Rates & spending · Georges River Council
Committee backs budget changes, $0.20 micromobility fee and Peakhurst write-off
Georges River’s Finance and Governance Committee unanimously carried a recommendation covering the September quarterly budget review, proposed 2026/27 budget variations, a per-journey operator fee and a $16,164.90 restoration-fee write-off.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Georges River Council’s Finance and Governance Committee has backed a recommendation that would change the 2026/27 budget, charge shared micromobility operators $0.20 per eligible journey and write off $16,164.90 in restoration fees linked to 30-32 Lawrence Street, Peakhurst.
The recommendation would add the fee to Council’s 2026/27 Fees and Charges under the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021. The proposed fee would apply to shared micromobility operators working within the Georges River local government area. The minutes do not state when the fee would begin or whether it would be passed on to users.
The committee also recommended adopting operating and capital budget variations listed in Attachment 1. The supplied minutes do not detail those variations, so their effect on particular services, projects or rates cannot be assessed from the record.
As part of the same recommendation, the committee recommended noting the Responsible Accounting Officer’s assessment that Council’s projected financial position remained satisfactory. It also recommended writing off the outstanding restoration fees associated with application APP2017/0106 at the Peakhurst address. The minutes do not give the background to the fee or explain the basis for the write-off.
The motion was carried unanimously by the committee. It is recorded as a committee recommendation to Council, rather than as a final decision of the full Council. The minutes therefore establish committee support for the proposed changes, but do not establish that Council has adopted them.
What deserves a closer look
The committee vote shows unanimous support for the motion, but the minutes label the item a committee recommendation to Council.
The minutes identify the existence of Attachment 1 but do not set out its individual operating and capital budget variations.
The source does not state the fee's implementation date, whether operators would pass it on to users, or the background to the restoration-fee write-off.
Questions for follow-up reporting
When will the full Council consider the committee's recommendation?
What operating and capital variations are contained in Attachment 1, and which services or projects do they affect?
When would the proposed micromobility fee take effect, and how would it be collected?
What was the basis for writing off the restoration fees?
What happens next
Council would need to adopt the proposed budget amendments, micromobility fee and restoration-fee write-off for those recommendations to take effect.
If approved, the $0.20 fee would be incorporated into Council's 2026/27 Fees and Charges.
The recommendation would also have Council note that remaining funding-related actions for the Carss Park Aquatic Facility continue to be managed under separate Council resolutions.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The committee recommendation covered the quarterly budget review, proposed 2026/27 budget amendments and a $0.20 per eligible journey fee for shared micromobility operators.
The Amendment was CARRIED. FIN047-26 Quarterly Budget Review Report for Period Ending 30 September 2026 (Report by Head of Financial Planning and Analysis) Note: Councillor Gao returned to the Chambers at 8:05pm COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Councillor Liu, Deputy Mayor, Councillor Dimoski (a) That Council receive and note the Quarterly Budget Review Statement for the period ending 30 September 2026 and note the Responsible Accounting Officer's assessment that Council's projected financial position remains satisfactory. (b) That Council adopt the proposed amendments to the 2026/27 Budget, including the operating and capital budget variations detailed in Attachment 1. (c) That Council approve the introduction of a fee of $0.20 per eligible journey for Shared Micromobility Operators operating within the Georges River local government area, in accordance with the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021, and incorporate the fee into Council's 2026/27 Fees and Charges.
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Open original minutes ↗The recommendation sought Council approval for a $16,164.90 write-off of outstanding restoration fees associated with APP2017/0106 at 30-32 Lawrence Street, Peakhurst. It also proposed that Council note that remaining funding-related actions for the Carss Park Aquatic Facility continue to be managed under separate Council resolutions.
(d) That Council approve the write-off of outstanding restoration fees relating to APP2017/0106, 30-32 Lawrence Street, Peakhurst, in the amount of $16,164.90. (e) That Council note Resolution CCL086-24 has been implemented, with item (a)(i) completed early in 2025/26, and that remaining funding-related actions for the Carss Park Aquatic Facility continue to be managed under the separate Council resolutions.
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Open original minutes ↗The minutes record the motion as unanimous and carried.
Record of Voting For the Motion: Mayor, Councillor Borg, Councillor Jamieson, Councillor Anzellotti, Georges River Council - Minutes of Finance and Governance Committee Meeting - 9 November 2026 Page 4 Councillor Allison, Councillor Arthur, Deputy Mayor, Councillor Dimoski, Councillor Gao, Councillor Hayes, Councillor Mahoney, Councillor Landsberry, Councillor Liu, Councillor Mort, Councillor Pun, Councillor Stratikopoulos, Councillor Wang On being PUT to the meeting, voting on this Motion was UNANIMOUS. The Motion was CARRIED. CONCLUSION The Meeting was closed at 8:07pm Chairperson
FIN047-26
Open original minutes ↗The item was recorded as a committee recommendation that Council receive and note the Quarterly Budget Review Statement for the period ending 30 September 2026 and note the Responsible Accounting Officer's assessment that Council's projected financial position remains satisfactory.
The Amendment was CARRIED. FIN047-26 Quarterly Budget Review Report for Period Ending 30 September 2026 (Report by Head of Financial Planning and Analysis) Note: Councillor Gao returned to the Chambers at 8:05pm COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Councillor Liu, Deputy Mayor, Councillor Dimoski (a) That Council receive and note the Quarterly Budget Review Statement for the period ending 30 September 2026 and note the Responsible Accounting Officer's assessment that Council's projected financial position remains satisfactory.
FIN047-26
Open original minutes ↗The proposed micromobility fee would apply within the Georges River local government area, in accordance with the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021, and would be incorporated into Council's 2026/27 Fees and Charges.
(b) That Council adopt the proposed amendments to the 2026/27 Budget, including the operating and capital budget variations detailed in Attachment 1. (c) That Council approve the introduction of a fee of $0.20 per eligible journey for Shared Micromobility Operators operating within the Georges River local government area, in accordance with the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021, and incorporate the fee into Council's 2026/27 Fees and Charges.
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Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the supplied minutes of Georges River Council’s Finance and Governance Committee meeting held on 9 November 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The committee recommended adopting proposed operating and capital variations to Georges River Council’s 2026/27 budget.
- It recommended a $0.20 fee per eligible journey for shared micromobility operators in the Georges River local government area.
- It recommended writing off $16,164.90 in restoration fees for APP2017/0106 at 30-32 Lawrence Street, Peakhurst.
- The Quarterly Budget Review Statement covered the period ending 30 September 2026; the committee recommended noting the Responsible Accounting Officer’s assessment that Council’s projected financial position remained satisfactory.
- The budget review motion was recorded as carried unanimously, but as a committee recommendation to Council.
Why it matters
- The recommendation could introduce a new cost for shared micromobility operators and alter Council’s 2026/27 spending plans, while the detailed budget variations needed to assess the wider financial effect are not set out in the minutes.