Rates & spending · City of Vincent
City of Vincent records $10.9m in September payments
EFT and payroll payments accounted for $10.06m, alongside $843,793.53 in direct debits and $542.25 in cheques, according to the briefing notes.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
City of Vincent briefing notes record $10,900,066.44 paid during September, with EFT and payroll transactions making up the bulk of the expenditure.
The payment list, covering 1 to 30 September 2026, records $10,055,730.66 in EFT payments including payroll. Direct debits, including credit cards, totalled $843,793.53, while cheques totalled $542.25.
The figures were included in a recommendation that Council receive the list of accounts paid under delegated authority. The supplied briefing text does not break down the EFT and payroll figure further, identify individual recipients or provide an independent audit of the payments.
The same briefing included the September financial statements and investment report. Their recommendations were for Council to receive the financial statements and note the investment statistics for the month ended 30 September.
The figures therefore provide a record of the categories and overall scale of September payments, rather than announcing a new charge or spending programme.
What deserves a closer look
The source presents receipt of the payment list and the related financial reporting actions as recommendations. It records no resolution or vote adopting those recommendations.
The three payment categories add to $10,900,066.44, matching the stated total.
The supplied text identifies the largest category as EFT payments including payroll, but does not provide a further split between payroll and other EFT payments or identify payees.
Questions for follow-up reporting
Were the recommendations recorded in the briefing notes later adopted at a formal Council meeting?
What portion of the $10,055,730.66 EFT total was payroll, and who received the largest non-payroll payments?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The payment summary records $10,900,066.44 paid under delegated authority from 1 to 30 September 2026: $10,055,730.66 in EFT payments including payroll, $542.25 in cheques and $843,793.53 in direct debits including credit cards. Council is recommended to receive the list.
September 2026- Payments by EFT and Payroll 2. September 2026- Payments by Cheques 3. September 2026- Payments by Direct Debits 4. September 2026- Payments by Fuel Cards RECOMMENDATION: That Council RECEIVES the list of accounts paid under delegated authority for the period 01 September 2026 to 30 September 2026 as detailed in Attachments 1, 2, 3 and 4 as summarised below: EFT payments, including payroll 3369-3382 $ 10,055,730.66 Cheques 82829-82830 $ 542.25 Direct debits, including credit cards $ 843,793.53 Total payment for September 2026 $ 10,900,066.44 NO QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE.
Item 7.2, payment summary and recommendation
Open original minutes ↗The briefing notes recommend receiving the financial statements for the month ended 30 September 2026.
NO QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE. COUNCIL BRIEFING NOTES 10 NOVEMBER 2026 Page 29 7.1 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2026 Attachments: 1. Financial Statements as at 30 September 2026 RECOMMENDATION: That Council RECEIVES the Financial Statements for the month ended 30 September 2026 as shown in Attachment 1.
Item 7.1, Financial Statements as at 30 September 2026
Open original minutes ↗The briefing notes recommend noting the investment statistics for the month ended 30 September 2026.
COUNCIL BRIEFING NOTES 10 NOVEMBER 2026 Page 31 7.3 INVESTMENT REPORT AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2026 Attachments: 1. Investment Report as at 30 September 2026 RECOMMENDATION: That Council NOTES the Investment Statistics for the month ended 30 September 2026 as detailed in Attachment 1.
Item 7.3, Investment Report as at 30 September 2026
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the City of Vincent Council Briefing Notes for 10 November 2026, items 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3.
Key facts from the minutes
- The recorded September payment total was $10,900,066.44.
- EFT payments, including payroll, totalled $10,055,730.66.
- Direct debits, including credit cards, totalled $843,793.53, and cheques totalled $542.25.
- The briefing included recommendations to receive the September financial statements and note the investment statistics, not resolutions adopting those recommendations.
- The source is the City of Vincent Council Briefing Notes for 10 November 2026, rather than an independently verified payment audit.
Why it matters
- The record gives ratepayers visibility of the City of Vincent’s September expenditure, but the supplied text does not identify individual payees or separate payroll from other EFT payments.