T) 407 000 0 407000 Kyneton ...... (5) 525 000 0 525 000 Leigh ...... (5) 148 000 0 148 000 Lexton ...... (5) 77000 0 77000 Lillydale ...... (5) 2 562 000 0 2 562000 Lowan ...... (5) 358 000 0 358 000 Mclvor...... (5) 231 000 0 231000 Maffra ...... (5) 724000 0 724000 Maldon ...... (5) 194000 0 194000 Malvern ...... (C) 742 000 0 742000 Mansfield ...... (5) 506 000 0 506000 Marong ...... (5) 694000 0 694000 Maryborough ...... (Q 697000 0 697000 Melbourne ...... (C) 2 218 000 0 2 218 000 Melton ...... (5) 1457 000 0 I 457 000 Metcalfe ...... (5) 235 000 0 235 000 Mildura ...... (C) 1079 000 0 l 079 000 Mildura ...... (5) I 691 000 0 1 691 000 Minhamite...... (5) 222000 0 222000 Mirboo ...... (5) 176 000 0 176 000 Moe ...... (Q 1155000 0 I 155 000 Moorabbin ...... (C) I 455 000 0 I 455 000

24 Appendix 3-continued General Special Equalisation Factor Total Allocation Allocation Allocation Municipality {$) {$) ($) Mordialloc ...... (C) 761 000 0 761000 Mornington ...... (S) 650000 0 650000 Mortlake ...... (S) 279 000 0 279000 Morwell ...... (S) 1698 000 0 I 698 000 Mount Rouse...... (S) 202 000 0 202000 Myrtleford ...... {S) 354 000 0 354 000 Narracan ...... (S) 840 000 0 840000 Nathalia ...... (S) 317000 0 317 000 Newham and Woodend ...... (S) 330 000 0 330000 Newstead ...... {S) 196 000 0 196 000 Newtown ...... {C) 535 000 0 535 000 Northcote ...... (C) 2311000 0 2 311 000 Numurkah ...... (S) 526 000 0 526 000 Nunawading ...... (C) 2 311 000 0 2311000 Oakleigh ...... (C) I 021 000 0 I 021 000 Omeo ...... (S) 287 000 0 287 000 Orbost ...... (S) 712 000 6 978 718 978 Otway ...... {S) 474 000 0 474 000 Oxley ...... (S) 288 000 0 288 000 Pakenham ...... (S) l 169 000 0 I 169 000 PhiHip Island ...... (S) 482 000 0 482 000 Port Fairy ...... (B) 196 000 0 196 {)()() Port Melbourne ...... (C) 205 000 0 205 000 Portland ...... (C) 504000 0 504 000 Portland ...... (S) 665 000 0 665 000 Prahran ...... (C) 769 000 0 769 000 Preston...... (C) 3 012 000 0 3 012 000 Pyalong ...... (S) 38000 0 38000 Queenscliffe ...... (B) 175 000 0 175 000 Richmond...... (C) 979 000 0 979 000 Ringwood ...... (C) I 396 000 0 I 396 000 Ripon ...... (S) 276 000 0 276 000 Rochester...... (S) 693 000 0 693 000 Rodney ...... (S) I 042 000 0 I 042 000 Romsey ...... (S) 334 000 19 625 353 625 Rosedale ...... (S) 162 000 0 162 000 Rutherglen ...... (S) 202 000 0 202000 St. Arnaud ...... (T) 282 000 0 282 000 St. Kilda ...... (C) I 377 000 0 I 377000 Sale ...... (C) 814 000 0 814000 Sandringham ...... (C) 541 000 0 541 000 Sebastopol ...... (B) 512 000 0 512 000 Seymour ...... (S) 756 000 0 756 000 Shepparton ...... (C) I 300 000 0 1 300000 Shepparton ...... (S) 511000 0 511 000 Sherbrooke ...... (S) I 770 000 0 1 770 000 South Barwon ...... (C) 1 797 000 0 I 797 000 South Gippsland ...... (S) 539 000 13 140 552 140 South Melbourne ...... (C) 336 000 0 336 000 Springvale ...... (C) 2069 000 0 2 069000 25 Appendix 3-continued General Special Equalisation Factor Total Allocation Allocation Allocation Municipality ($) ($) ($) Stawell ...... (S) 285 000 0 285 000 Stawell ...... (T) 567 000 0 567 000 Stratb.fieldsaye ...... (S) 799 000 0 799 000 Sunshine ...... (C) 4 347000 0 4 347 000 Swan Hill ...... (C) 692 000 0 692000 Swan Hill ...... (S) I 103 000 0 I 103 000 Talbot and Ounes ...... (S) 241000 666 241 666 Tallangatta ...... (S) 395 000 0 395 000 TantbO ...... (S) 752 000 0 752 000 TraraJgon ...... (C) ) 255 000 0 1 255 000 TraraJgon ...... (S) 156 000 0 156 000 Tullaroop ...... (S) 222000 10 198 232 198 Tungantah ...... (S) 280000 0 280000 Upper Murray ...... (S) 272000 0 272000 Upper Yarra ...... (S) 894000 0 894 000 VIolet Town ...... (S) 121 000 0 121 000 Walpeup ...... (S) 433 000 0 433 000 Wangaratta ...... (C) 993 000 10822 I 003 822 Wangaratta ...... (S) 118 000 0 118000 Wannon ...... (S) 323 000 0 323000 Waranga ...... (S) 525 000 0 525 000 Warracknabeal ...... (S) 341 000 0 341 000 Warragul ...... (S) 736 000 0 736 000 Warrnambool ...... (C) I 357 000 0 I 357 000 Warrnambool ...... (S) 667 000 0 667000 Waverley ...... (C) I 807 000 0 I 807 000 Werribee ...... (C) 2 370000 0 2 370000 Wbittlesea ...... (C) 2 760 000 0 2 760000 Williamstown ...... (q I 391 000 0 I 391 000 Wimmera ...... (S) 309000 0 309000 Winchelsea ...... (S) 362 000 0 362 000 Wodonga ...... (C) I 233 000 0 I 233 000 Wonthaggi ...... (B) 534 000 0 534000 Woorayi ...... (S) 996 000 0 996 000 Wycbeproof ...... (S) 486 000 0 486000 Yackandandab ...... (S) 229000 0 229000 Yarrawonga ...... (S) 388 000 0 388 000 Yea ...... (S) 306000 0 306000 Total 172 557 000 168 885 172 725 885 JIM STEVENSON, Chairman DIANNE FULLER, Member IAN PA WSEY, Member

26 APPENDIX4 FINAL ALLOCATIONS FOR 1987-88

Final Final Allocation Grants Quarter Including for Payment Special Quarters for Factor 1, 2&3 1987-88 1987-88 Municipality ($) ($) ($) Alberton...... (S) 508 725 168 586 677 311 Alexandra ...... (S) 325 500 107 856 433 356 Altona ...... (C) 499 500 165 511 665 011 Ara piles ...... (S) 126 750 41 999 168 749 Ararat...... (C) 473 250 156 813 630063 Ararat ...... (S) 369 000 122 270 491 270 Avoca ...... (S) 234 000 77 537 311 537 Avon ...... (S) 231 750 76 791 308 541 Bacchus Marsh ...... (S) 391 500 129 725 521225 Baimsdale ...... (S) 411 750 136 435 548 185 Baimsdale ...... (T) 495 750 164 269 660019 Ballaarat ...... (C) 1 681 500 557 172 2 238 672 Ballan ...... (S) 192 000 63620 255 620 Ba11arat ...... (S) 780000 258 456 I 038 456 Bannockburn ...... (S) 180 000 59 644 239 644 Barraboo1 ...... (S) 237 750 78 779 316 529 Bass ...... (S) 294000 97 418 391 418 Beechworth ...... (S) 275 250 91205 366 455 Belfast ...... (S) 91 500 30 319 121 819 Bellarine ...... (S) I 119 000 370 785 1 489 785 Benalla ...... (C) 400 500 132 707 533 207 Benalla ...... (S) 168 000 55 667 223 667 Bendigo ...... (C) 1 560 750 517 161 2 077 911 Berwick ...... (C) 1 170 750 387 933 1 558 683 Bet Bet ...... (S) 193 500 64117 257 617 BirChiJ?...... (S) 118 500 39265 157 765 Box Hill ...... (C) 867 000 287 284 1 154 284 Bright ...... (Sl 393 000 130 222 523 222 Brighton ...... (C 373 500 123 761 497 261 Broadford ...... (S 172 500 57 159 229 659 Broadmeadows ...... (C) 2 766 000 916 525 3 682 525 Brunswick ...... (C) 1 410 000 467 209 1877 209 Bulla...... (S) 600 000 198 812 798 812 Buln Buln ...... (S) 525 675 174 204 699 879 Bunpree ...... (S) 162 750 53 928 216 678 Bun.J.nyong ...... (S) 459000 152 091 611 091 Camberwell ...... (§ 1187 250 393 400 1 580 650 Camperdown ...... (T 201 750 66 851 268 601 Castlemaine ...... ( 421 500 139 666 561 166 Caulfield ...... (C 1 148 250 380 477 1 528 727 Charlton ...... (S) 159 000 52 737 211 737 Chelsea ...... (C) 1 001 250 331 768 I 333 018 ChiJtem ...... (S) 105 750 35041 140 791 27 Appendix 4-continued Final Final Allocation Grants Quarter Including for Payment Special Quarters for Factor 1, 2 &3 1987-88 1987-88 }rfunicipality ($) ($) ($) Cobram ...... (S) 372 000 123 264 495 264 Coburg ...... (C) 1 604 250 531 575 2 135 825 Cohuna ...... (S) 271 500 89 963 361 463 Colac ...... (C) 473 250 156 813 630063 Colac ...... (S) 390 750 129 477 520 227 Collingwood ...... (C) 593 250 196 576 789 826 Corio ...... (S) 1 418 250 469 943 I 888 193 Cranboume ...... (S) 1 124 250 372 525 1 496 775 Creswick ...... (S) 282 750 93 690 376 440 Croydon ...... (C) 1 050 750 348 170 1 398 920 Dandenong ...... (C) I 104 000 365 815 1 469 815 Daylesford and Glenlyon ...... (S) 444 750 147 370 592 120 Dealcin ...... (S) 432 750 143 393 576 143 Diamond Valley ...... (S) 1 305 750 432 665 I 738 415 Dimboo la ...... (S) 345 000 114317 459 317 Dona1d ...... (S) 179 250 59 395 238 645 Doncaster and Templestowe ...... (C) 1 500 000 497 031 1 997 031 Dundas ...... (S) 175 500 58 153 233 653 Dunmunkle ...... (S) 215 250 71 324 286 574 Eaglehawk ...... (B) 409 500 135 689 545 189 East Loddon ...... (S) 135 000 44 733 179 733 Echuca ...... (C) 364 500 120 779 485 279 E1tham ...... (S) 1 105 500 366 312 1 471 812 Essendon ...... (C) 1 434 000 475 162. 1 909 162 Euroa ...... ($) 240 750 79 773 320 523 Fitzroy ...... (C) 674 250 223 415 897 665 Ainders...... (S) 584 250 193 594 777 844 Footscray ...... (C) I 832 250 607 123 2 439 373 Frankston ...... (C) 1 649 250 546 486 2195736 Gee1ong ...... (C) 448 500 148 612 597 112 Gee1ong West ...... (C) 552 750 183 156 735 906 Gisbome ...... (S) 323 250 107 110 430 360 Glenelg...... (S) 391 500 129 725 521225 Gordon ...... (S) 261 000 86483 347 483 Gou1bum ...... (S) 117 750 39 017 156 767 Grenville ...... (S) 245 250 81 265 326 515 Hamilton ...... (C) 502 500 166 505 669 005 Hampden ...... (S) 444 000 147 121 591 121 Hastings ...... (S) 365 250 121 027 486277 Hawthorn ...... (C) 399 750 132 459 532 209 Healesville ...... (S) 537 750 178 186 715 936 Heidelberg ...... (C) 1 431 000 474 168 1 905 168 Heytesbury ...... (S) 600 000 198 812 798 812 Horsham ...... (C) 676 500 224 161 900 661 Huntly ...... (S) 182 250 60 389 242 639 Kaniva ...... (S) 158 250 52437 210 687 Kara Kara ...... (S) 108 750 36035 144 785

28 Appendix 4-continued Final Final Allocation Grants Quaner Including_ for Payment Specitil (2rlqners for Factor I, 2&3 1987-88 1987-88 Municipality ($) ($) ($) Karkarooc ...... (S) 299 250 99158 398 408 K.eilor ...... •...... •.. (C) 2280 750 155 736 3 036486 Kerang ...... (B) 213 750 70827 284 577 K.era.ng ...... (S) 353 250 117 051 470 301 Kew ...... (C) 395 250 130 968 526 218 Kilmore ...... (S) 285 ()()() 94436 379 436 Knox ...... (C) I 942 500 643 655 2 586 155 Korong ...... (S) 333 ()()() 110 341 443 341 Korumburra ...... (S) 459 750 152 340 612090 Kowree ...... (S) 269 250 89217 358467 Kyabram ...... (T) 272 250 90211 362 461 Kyneton ...... lS) 396 750 131 465 528 215 Leigh ...... S) 108 750 36035 144 785 Lexton...... S) 66 750 22 118 88868 Lillydale ...... S) 1 773 750 587 739 2 361 489 Lowan ...... (S) 255 000 84495 339 495 Mcivor...... (S) 162 750 53 928 216 678 Maffra ...... (S) 541 425 179 428 720 853 Maldon ...... (S) 158 250 52437 210 687 Malvern ...... (C) 605 250 200 552 805 802 Mansfield ...... (S) 331 500 109 844 441 344 Marong ...... (S) 478 500 158 553 637 053 Maryborough ...... (C) 455 250 ISO 849 606099 Melbourne ...... (C) I 863 750 617 561 2 481 311 Melton ...... (S) 918 750 304 431 I 223 181 MetcaJfe ...... (S) 164 250 54425 218 675 Mildu.ra ...... (C) 767 250 254 231 I 021 481 Mildura ...... (S) I 168 500 387 187 I SSS 681 Minhamite ...... (S) 179 250 59 395 238 645 MirOOo ...... (S) 135 750 44981 180 731 Moe ...... (C) 822000 272 373 1 094 373 Moorabbin ...... (C) I 132 500 375 258 1 507 758 MordiaUoc ...... (C) 618 750 205 025 823 715 Momington ...... (S) 515 250 170 730 685 980 Mortlake ...... lS) 194 250 64366 258 616 Morwell ...... S) 1 167 ()()() 386 690 I 553 690 Mount Rouse ...... S) ISO 000 49703 199 703 Myrtleford ...... S) 251 250 83 253 334 503 Narracan ...... (S) 620250 205 522 825 772 Natbalia ...... (S) 240 750 79773 320 523 Newham and Woodend ...... (S) 225 750 74803 300 553 Newstead ...... (S) 148 500 49206 197 706 Newtown ...... (C) 365 2SO 121 027 486 277 Northcote ...... (C) 1626 750 539 030 2165 780 Numurkah ...... (S) 375 750 124 506 500256 Nunawading ...... (C) 1 585 500 525 362 2110 862 Oakleigh ...... (C) 842 250 279083 I 121 333 29 Appendix 4-continued Final Final Allocation Grants Quarter Including for Payment Special Quarters for Factor I, 2 & 3 1987-88 1987-88 Municipality ($) ($) ($) Omeo ...... (S) 192 750 63 868 256 618 Orbost ...... (S) 568 875 188 534 757 409 Otway ...... (S) 395 250 130 968 526 218 Oxley ...... (S) 227 250 75 300 302 550 Pakenham ...... {S) 838 500 277 840 1 116 340 Phillip Island ...... {S) 348 000 115 311 463 311 Port Fairy ...... {B) 154 500 51 194 205 694 Port Melbourne ...... (C) 183 750 60 886 244 636 Portland ...... {Q 372 750 123 512 496 262 Portland ...... (S) 510 750 169 239 679 989 Prahran ...... (C) 626 250 207 510 833 760 Preston ...... (C) 2 076 000 687 891 2 763 891 Pyalong ...... {S) 29 250 9 692 38 942 Queensclitfe ...... {B) 123 000 40 757 163 757 Richmond...... {C) 710 250 235 344 945 594 Ringwood ...... {C) 902 250 298 964 1 201 214 Ripon ...... {S) 210 000 69 584 279 584 Rochester...... {S) 508 500 168 494 676 994 Rodney ...... (S) 705 000 233 605 938 605 Romsey ...... (S) 227 250 75 300 302 550 Rosedale ...... (S) 132 000 44000 176 000 Rutherglen ...... (S) 157 500 52 188 209 688 St. Arnaud ...... {T) 197 250 65 360 262 610 St. Kilda ...... (C) 1 117 500 370 288 1 487 788 Sale ...... (C) 625 500 207 262 832 762 Sandringham ...... (C) 441 750 146 376 588 126 Sebastopol ...... {B) 352 500 116 802 469 302 Seymour ...... (S) 522 000 172 967 694 967 Shepparton ...... (C) 884 250 293 000 l 177 250 Shepparton ...... (S) 380 250 125 997 506 247 Sherbrooke ...... (S) 1 203 000 398 619 1 601 619 South Barwon ...... (C) l 212 000 401 601 l 613 601 South Gippsland ...... (S) 426 000 141 157 567 157 South Melbourne ...... (C) 280 500 92 945 373 445 Springvale ...... {C) I 482 000 491 067 1 973 067 StaweU ...... (S) 223 359 74022 297 381 StaweU ...... (T) 396 000 131 216 527 216 Strathfieldsaye ...... (S) 517 500 171 476 688 976 Sunshine ...... (C) 2 855 250 946 lOO 3 801 350 Swan Hill ...... (C) 471 000 156 068 627 068 Swan Hill ...... (S) 778 500 257 959 l 036 459 Talbot and Ounes ...... (S) 194 850 64 571 259 421 Tallangatta ...... (S) 317 250 105 122 422 372 Tambo ...... (S) 548 400 181 737 730 137 Traralgon ...... (C) 876 000 290 266 1 166 266 TraraJgon ...... {S) 101 925 33 778 135 703 TuJJaroop ...... (S) 150 750 49 952 200 702

30 Appendix 4-continued Final Final Allocation Grants Quarter Including for Payment Special Quarters for Factor 1,2&3 1987-88 1987-88 Municipality ($) ($) {$) Tungamah ...... (S) 225 750 74 803 300 553 Upper Murray ...... (S) 221 250 73 312 294 562 Upper Y arra ...... (S) 580 500 192351 772851 Violet Town ...... (S) 109 125 36 194 145 319 Walpeup ...... (S) 329 250 I 09 098 438 348 Wangaratta ...... (Q 740 250 245 285 985 535 Wangaratta ...... (S) 102 750 34 047 136 797 Wannon ...... (S) 237 000 78 531 315 531 W aranga ...... (S) 411 000 136 186 547186 Warracknabeal ...... (S) 250 500 83 004 333 504 W arragul ...... (S) 475 500 157 559 633 059 Warrnamboo1 ...... (C) 966 750 320 336 I 287 086 Warrnambool ...... (S) 450 750 149 358 600 108 Waverley ...... (Q I 380 000 457 269 I 837 269 Werribee ...... (C) I 512 750 501 256 2 014 006 Whittlesea ...... (C) 1 858 500 615 821 2 474 321 Williamstown ...... (C) 984 750 326 301 1 311 051 Wimmera ...... (S) 220 500 73 064 293 564 Winchelsea ...... (S) 309 075 102 419 411 494 Wodonga ...... (C) 843 750 279 580 I 123 330 Wonthaggi ...... (B) 399 000 132 210 531 210 Wooray1 ...... (S) 691 500 229 131 920 631 Wycheproof...... (S) 366 000 121 276 487 276 Yackandandah ...... (S) 191 250 63 371 254 621 Y arrawonga ...... (S) 285 000 94 436 379 436 Yea ...... (S) 237 000 78 531 315 531 TOTAL 123 594 684 40 954 090 164 548 774 Note: The final quarter payment was adjusted to reflect the difference between the estimated and final Consumer Price Index for 1987-88. Refer note Appendix 2.

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APPENDIX5 IMPLIED GRANTS 1988-89 Compared to 1986-87 Grant Note: The implied grant is a prediction of the grant when the principles are fully implemented. The grant is to be reassessed each year using more current information. Given the variability in the prediction of the implied grants the Commission has decided to present these for 1988-89 in the following groupings: l. Increase in Grant oflv!ore than 40% Ararat (C), Ballaarat (C), Bellarine (S), Bendigo (C), Berwick (C), Bulla (S), Camperdown (T), Colac (C), Corio (S), Cranbourne (S), Croydon (C), Diamond Valley (S), Eaglehawk (B), Eltham (S), Huntly (S), Keilor (C), Kilmore (S), Knox (C), Kyabram (T), Lil1ydale (S), Maryborough (C), Melton (S), Moe (C), Nunawading (C), Preston (C), Ringwood (C), Rodney (S), Romsey (S), Sebastopol (B), Seymour (S), Shepparton (C), Sherbrooke (S), South Barwon (C), Strathfteldsaye (S), Sunshine (C), Traralgon (C), Upper Yarra (S), Warragul (S), Werribee (C), Whittlesea (C), Wodonga (C). 2. Increase in Grant between 20% and 40% Bacchus Marsh (S), Ballarat (S), Benalla (C), Broadford (S), Broadmeadows (C), Brunswick (C), Cobram (S), Coburg (C), Echuca (C), Essendon (C), Frankston (C), Geelong West (C), Gisborne (S), Hamilton (C), Hastings (S), Healesville (S), Horsham (C), Marong (S), Mildura (C), Mildura (S), Morwell (S), Newham and Woodend (S), Newtown (C), Northcote (C), Pakenham (S), St. Arnaud (T), Stawell (T), Swan Hlll (C), Wangaratta (C), Williamstown (C), Woorayl (S). 3. Change in Grant between +20% and -20% Alberton (S), Arapiles (S), Avon (S), Bairnsdale (S), Bairnsdale (T), Ballan (S), Bannockburn (S), Belfast (S), Bet Bet (S), Box Hill (C), Bright (S), Brighton (C), Buln Buln (S), Bungaree (S), Buninyong (S), Castlemaine (C), Chelsea (C), Cohuna (S), Colac (S), Collingwood(C), Daylesford and Glenlyon (S), Deakin (S), Dimboola (S), Doncaster and Templestowe (C), Fitzroy (C), Footscray (C), Geelong (C), Gordon (S), Grenville (S), Hampden (S), Heidelberg (C), Heytesbury (S), Karkarooc (S), Kerans (B), Kerang (S), Korong (S), Korumburra (S), Kyneton (S), Lowan (S), Mclvor (S), Maffra (S), Mansfield (S), Metcalfe (S), Muboo (S), Moorabbin (C), Mount Rouse (S), Myrtleford (S), Narracan (S), Nathalia (S), Newstead (S), Numurk.ah (S), Omeo (S), Orbost (S), Phillip Island (S), Queenscliffe (B), Richmond (C), Rochester (S), Sale (C), Springvale (C), Swan Hill (S), Talbot and Ounes (S), Tambo (S), Traralgon (S), Tullaroop (S), Warrnambool (C), Warrnambool (S), Waverley (C), Wonthaggi (B), Yarrawonga (S). 4. Reduction in Grant between 20% and 40% Alexandra (S), Altona (C), Barrabool (S), Beechworth (S), Birchip (S), Camberwell (C), Caulfield (C), Charlton (S), Chiltern (S), Creswick (S), Dandenong (C), Donald (S), Dunmunkle (S), Euroa (S), Glenelg (S), Hawthorn (C), Kew (C), Kowree (S), teigh (S), Malvern (C), Mordialloc (C), Mornington (S), Mortlake (S), Oakleigh (C), Otway (S), Oxley (S), Port Fairy (B), Portland (C), Portland (S), Prahran (C), Ripon (S), Rutherglen (S), St. Kilda (C), Sandringham (C), Shepparton (S), South Gippsland (S), South Melbourne (C), Stawell (S), Tallangatta (S), Tungamah (S), Upper Murray (S), Walpeup (S), Wannon (S), Waranga (S), Warracknabeal (S), Wimmera (S), Wycheproof(S), Yackandandah (S), Yea (S). 33 APPENDIX 5-continued 5. Reduction in Grant ofMore than 40% (Maximum Reduction 65%) Ararat (S), Avoca (S), Bass (S), Benalla (S), Dundas (S), East Loddon (S), Flinders (S), Goulburn (S), K.aniva (S), Kara Kara (S), Lexton (S), Maldon {S), Melbourne {C), Minbamite {S), Port Melbourne {C), Pyalong (S), Rosedale {S), Violet Town {S), Wangaratta {S), Winchelsea (S).

34 APPENDIX6 EXPENDITURE NEEDS AND DISABILITIES The assessment of needs and disabilities for each function is given by the relationship: where n is the measure of need e.isthe(modal)standaTid g is the disability factor d is the discount factor (refer to paragraph 2.14 and 2.21). A. NEEDS The measure of needs used in the 1988-89 determinations are shown below:

NEEDS PER MUNICIPALITY Population Road Length Less than 5 to 34 Total Sealed Built-up Municipality Total 5 Years Aged Years (km) (km) (km) Alberton ...... (S) 6 360 513 1045 3003 1 001 234 39 Alexandra ...... (S) 5 770 435 I 053 2 555 701 250 71 Altona ...... (C) 34 400 2252 3954 17039 200 191 200 Arapiles...... (S) 1 940 161 280 925 1 242 323 15 Ararat...... (C) 8 230 554 1472 3 915 96 65 79 Ararat...... (S) 4440 376 672 1 939 2 540 644 59 Avoca ...... (S) 2230 170 464 908 842 233 32 Avon ...... (S) 4 500 414 437 2 419 827 273 26 Bacchus Marsh ...... (S) 10 180 984 1232 5 187 443 246 69 Baimsdale ...... (S) 7 120 509 1 384 3 051 1 253 350 59 Baimsdale ...... (T) 10 360 754 2150 4720 125 81 87 Ballaarat...... (C) 36 850 2457 8 289 17 091 329 233 291 Ballan ...... (S) 3 560 362 496 1678 719 308 58 Ballarat ...... (S) 19 600 1464 2 563 9922 619 345 106 Bannockbum ...... ~S) 3 770 304 432 1 881 494 199 64 Barrabool...... s~ 7 750 610 I 181 3 882 602 288 84 Bass ...... is 4 350 315 930 1 730 491 213 27 Beechworth ...... S) 4 920 348 989 2144 950 153 44 Belfast ...... (S) I 490 99 193 758 421 249 1 Bellarine...... (S) 38 750 3 114 6088 18 755 651 344 295 Benalla ...... (C) 8 950 661 1 718 4133 95 78 95 Benalla ...... (S) 5 200 443 677 2435 1 379 504 24 Bendigo ...... ~C) 32 320 2 336 6 629 15 416 275 218 186 Berwick...... C) 53 900 5 740 4131 29 544 415 313 264 Bet Bet ...... ~S) 2 070 138 469 812 859 299 37 Birchip ...... s~ 1 380 107 239 648 1 295 301 26 Box Hill ...... (C 47 500 2 736 10 304 21 055 227 209 227 Bright ...... (S) 6 310 367 697 3 703 486 145 69 Brighton ...... (C) 34 700 1 848 8 611 13 718 190 157 190

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Population Road Length Less than 5 to 34 Total Sealed Built-up Municipality TotalS Years Aged Years (km) (km) (km) Broadford ...... (S) 3 540 317 422 I 811 273 116 38 Broadmeadows ...... (C)l04900 7417 11464 53818 533 471 533 Brunswick ...... (C) 41 800 2 489 6 682 21 316 207 139 207 Bulla ...... (S) 31 lOO 3 647 1 964 17 476 407 333 161 Buln Buln ...... (S) 10 840 948 I 551 5 365 1 520 307 59 Bun,aree ...... (S) 4 280 357 387 2 210 307 174 63 Burunyong ...... (S) 10 600 992 920 5 702 I 107 257 60 Camberwell ...... (C) 87 300 5 178 20 639 35 451 432 409 432 Camperdown ...... (T) 3 630 268 781 1 613 64 45 39 Castlemaine ...... (C) 6 980 434 I 871 2 800 104 42 50 Caulfield ...... (C) 70 500 3 784 17 565 30 010 294 265 294 Charlton ...... (S) 2 030 159 365 940 958 257 32 Chelsea ...... (C) 27 000 I 749 5 611 11 829 128 Ill 128 Chiltern ...... ($) 2 290 216 327 I 098 563 139 52 Cobram ...... (S) 6 480 508 945 3 218 519 190 50 Coburg ...... (C) 54 700 3 434 11 464 24 905 302 233 302 Cohuna ...... (S) 4 570 400 768 2 113 398 160 36 Colac ...... (C) 10 040 813 2 093 4 584 91 65 78 Colac ...... (S) 6 790 602 873 3 326 907 456 54 Collingwood ...... (C) 13 700 854 I 757 7 293 99 74 99 Corio ...... (S) 55 760 4 251 6 960 28 613 837 521 311 Cranboume ...... ($) 53 340 5 825 3 942 29 746 I 107 392 244 Creswick ...... ($) 4 720 411 701 2 242 597 266 25 Croydon ...... (C) 42 600 3 722 4 671 21 880 241 211 241 Dandenong ...... (C) 58 900 4 631 6 815 30 389 296 261 296 Daylesford and Glenlyon ...... (S) 5 4 70 384 1 208 2 301 666 224 62 Deakin ...... ($) 5 930 496 650 2 994 1 201 385 14 Diamond Valley ..... (S) 58 300 4 998 4 987 30 509 315 237 230 Dimboola ...... (S) 4 310 279 982 I 780 1 960 443 68 Donald ...... (S) 2 490 180 483 1 108 I 799 251 36 Doncaster and Templestowe ...... (C) 104 900 6074 9 906 51 329 587 518 545 Dundas ...... (S) 3 630 292 545 I 643 1 773 849 11 Dunmunkle ...... ($) 2 950 198 691 1224 I 453 282 42 Eaglehawk ...... (B) 8 730 829 1 332 4 523 117 96 74 East Loddon ...... (S) 1 410 110 178 686 939 302 14 Echuca ...... (C) 8 830 691 I 785 4027 115 65 75 Eltham ...... (S) 42 300 3 956 3 252 22 076 617 256 209 Essendon ...... (C) 56 000 3 518 11 741 25 612 285 243 285 Euroa ...... (S) 4 580 306 1 091 I 830 1 210 400 51 Fitzroy ...... (C) 18 500 1 032 2 642 9 857 84 56 84 Flinders ...... (S) 36 200 2 263 11 705 13 116 827 457 571 Footscray ...... (C) 48 800 3 226 9 470 23 185 217 178 217 Frankston ...... (C) 88 300 6 579 12 863 42 454 526 474 501 Geelong...... (C) 13 420 828 3 136 6105 133 Ill 133 Geelong West ...... (C) 14 630 913 3 621 6 654 81 66 81 Gisbome ...... (S) 9 120 822 885 4 376 403 227 45 Glenelg ...... (S) 4 410 310 936 1 871 I 666 672 51

36 Appendix 6-continued

Population Road Length Less than 5 to 34 Total Sealed Built-up Municipality TotalS Years Aged Years {km) {km) (km) Gordon ...... {$) 3030 209 595 I 363 3 155 306 29 Goulbum ...... {S) 2410 184 524 I 018 I 021 181 40 Grenville ...... •...... {S) 6990 754 530 3 767 984 479 69 Hamilton ...... (C) 10470 803 1 851 5 144 126 96 126 Hampden ...... (S) 7 380 582 1 395 3 340 I 598 660 88 Hastings ...... (S) 24 800 2 532 2 442 13 740 563 306 174 Hawthorn ...... (C) 30 900 1374 6 035 14 822 157 119 157 Healesville ...... (S) 11 260 I 039 1477 5 535 482 154 103 Heidelberg ...... (C) 63 700 3 794 12 209 28 872 345 321 345 Heytesbury ...... (S) 7 690 641 I 006 3 782 I 267 519 38 Horsham ...... (C) 12 630 929 2183 6 152 171 92 136 Huntly ...... (S) 4120 439 533 2052 1 376 284 96 Kaniva ...... {S) I 770 143 343 783 1 388 294 32 Kara Kara ...... (S) 1 340 140 164 616 1 706 269 5 Karkarooc ...... {S) 2920 235 543 1255 2 888 454 36 Keilor ...... {C) 98 800 7 687 8 175 51 928 580 477 527 Kerang ...... {B) 4 100 347 864 I 813 51 44 50 Kerang ...... (S) 4470 411 630 2101 2 360 440 25 Kew ...... (C) 29 000 1 428 6 517 12 881 131 127 131 Kilmore ...... (S) 7 350 724 665 3 928 514 149 48 Knox ...... (C)Il2 300 10 771 9 251 60 136 676 515 639 Korong ...... {S) 3 500 255 774 1 421 2 561 442 66 Korumburra ...... {S) 7 250 634 1 243 3390 684 260 46 Kowree ...... ($) 3 830 297 620 I 663 I 815 798 41 Kyabram ...... (T) 5630 494 I 031 2 570 59 52 33 Kyneton ...... •.. (S) 8 180 626 1 377 3927 562 312 71 Leigb ...... ($) I 970 198 229 946 717 291 29 Lexton ...... (S) 1 370 138 201 652 560 233 21 Lillydale ...... {S) 75 800 7 380 6 621 40 232 1004 546 436 Lowan ...... {S) 3 430 246 758 1477 1446 287 39 Mclvor ...... (S) 2 880 202 591 1 217 818 190 34 Maflht ...... ~S~ I 0 180 992 I 583 4 991 750 429 86 Maldon ...... S 2 720 228 551 1 133 105 225 23 Malvern ...... (C) 43 600 2 352 8918 19647 233 168 233 Mansfie1d ...... (S) 5 560 358 719 3067 1 181 258 39 Marong ...... (S) 12 610 1149 I 589 6402 1 269 393 170 Maryborough ...... (C) 7 850 496 I 751 3 394 145 72 96 Melbourne ...... (C) 56 900 3 183 8 678 30 471 331 214 331 Melton ...... (S) 31 000 3 723 1 372 18 309 559 278 251 Metcalfe ...... (S) 2 960 260 510 1 322 353 182 64 Mildura ...... (C) 18 750 1342 3 572 8 864 166 138 146 Mildura ...... (S) 19 980 1622 2 627 9774 6 194 641 59 Minbamite ...... {S) 2000 157 320 882 784 404 20 Mirboo ...... (S) 2600 285 272 1 343 244 101 9 Moe ...... (C) 17 640 1 594 2 707 8 950 147 118 126 Moorabbin ...... (C) 98 900 5 894 20 367 42 686 506 469 506 Mordialloc ...... (C) 27 800 1496 6173 12 094 151 128 151 Mornington ...... (S) 29 300 2039 5 793 13057 327 209 249 Mortlake ...... (S) 3230 276 574 I 437 1 255 490 38 37 Appendix 6-continued

Road Length Less than 5 to 34 Total Sealed Built-up Municipality TotalS Years Aged Years (km) (km) (km) Morwell ...... (S) 27 960 2 630 2 597 15 070 866 305 161 M-ount Rouse ...... (S) 2400 182 478 1 035 782 319 55 Myrt1eford ...... (S) 4 360 365 576 2 212 353 152 77 Narracan ...... (S) 11 270 1 054 1 281 5 816 1 639 318 79 Nathalia ...... (S) 3 350 267 599 1483 1 052 257 59 Newham and Woodend ...... (S) 4 710 482 562 2280 383 I 17 30 Newstead ...... (S) 2 570 206 498 I 120 402 129 33 Newtown ...... (C) 10 420 664 2222 4 731 65 52 65 Northcote ...... (C) 50 100 2 959 8 872 24 357 271 200 271 Numurkah ...... (S) 6450 511 1 lOO 3052 847 280 45 Nunawading ...... (C) 96 600 5 752 14 133 45 218 439 402 439 Oakleigh ...... (C) 57 800 3 485 8 593 29 176 305 257 305 Omeo ...... (S) 1 740 153 234 793 949 155 48 Orbost ...... (S) 6 470 618 1 017 2 990 1 169 233 63 Otway ...... (S) 3 820 328 668 1692 945 173 47 Ox1ey ...... (S) 5 630 514 694 2 691 I 096 373 10 Pakenham ...... (S) 24 990 2 455 2 786 12 733 1 118 234 108 Phillip Island ...... (S) 4 570 331 I 391 I 640 264 84 142 Port Fairy ...... (B) 2680 187 698 1 062 55 35 32 Port Melbourne ..... (C) 8 300 436 1 617 3 817 76 62 76 Portland ...... (C) 10 7 40 920 I 583 5 385 155 102 115 Portland ...... (S) 7 520 650 964 3 703 2 031 808 71 Prahran ...... (C) 44 700 1 475 8 890 21 683 156 125 156 Preston ...... (C) 82 600 4 822 15 101 39 484 433 369 433 Pyalong ...... (S) 670 60 96 339 520 154 20 Queensc1iffe ...... (B) 3 350 196 1 133 I 179 47 38 43 Richmond...... (C) 23 700 1 369 3 446 12 321 169 92 169 Ringwood ...... (C) 42 200 2 861 6 237 20 212 394 371 394 Ripon ...... (S) 3 520 285 572 I 632 ] 017 395 49 Rochester ...... (S) 7 390 599 1 157 3 538 1 797 488 49 Rodney ...... (S) 15 470 I 353 1 944 7 910 1 238 455 58 Romsey ...... (S) 6 610 685 662 3 346 607 193 42 Rosedale ...... (S) 8 430 871 926 4 344 1 311 644 lOO R utherglen ...... (S) 3 150 259 561 1432 635 175 31 St. Arnaud ...... (T) 2 740 202 662 1 091 95 34 45 St. Kilda ...... (C) 47 300 1 892 9 557 22 105 122 94 120 Sale ...... (C) 13 800 1 341 1 604 7 390 142 93 97 Sandringham ...... (C) 32 000 1 785 7 460 12 664 154 148 154 Sebastopol ...... (B) 7 300 636 1 012 3 840 53 50 41 Seymour...... (S) 11 600 1 182 1 095 6 725 543 255 82 Shepparton ...... (C) 26 000 2 162 3 880 13 252 196 169 180 Shepparton ...... (S) 8 390 711 793 4272 1 101 379 26 Sherbrooke ...... (S) 36 800 3 697 3512 18990 723 211 382 South Barwon ...... (C) 40 580 2 944 6 360 19 231 361 261 150 South Gipps1and .... (S) 6 160 552 915 2 820 946 306 73 South Melbourne .. (C) 18 600 807 3 607 8 461 136 85 136 Springvale ...... (C) 86 500 6 194 8 655 44 436 487 394 360 Stawell ...... (S) 2 540 198 333 1 245 I 790 385 32

38 Appendix 6-continued

Population Road Length Less than 5 to 34 Total Sealed Built-up Municipality Total5 Years Aged Years (km) (km) (km) Stawell ...... (T) 6 560 445 I 384 2 952 130 77 102 Strathfieldsaye ...... (S) 15 740 I 172 2 158 7 793 602 289 147 Sunshine ...... (C) 97 700 7 079 11 230 50 554 585 516 563 Swan Hill ...... (C) 9 080 771 I 626 4424 89 77 70 Swan Hill ...... (S) 12 430 I 105 I 747 5 964 3 610 891 57 Talbot and Ounes .. (S) 2 220 161 416 949 484 193 40 Tallangatta ...... (S) 4050 348 728 I 807 967 365 32 Tambo ...... (S) 9 560 750 I 882 4038 901 227 91 Traralgon ...... (C) 20 130 I 945 2 206 10 831 137 120 137 Traralgon ...... (S) 4500 403 219 2 455 565 209 6 Tullaroop ...... (S) 2 550 197 377 I 147 515 238 11 Tungamah ...... (S) 2 840 244 331 I 341 I 095 303 12 Upper Murray ...... (S) 2 510 172 481 I 081 671 203 37 UpperYarra ...... (S) 14 500 I 569 I 797 7 429 674 144 38 Violet Town ...... (S) I 450 118 306 599 744 198 26 Walpeup ...... ($) 3 490 277 572 1 661 3 012 184 68 Wangaratta ...... (C) 16 560 I 283 3 091 7 790 146 112 131 Wangaratta ...... (S) 3 230 216 492 I 481 887 224 18 Wannon ...... (S) 3 010 238 624 1 244 926 650 50 Waranga ...... (S) 4 540 329 877 1 939 I 900 436 61 Warracknabeal ...... (S) 3 910 260 905 1 696 1 658 387 42 Warragul...... (S) 12 530 I 101 I 920 6 299 462 230 91 Warrnambool...... (C) 23 830 1 743 4051 11 907 213 165 173 Warmambool ...... (S) 8 480 738 1 168 4 307 I 426 794 71 Waverley ...... (C) 128 lOO 7 000 14 139 61 348 664 593 664 Werribee ...... (C) 57 800 6 094 3 550 33 164 800 494 341 Whittlesea ...... (S) 84 500 7 954 5 321 46 995 748 518 343 Williamstown ...... (C) 24 lOO 1 502 5 153 10 643 161 127 153 Wimmera...... (S) 2 980 246 296 1 537 2 215 291 8 Winchelsea ...... (S) 4400 357 855 I 981 778 292 71 Wodonga ...... (C) 23 620 2 087 2 362 13 052 238 178 142 Wonthaggi ...... (B) 6 310 476 I 361 2 786 163 43 115 Woorayl...... (S) 11 520 858 2 241 5 157 991 405 127 Wycheproof...... (S) 3 390 248 561 I 559 2 620 548 65 Yackandandah ...... (S) 4 220 402 506 2 045 543 221 14 Yarrawonga ...... (S) 4910 335 1 090 2 081 764 199 44 Yea ...... (S) 4 550 440 673 2 144 617 166 28

39 APPENDIX 6-contined Expenditure Function Standard Units ofNeedfor Standards General Administration ...... $77.00 per head of population Fire Protection...... $1.50 per head of population Law Public Safety Other ...... $1.50 per head of population Infants and Mothers ...... $65.00 per head of population < 5 years Preventive Services ...... $3.10 perheadofpopulation Families and Children ...... $25.00 per head of population < 5 years Aged and Disabled ...... $90.00 per head of population > 60 years Garbage...... $51.50 per number of households serviced Street Cleaning ...... $515.00 per kilometre of sealed built-up road Drainage ...... $1.80 per head of population Public Halls ...... $2.50 per head of population Pools and Beaches ...... $3.50 per head of population Parks and Gardens ...... $7.00 per head of population Sporting Oubs ...... $9.00 per head of population > 5 and < 34 years Libraries ...... $9.00 per head of population Unclassified Sealed...... $750.00 per kilometre ofgiven road type Unclassified Formed and Surfaced ...... $450.00 per kilometre of given road type Footpaths Kerb and Channel. $325.00 per kilometre of sealed built-up road Street Beautification ...... $3.00 per head of population Traffic Control ...... $2.50 per head of population Street Lighting ...... $400.00 per kilometre of built-up road

40 APPENDIX? REVENUE CAPACITY

A. TAX BASE AND IMPLIED RATE Tax Implied Base Rate Municipality ($000) (c/$) Alberton ...... (S) 12 100 12·0 Alexand.ra ...... (S) 15 167 1·8 Altona ...... (C) 111 467 6·3 Arapiles ...... (S) 6 700 8·8 Ararat ...... (C) 7067 18·4 Ararat ...... (S) 18 367 1·5 Avoca ...... (S) 4 600 8·4 Avon ...... (S) 8 367 8·0 Bacchus Marsh ...... (S) 14800 11·0 Bairnsdale ...... (S) 16 900 9·4 Bairnsdale ...... (T) 18 033 11·8 Ballaarat ...... (C) 56 500 12·9 Ballan ...... (S) 6 567 9·3 Ballarat...... (S) 31200 8·5 Bannockburn ...... (S) 7 367 8·8 Barrabool ...... (S) 25 267 8·3 Bass ...... (S) 10633 12·3 Beechworth ...... (S) 7 200 8·5 Belfast ...... (S) 4 600 5·7 Bellarine ...... (S) 65 567 11·9 Benalla ...... (C) 11 433 13·8 Benalla ...... (S) 13 633 5·1 Be ndigo ...... (C) 46000 16·7 Bel"\Vick ...... {C) 87933 8·8 Bet Bet...... (S) 3 300 10.8 Birchip ...... (S) 4 700 11·6 Box Htll ...... (C) 120 800 6·5 Brighton ...... (C) 12 833 10.6 Bright ...... (S) 120 467 5·5 Broadford ...... (S) 5 600 14·1 Broadmeadows ...... (C) 169 333 7·2 Brunswick ...... (C) 97 300 9·6 Bulla ...... (S) 53133 11·3 Buln Buln ...... (S) 23 833 10.4 Bun~ree ...... (S) 6 500 8·8 Bumnyong ...... (S) 16 200 9·2 Camberwell ...... (C) 253 333 6·5 Camperdown ...... (T) 3 500 18·6 Castlemaine ...... (C) 8 933 13-3 Caulficld ...... (C) 187 100 6·5 Charlton ...... (S) 4 867 10.7 Chelsea ...... (C) 44433 8·2 Chiltern ...... (S) 4467 9·2 Cobram ...... (S) to 367 10.5 Coburg ...... (C) 107 667 9·1 41 Appendix 7-continued Tax Implied Base Rate Municipality ($000) (c/$) Cohuna ...... (S) 6 567 10·6 Colac ...... (C) 10500 14·8 Colac ...... (S) 13 333 8·8 Collingwood ...... (C) 58 900 11·0 Corio ...... (S) 81 267 11·5 Cranbourne ...... (S) 82 633 9·5 Creswick ...... (S) 6 700 8·1 Croydon ...... (C) 74 167 8·8 Dandenong ...... (C) 132 400 6·1 Daylesford and Glenlyon ...... (S) 6 633 13·9 Deakin ...... ($) 12 667 11·9 Diamond V alley ...... (S) 93 467 8·8 Dimboo1a ...... (S) 10033 10.2 Donald ...... (S) 6 700 9·7 Doncaster and Temp1estowe ...... (C) 215567 7·7 Dundas ...... (S) 17 500 7·3 Dunmunkle...... (S) 7 667 9·4 Eaglehawk ...... (B) 7 300 15·6 East Loddon ...... (S) 6 333 10·0 Echuca ...... (C) 15 733 9·4 Eltham ...... ($) 82 933 9·7 Essendon ...... (C) 127 067 8·3 Euroa ...... (S) 12 500 9·9 Fitzroy ...... (C) 52033 12·1 Flinders ...... (S) 132 600 7·5 Footscray ...... (C) 119 200 10.5 Frankston...... (C) 156 867 7·0 Geelong ...... (C) 40 633 9·3 Geelong West ...... (C) 17 400 10.4 Gisborne ...... (S) 16 767 11·7 Glenelg ...... (S) 12 800 9·4 Gordon ...... ($) 8 500 10.2 Gou1burn ...... (S) 8 167 7·0 Grenville ...... (S) lO 900 6·3 Hamilton ...... (C) 14 800 14·8 Hampden ...... (S) 17 933 9·8 Hastings ...... (S) 64 733 9·8 Hawthorn ...... (C) 149 200 5·1 Healesville ...... (S) 18 767 14·4 Heide1berg ...... (C) 129 533 7·3 Heytesbury ...... (S) 16 600 11-l Horsham ...... (C) 17 600 12·1 Huntly ...... (S) 7 433 11·6 Kaniva ...... (S) 6 833 9·4 Kara Kara ...... (S) 6 933 8·2 Karkarooc ...... (S) 7 500 10·2 Keilor ...... (C) 133 467 9·7 Kerang...... (B) 4 633 11·5 Kerang...... (S) 12 lOO 9.8 Kew ...... (C) 87 500 6·4 K.ilmore ...... (S) ll 667 11·6 42 Appendix. ?-continued Tax Implied Base Rate Municipality ($000) (c/$) Knox ...... (q 203 433 7·4 Korong ...... (5) 7 267 9·4 Korumburra ...... (5) 12 833 13·4 Kowree ...... (5) 14 333 7·4 Kyabram ...... (T) 6900 13·0 Kyneton ...... (5) 13 100 8·9 Leigh ...... (5) 5 967 6·6 Lexton ...... (5) 4 300 5·8 Lillydale ...... (5) 129 067 8·9 Lowan ...... (5) 7 467 11·4 Mclvor ...... (5) 6400 10·6 Ma.tlfa ...... (5) 19 233 8·5 Maldon ...... (5) 5 900 6·8 Malvern ...... (C) 153 433 5·7 Mansfield ...... (5) 12 167 11·5 Marong...... (5) 19 333 10·9 Maryborough ...... (C) 7 800 18·1 Melbourne ...... (C) 618 767 8·2 Melton ...... (5) 35 533 15·6 Metcalfe ...... (5) 5 300 10·2 Mildura ...... (C) 33 933 12·5 Mildura ...... (5) 27 467 12·9 Minhami te ...... (5) 7 667 7·0 Mirboo ...... (5) 4 600 8·7 Moe ...... (C) 20200 13·9 Moorabbin ...... (C) 267 633 6·2 Mordialloc ...... (C) 70700 7·1 Mornington ...... (5) 70 333 8·0 Mortlake ...... (5) 13 200 11·0 Morwell ...... (5) 44 967 12·6 Mount Rouse ...... (5) 7 067 9·8 Myrtleford ...... (5) 7 267 11·3 Narracan ...... (5) 22 600 12·5 Nathalia ...... (5) 6 800 10.2 Newstead ...... (5) 7 367 11·4 Newtown ...... (C) 3 467 8·9 Newham and Woodend ...... (5) 15 167 10·3 Northcote ...... (C) 95 867 10.5 Numurkah ...... (5) 10 333 8·9 Nunawading ...... (C) 194 300 7·3 Oakleigh ...... (Q 165 967 6·8 Omeo ...... (5) 4 567 1(}0 Orbost ...... (5) 10 833 11·8 Otway ...... (5) 12 lOO 9·8 Oxley ...... (5) 11 567 5·0 Pakenharn ...... (5) 42400 9·3 Ph.illip Island ...... (5) 17 233 14·5 Port Fairy ...... (B) 4 567 7·0 Portland ...... (q 62 767 7·7 Portland ...... (5) 30 625 7·1 Port Melbourne ...... (C) 23 133 6·2 43 Appendix 7-continued Tax Implied Base Rate Municipality ($000) (c/$) Prahran ...... (C) 206 433 6·7 Preston ...... (C) 167 467 7·4 Pyal ong ...... (S) 2 867 9·3 Queenscliffe ...... (B) 9 267 8·6 Richmond ...... (C) 76 033 ll·O Ringwood ...... (C) 79 300 8·6 Ripon ...... (S) 9 733 7·9 Rochester ...... (S) 15 667 10.5 Rodney...... (S) 26 633 9·4 Romsey ...... (S) 12 533 9·2 RosedaJe ...... (S) 36 867 7·7 Rutherglen ...... (S) 6 367 6·7 St. Amaud...... (T) 2 333 19·0 St. Kilda ...... (Q 138 467 8·0 Sale ...... (Q 29 133 10·5 Sandringham ...... (C) 94 133 6·1 Sebastopol ...... (B) 6900 13·7 Seymour ...... (S) 14 700 13·4 Shepparton ...... (C) 50 533 10·4 Shepparton ...... (S) 21 800 6·9 Sherbrooke ...... (S) 58 500 9·9 South Barwon ...... (C) 54 833 10.2 South Gippsland ...... (S) 15 900 8·8 South Melbourne ...... (C) 181 133 5·4 Springvale ...... (C) 166 800 6·5 Stawell ...... (S) 9 467 8·5 Stawell ...... (T) 6900 14·3 Strath.fie1dsaye ...... (S) 21 967 12·2 Sunshine ...... (Q 172 367 10.8 Swan Hill ...... (C) 13 233 13·1 Swan Hill ...... (S) 22·633 12·6 Tal bot and Clunes ...... ($) 3 833 8·6 Tallangatta ...... (S) 9000 7·0 Tambo...... (S) 18 600 11·5 Traralgon ...... (C) 26 933 12·6 Traralgon ...... (S) 8 400 7·2 Tullaroop ...... (S) 4000 9·4 Tungamah ...... (S) 7 667 8·0 Upper Murray ...... (S) 6 733 9·7 Upper Yarra ...... (S) 16 667 13·4 Violet Town ...... (S) 4 967 7·6 Walpeup ...... (S) 7 200 8·6 Wangaratta ...... (C) 26433 13·0 Wangaratta ...... (S) 8 900 5·2 Wannon ...... (S) 9 867 8·3 Waranga ...... (S) 9 567 l1•9 Warracknabeal...... (S) 9 800 8·3 W arragul ...... (S) 19 933 13·9 Warmambool ...... (C) 41 533 9·4 Warrnambooi ...... (S) 21 300 7·7 Waverley ...... (C) 298 767 5·4

44 Appendix 7-continued Tax Implied Base Rate Municipality ($000) (c/S) Werribee ...... (~ 92 333 12·0 Wbittlesea ...... (S 126 167 8·6 Williamstown ...... ( · 51 700 11·9 Wimmera ...... (S 9033 7·7 Winchelsea ...... (S 14 733 8·4 Wodonga ...... (C) 36000 9·6 Wonthaggi...... (B) 8200 14·6 Wooray1 ...... (Sl 25 833 12·5 Wycheproof ...... (S 11 533 10.4 Yack:andandah ...... (S 8 867 7·1 Yarrawonga ...... (5 12 567 1·9 Yea ...... (S) 10 167 8·2

B. DISTRIBUTION OF RATEABLE PROPERTY, RATE INCOME, RATING AND POPULATION I 975-76 to 1986-87 Year Rateable Property Rate Income Implied Population (1 October- NAV Rate in at JO September) $m $per head $m $ per head $ (cents) JOJune Metropolitan Municipalities 1975-76 180().0 769.49 151·5 67.33 8·8 2 339 200 1976-77 2250.1 963.10 114·1 74.78 1·8 2 336 300 1977-78 2334·0 999.79 197·7 84·69 8·5 2 334 500 1978-79 2361·5 1007.98 214·4 91.51 9·1 2 342 800 1979-80 2527·1 1077.52 238·6 101.74 9·4 2 345 300 1980-81 2739·2 1155.20 269·7 113.74 9·8 2 371200 1981-82 3138·7 1314.47 308·0 128.99 9·8 2 387 800 1982-83 3403·8 1419.97 351·5 149.14 1().5 2 397100 1983-84 3960.6 1652.11 386·5 161.22 9·8 2 397 300 1984-85 5422·7 2259.55 421·6 175.67 1·8 2 399 900 1985-86 6028·5 2510.72 462·5 192.62 1·1 2 401 100 1986-87 7169·0 2993.32 501·6 211.94 7·1 2 395 000

Provincial Cities and Towns 1975-76 156·1 396.44 22·4 56.89 14·3 393 750 1976-77 235·9 594.16 24·8 62.53 10.5 396 630 1977-78 272·3 681.16 29·5 73.79 10·8 399 760 1978-79 269·9 669.98 32·6 80.92 12·1 402 850 1979-80 336·3 826.96 36·7 90.25 1().9 406 670 1980-81 383·1 940.03 44·8 109.93 11·7 407 540 1981-82 413·2 1004.28 49·2 119.58 11·9 411440 1982-83 429·4 1032.26 51·5 138.23 13·4 415 980 1983-84 47().9 1120.28 61·7 146.79 13·1 420340 1984-85 555·1 1309.25 69-9 164.69 12·6 424 440 1985-86 652·5 1522.97 78·0 182.06 12·0 428440 1986-87 747·8 1767.18 81·5 206.78 ll·7 423 160

45 Appendix 7-continued

Year Rateable Property Rate Income Implied Population (I October- NAV Rate in at 30 September) $m $per head $m $ per head $ (cents) 30June All Other Municipalities 1975-76 698·7 692.19 77·1 76.38 11·0 I 009 400 1976-77 1011·5 966.83 85·1 81.34 8·4 1 046 200 1977-78 1155·5 1068.51 98·7 91.27 8·5 1 081 410 1978-79 1214·9 1099.05 110·6 100.05 9·1 1 105 410 1979-80 1333·1 1176.47 125·2 110.49 9·4 1 133 140 1980-81 1505·9 1287.48 146·3 125.08 9·7 1 169 650 1981-82 1704·1 1426.30 166·7 139.52 9·8 1 194 770 1982-83 1831·3 1499.26 189·8 155.39 10·4 1 221 470 1983-84 205(}0 1630.62 198·4 157.81 9·7 1 257 190 1984-85 2449·3 1888.41 234·4 180.72 9·6 1 297 020 1985-86 2661·3 1993.32 261·2 195.64 9·8 1 335 110 1986-87 2983·5 2147.18 291·8 210.00 9·8 1 389 500 Total for State 1975-76 2654·8 709.39 257·0 68.67 9·7 3 742 350 1976-77 3497·5 925.48 284·6 75.31 8·1 3 779 130 1977-78 3761·8 985.88 325·9 85.41 8·7 3 815 670 1978-79 3846·3 998.76 357·6 92.86 9·3 3 851 060 1979-80 4196·5 1080.15 400·5 103.09 9·5 3 885 110 1980-81 4628·2 1172.17 460·8 116.71 10·0 3 948 390 1981-82 5256·0 1315.97 523·9 131.17 10·0 3 994 010 1982-83 5664·5 1404.00 604·8 149.91 10·7 4 034 550 1983-84 6481·5 1590.62 646·6 158.68 10·0 4 074 830 1984-85 8427·7 2044.88 725·9 176.13 8·6 4 121 360 1985-86 9342·3 2243.24 801·7 192.50 8·6 4164650 1986-87 10900·3 2590.58 886·9 210.78 8·1 4 207 660 N.B. for qualifications regarding the above inclusive to year 1985-86 refer to previous Annual Reports. Figures for 1986-87 are based on estimates of resident population (catalogue number 3203·2 dated 5 May 1988) which are based on results of the 1986 Census. Statistics relating to the financial distribution of municipal expenditure will appear in detail in the Australian Bureau of Statistics local government bulletins.

46 APPENDIX8 VICTORIA GRANTS COMMISSION CONSULTATION PROGRAM 1987-88 A. PROGRAM FOR REGIONAL CONFERENCES

Date Location Thursday 5.1 1.87 City ofEchuca Municipal Offices Heygarth Street Echuca 3625 Tuesday 10.11.87 CityofKnox Municipal Offices 511 Burwood Highway Knoxfield 3180 Thursday 12.11.87 Town of Bairnsdale Municipal Offices 8 Pearson Street Bairnsdale 3875 Monday 16.11.87 City ofDoncaster and Templestowe Municipal Offices 699 Doncaster Road Doncaster 3108 Thursday 19.11.87 City ofBallaarat Municipal Offices Sturt Street Ballarat 3350 Tuesday 24.11.87 Shire ofWoorayl Municipal Offices 9 Smith Street Leongatha 3953 Thursday 26.11.87 City ofFitzroy Municipal Offices 201 Napier Street Fitzroy 3065 Tuesday 1.12.87 Horsnam Civic Centre (Theatrette) Roberts A venue Horsham 3400 Thursday 3.12.87 Traralgon Community Arts Centre City Hall Cnr. Grey and Breed Streets Traralgon 3844 Tuesday 15.12.87 Warracknabea1 Shire Hall Scott Street Warracknabeal3393 Thursday 17.12.87 Frankston Civic Centre Davey Street Frankston 3199 Tuesday 22.12.87 City of Swan Hill Municipal Offices Cnr. Nyah Road and Chapman Street Swan Hill 3585

47 Appendix 8-continued Date Location Tuesday 5.1.88 Kyneton Shire Offices 129 Mollison Street Kyneton 3444 Thursday 7.1.88 Wodonga Municipal Offices Hovell Street Wodonga 3690 Friday 8.1.88 Wangaratta Municipal Offices 64-66 Ovens Street Wangaratta 3677 Tuesday 12.1.88 Benalla Municipal Offices Fawkner Drive Benalla 3672 Wednesday 13.1.88 Shepparton Civic Centre Welsford Street Shepparton 3630 Wednesday 27.1.88 Colac Municipal Offices 4-6 Rae Street Colac325Q Thursday 28.1.88 Hamilton Art Gallery Auditorium Brown Street Hamilton 3300 Thursday 4.2.88 Creative Arts Centre High Street Maryborough 3465 Friday 5.2.88 City of A.rarat Municipal Offices Vincent Street A.rarat 3377 Tuesday 9.2.88 City ofGeelong Munici ffices West Edina Room Little Malop Street Geelong 3220 Wednesday 10.2.88 City ofWarrnambool Municipal Offices Liebig Street Warrnambool3280 Monday 29.2.88 Shire ofSeymour Municipal Offices Tallarook Street Seymour 3660 Tuesday 1.3.88 City of Caulfield Municipal Offices Cnr. Hawthorn and Glen Eira Roads Caulfield 3162 Thursday 3.3.88 City ofEssendon Civic Centre Cnr. K.ellaway Avenue and Pascoe Vale Road Moonee Ponds 3039

48 Appendix 8-continued B. ADVERTISEMENT OF REGIONAL CONFERENCES AS PUBLIC MEETINGS The Age, Saturday 21 November 1987 REGIONAL MEETINGS WITH MUNICIPALITIES BY THE VICTORIA GRANTS COMMISSION. The Victoria Grants Commission is responsible for the determination of General Purpose Revenue Grants to Local Councils in accordance with the Commonwealth "Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1986... This requires the Commission to conduct annual assessments of each Council's cost of providing the normal range of services to the community and compare this with its capacity to raise the revenue required for these services. Meetings for the following Municipalities have been arranged for December, commencing at 9 a.m. GROUP I: Horsham, Wimmera, Dunmunkle, Stawell Town, Stawell Shire, Arapiles, Kowree, at City ofHorsham Civic Centre on I December, 1987. GROUP 2: Traralgon City, Traralgon Shire, Rosedale, Morwell, Moe, Narracan, Warragul, Buln Buln, at Traralgon Community Arts Centre, City Hall, Traralgon on 3 December, 1987. GROUP 3: Frankston, Mornington, Hastings, Flinders, Chelsea, Springvale, at City ofFrankston Civic Centre on 17 December, 1987. These Meetings are open to the Public and an invitation is extended to representatives of any Organisation or interested persons to attend. For further information contact Cameron Rowe on (03) 602 9518. Victoria Grants Commission. C. CONSULTATIONS WITH OTHER BODIES (REPRESENTATIVE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT) Organisation Date Municipal Association of Victoria • Annual General Meeting-Moonee Valley 15.10.87 • Executive Meeting 20.11.87 • Conference on General Revenue Grants 18.12.87 • Finance Committee 3.3.88 • Finance Committee 16.3.88 • Gippsland Region-Meeting with Cabinet Rural Affairs 16.6.88 Committee Consultants for MAY: Pasquale Sgro 15.4.88 John Stanley 22.4.88 Metropolitan Municipal Association • Annual General Meeting (Kew Council) 29.10.87 Local Government Engineers' Association • Central Gippsland Group 16.10.87 • Municipal Engineers' Conference 25.2.88 Institute of Municipal Management • Annual Conference 18.2.88 • Local Government Accountants Course-Clifton Springs 9.3.88 Dr. Ron Wells, M.P., on behalfofMornington Peninsula 13.11.87

49 Appendix 8-continued Organisation Date Hon. R. Hallam, M.P., with Portland Shire 17.11.87 Goulburn Group of Municipalities 24.2.88 North Eastern Metropolitan Re~on 21.4.88 Inner Eastern Metropolitan Repon 25.5.88 Association of Municipal Electricity Authorities-Secretary: Mr. 2.6.88 John Hall Geelong Group of Finance Officers 9.6.88 Decentralisation and Development Association of Victoria 6.7.88 D. COUNCILS ATTENDING REGIONAL CONFERENCES Echuca (C), 5 November 1987 Creswick (S) Echuca (C) Daylesford and Glenlyon (S) Rochester (S) Ballan (S) East Loddon (S) Bacchus Marsh (S) Gordon(S) Buninyong (S) Cohuna(S) Grenville (S) Huntly(S) Sebastopol (B) Knox (C), 10 November 1987 Woorayl (S), 24 November 1987 Knox(C) Woorayl(S) Waverley(C) Mirboo(S) Sherbrooke (S) South Gtppsland (S) Pakenham (S) Alberton (S) Dandenon~ (C) Korumburra (S) Berwick(C) Bass (S) Cranbourne (S) Wonthaggi (B) Lillydale (S) Phillip Island (S) Upper Yarra (S) Fitzroy (C), 26 November 1987 Healesville (S) Fitzroy (C) Eltham(S) Melbourne (C) Bairnsdale(T}, 12 November 1987 South Melbourne (C) Bairnsdale (T) Port Melbourne (C) Bairnsdale (S) St. Kilda (C) Orbost(S) Prahran(C) Tambo(S) Richmond (C) Omeo(S) Brunswick (C) Avon (S) Horsham (C), I December 1987 Maffra (S) Horsham(C) Sale (C) Wimmera(S) Doncaster and Templestowe (C), 16 Dunmunkle (S) November 1987 Stawell (T) Doncaster and Templestowe (C) Stawell(S) Kew(C) Arapiles (S) Hawthorn(C) Kowree(S) Camberwell (C) Traralgon (C), 3 December 1987 Box Hill (C) Traralgon (C) Nunawading (C) Traralgon (S) Ringwood (C) Rosedale (S) Croydon(C) Morwell(S) Ballaarat (C), 19 November 1987 Moe(C) Ballaarat (C) Narracan (S) Ballarat (S) Warragul (S) Bungaree (S) Buln Buln (S)

50 Appendix 8-continued Warracknabeal (S), 15 December 1987 Shepparton (S) Warracknabeal (S) Waranga(S) Kaniva(S) Deakin(S) Lowan(S) Kyabram(T) Dimboola (S) Rodney (S) Karkarooc (S) Nathalia (S) Birchip(S) Donald(S) Colac(C), 27 January 1988 Colac(C) Frankston (C), 17 December 1987 Colac (S) Frankston (C) Otway(S) Momington (S) Winchelsea (S) Hastings (S) Barrabool (S) Hinders (S) Bannockbum (S) Chelsea (C) Leigh (S) Springvale (C) Hamilton (C), 28 January 1988 Swan Hill (C), 22 December 1987 Hamilton (C) Swan Hill (C) Dundas(S) Swan Hill (S) Wannon(S) Mildura(C) Glenelg(S) Mildura(S) Portland (C) Walpeup(S) Portland (S) Wycheproof (S) Mt. Rouse (S) Kerang(B) Kerang(S) Maryborough (C), 4 February 1988 Maryborough (C) Kyneton (S), 5 January 1988 St. Amaud (T) Kyneton(S) Tullaroop (S) Mclvor(S) Bet Bet (S) Romsey(S) Korong(S) Gisbome(S) Charlton (S) Newham and Woodend (S) Kara Kara (S) Wodonga (C), 7 January 1988 Marong(S) Wodonga(C) Strathfieldsaye (S) Yackandandah (S) Newstead (S) Myrtleford (S) Bendigo(C) Bright (S) Eaglehawk (B) Tallangatta (S) Metcalfe (S) Upper Murray (S) Castlemaine (C) Wangaratta (C), 8 January 1988 Maldon(S) Wangaratta (C) Ararat (C), 5 February 1988 Wangaratta (S) Ararat(C) Yarrawonga (S) Ararat (S) Rutherglen (S) Avoca(S) Chiltern (S) Lexton (S) Beechworth (S) Ripon (S) Oxley(S) Talbot and Ounes (S) Benalla (C), 12 January 1988 Geelong(C), 9 February 1988 Benalla(C) Geelong(C) Benalla(S) Geelong West (C) Numurkah (S) Newtown(C) Cobram(S) Corio (S) Tungamah (S) Bellarine (S) Shepparton (C), 13 January 1988 Queenscliffe (B) Shepparton (C) South Barwon (C) 51 Appendix 8-continued Warrnamboo/ (C), 10 February 1988 1988 Warrnambool (C) January W!lf11la~bool (S) 14 Kyneton (S) Mmham1te (S) 29 Arapiles (S) Belfast (S) 29 Upper Murray (S) Port Fauy (B) Mortlake (S) February Heytesbury (S) t *Ballan (S) Camperdown (T) I *Nunawading (C) Hampden(S) 11 Frankston (C) Seymour (S), 29 February 1988 12 Hastings (S) Seymour(S) 22 Birchip (S) Kilmore (S) 26 Beechworth (S) Broadford (S) March Yea(S) Alexandra (S) 2 Portland (C) 8 Leigh (S) Mansfield (S) 9 BetBet(S) Goulbum(S) 10 Charlton (S) Euroa(S) 15 Dundas (S) Violet Town (S) 17 Tullaroop (S) Cau/fie/d (C), 1 March 1988 17 Dunmunkle (S) Caulfi.eld (C) 17 Horsham (C) Malvern(C) 18 Winchelsea (S) Brighton (C) 18 Alexandra (S) Oakleigh (C) 22 Bright (S) Moorabbin (C) 22 Mortlake (S) Sandringham (C) 23 Euroa(S) Mordialioc (C) 24 Shepparton (S) 24 Warrnambool (S) Essendon (C), 3 March 1988 25 Mansfield (S) Essendon (C) 25 Yea(S) Sunshine (C) 29 Kilmore (S) Altona(C) 29 Barrabool (S) Keilor(C) 29 Dona1d (S) Werribee (C) 29 Marong (S) Williamstown (C) 30 Otway(S) Footscray (C) 30 Wangaratta (S) Me1ton(S) 30 Port Fairy (B) Broadmeadows (C) Coburs(C) 1988 Bulla (S) Whittlesea (S) Preston (C) April Northcote (C) 11 East Loddon (S) Heidelberg (C) 12 Minhamite (S) Diamond Valley (S) 13 Heidelberg (C) 19 Maldon (S) 20 Rodney (S) E. MUNICIPAL MEETINGS 20 Yackandandah (S) 1987 27 Avoca(S) 27 Warrnambool (C) October 15 Kaniva (S) May 19 *Coburg (C) 4 Strathfie1dsaye (S) 23 Rutherglen/Chiltern (S) 6 Stawell (T)

52 Appendix 8-continued 11 Wannon (S) 15 Dimboola (S) 11 Hampden (S) 15 Walpeup (S) 24 Oaldeigb (C) 21 South Gippsland (S) 24 Wangaratta (C) 21 Warracknabeal (S) 24 Traralgon (S) 21 Oxley(S) 25 Ripon(S) 22 Dandenong (C) 26 Ballarat (S) 22 Glenelg (S) 22 Karkarooc (S) 23 Box Hill (C) June 23 Chiltern (S) 1 Charlton (S) 24 Bass(S) 1 Omeo(S) 29 Belfast (S) 3 Stawell (S) 29 Tallangatta (S) 3 Goulbum (S) 8 Kerang(S) July 15 Benalla (S) 6 Winchelsea (S)

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