Rates & spending · Sunshine Coast Council
7 - 2 Sunshine Coast budget vote changes minor capital works program
The first 2026 - 27 budget review includes a 10-year forecast and amended Debt Policy, but the public resolution does not identify which projects are on the listed deferral schedule or when they may be delivered.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Sunshine Coast councillors voted 7 - 2 for the first review of the 2026 - 27 budget, endorsing changes to the council’s minor capital works program. Councillors C Dickson and D Law opposed the review, which also includes a 10-year financial forecast and an amended 2026 - 27 Debt Policy.
The resolution adopts the amended budget for 2026 - 27, incorporating statements for that financial year and the following two financial years on an accrual basis. It covers income and expense, financial position, equity and cash-flow statements, along with capital works and financial sustainability measures.
Council also endorsed amendments to the Minor Capital Works Program. The minutes list a separate attachment titled “2026 - 27 Capital Program List of Deferrals”, but the supplied record does not name the projects on that list or provide revised delivery dates. The minutes therefore record amendments without showing the local works affected by the change.
The rates and charges material in the resolution is different from a new rates decision. Councillors noted that the Revenue Policy, rates and charges documentation and several strategic levy policies applied as adopted on 1 June 2026. The minutes refer to the percentage change in rates and utility charges contained in that documentation, but do not state a new percentage or dollar amount.
The amended budget was adopted under sections 169 and 170 of the Local Government Regulation 2012. The minutes record confirmation on 15 October 2026.
What deserves a closer look
The resolution endorses amendments, and the minutes name a deferral attachment, but the supplied text does not identify the affected works or their revised delivery dates.
The rates material should not be presented as a new increase or decrease because the resolution refers to documentation adopted on 1 June 2026 and supplies no new figure.
Questions for follow-up reporting
Which projects are included in the 2026–27 Capital Program List of Deferrals?
What revised delivery dates and budget amounts apply to each deferred project?
What percentage and dollar change in rates and utility charges is recorded in the documentation adopted on 1 June 2026?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The minutes identify Budget Review 1 2026–27 and list appendices for amended budget financial statements and the amended Minor Capital Works Program, plus an attachment titled "2026–27 Capital Program List of Deferrals".
Carried unanimously. ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 Sunshine Coast Regional Council OM Minutes Page 10 of 16 This is not an official copy of Council's Minutes 8.4 BUDGET REVIEW 1 2026-27 File No: Council Meetings Author: Coordinator Financial Services Finance and Commercial Partnerships Appendices: App A - 2026-27 Amended Budget Financial Statements App B - 2026-27 Amended Minor Capital Works Program Attachments: Att 1 - 2026-27 Capital Program List of Deferrals Council Resolution (OM26/65) Moved: Councillor E Hungerford Seconded: Councillor J Broderick That Council: (a) receive and note the report titled "Budget Review 1 2026-27"
Item 8.4, listed appendices and attachment
Open original minutes ↗The quoted clause calls for adopting Appendix A under sections 169 and 170 of the Local Government Regulation 2012 as the amended 2026–27 budget, incorporating statements for that financial year and the next two financial years on an accrual basis, a 10-year financial forecast and the 2026–27 Amended Debt Policy.
and (b) adopt Appendix A as tabled, pursuant to sections 169 and 170 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, as Council's amended budget for 2026-27 financial year incorporating: Amended budget for 2026-27 financial year and the next two financial years on an accrual basis: (i) the statement of income and expense (ii) the statement of financial position (iii) the statement of changes in equity (iv) the statement of cash flow (v) Capital Works Program The long-term financial forecast for a period of 10 years: (vi) the statement of income and expense (vii) the statement of financial position (viii) the statement of changes in equity (ix) the statement of cash flow (x) Capital Works Program (xi) the relevant measures of financial sustainability (xii) the 2026-27 Amended Debt Policy (c) note the following documentation applies as adopted 1 June 2026 (i) Revenue Policy (ii) the total value of change, expressed as a percentage, in the rates and utility charges ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 Sunshine Coast Regional Council OM Minutes Page 11 of 16 This is not an official copy of Council's Minutes levied for the financial year compared with the rates and utility charges levied in the previous budget (iii) the Revenue Statement (iv) the rates and charges to be levied for the 2026-27 financial
Item 8.4, resolution part (b)
Open original minutes ↗Council endorsed amendments to the Minor Capital Works Program, and the recorded vote was seven for and two against, with Councillors C Dickson and D Law voting against.
4) 2026-27 Financial Year and (d) endorse the amendments to the Minor Capital Works Program as detailed in Appendix B. For: Councillor R Natoli, Councillor J Broderick, Councillor T Landsberg, Councillor J Natoli, Councillor W Johnston, Councillor E Hungerford and Councillor M Suarez. Against: Councillor C Dickson and Councillor D Law. Carried. Council Resolution Moved: Councillor J Natoli Seconded: Councillor J Broderick That Council grant Councillor E Hungerford an extension of time for five minutes to speak further to the motion.
Item 8.4, resolution part (d) and recorded vote
Open original minutes ↗The quoted text states that the Revenue Policy, rates and charges documentation and strategic levy policies apply as adopted on 1 June 2026.
of cash flow (x) Capital Works Program (xi) the relevant measures of financial sustainability (xii) the 2026-27 Amended Debt Policy (c) note the following documentation applies as adopted 1 June 2026 (i) Revenue Policy (ii) the total value of change, expressed as a percentage, in the rates and utility charges ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 Sunshine Coast Regional Council OM Minutes Page 11 of 16 This is not an official copy of Council's Minutes levied for the financial year compared with the rates and utility charges levied in the previous budget (iii) the Revenue Statement (iv) the rates and charges to be levied for the 2026-27 financial year and other matters as adopted 1 June 2026 (v) the Strategic Environment Levy Policy (vi) the Strategic Arts and Heritage Levy Policy (vii) the Strategic Transport Levy Policy (viii) Prescribed Services Charge Plan (No. 4) 2026-27 Financial Year and (d) endorse the amendments to the Minor Capital Works Program as detailed in Appendix B. For: Councillor R Natoli, Councillor J Broderick, Councillor T Landsberg, Councillor J Natoli, Councillor W Johnston, Councillor E Hungerford and Councillor M Suarez.
Item 8.4, resolution part (c)
Open original minutes ↗The minutes record confirmation on 15 October 2026.
13 MEETING CLOSURE The meeting closed at 12:00pm. Confirmed 15 October 2026. ____________________ CHAIR
Confirmation line at the end of the minutes
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the supplied copy of Sunshine Coast Regional Council’s Ordinary Meeting minutes for 17 September 2026. The copy records confirmation on 15 October 2026 and is labelled as not an official copy. No reporter attended the meeting or independently verified events outside these records.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council adopted an amended 2026 - 27 budget under sections 169 and 170 of the Local Government Regulation 2012 as part of Budget Review 1.
- The amended budget incorporates statements for 2026 - 27 and the next two financial years on an accrual basis and includes a 10-year financial forecast.
- Council endorsed amendments to the Minor Capital Works Program, and the minutes list an attachment titled “2026 - 27 Capital Program List of Deferrals”.
- The budget review passed 7 - 2, with Cr C Dickson and Cr D Law against.
- The supplied minutes do not provide specific deferred projects, revised delivery dates or a new rates and utility-charge percentage.
Why it matters
- The review changes the minor capital works program, and the minutes list an attachment on capital-program deferrals, but the supplied record does not identify the affected projects or revised delivery dates. It also does not state a new rates or utility-charge percentage or dollar amount.