Budget 2025-26 adopted at Council Meeting  

Moonee Valley City Council is pleased to announce that the Budget for the 2025/26 financial year and the Revenue and Rating Plan 2025-29 have both been adopted by Council on Tuesday, 24 June.  

We would like to thank everyone who provided feedback during our community consultation period for the Draft Budget and Draft Revenue and Rating Plan. This feedback has helped Council to determine how the Budget meets our city’s needs while being mindful of our social, political, economic, and environmental responsibilities and the trust given to us by our community. 

The Revenue and Rating Plan is our medium-term plan for how Council will generate income to deliver on the Council Plan, program and services and capital works commitments over a 4-year period. We are pleased that this important plan has now been adopted too.  

The adopted Budget was informed by feedback gathered during the consultation period from 1 May – 28 May.  

Council has listened and learned from community feedback as we plan for the future. 

With a focus on climate action, sustainability, infrastructure, traffic and early years education, the budget ensures that every resident, from newborns to pensioners, have access to the services they need most.  

We are committing to dedicating significant funding to enhance our services across Moonee Valley, including $46 million for capital works and $216 million to deliver essential community programs and support.  

Some of the key capital works projects include:   

• renewing local roads and local area traffic management – $5.54 million    

• drainage improvement works– $3.60 million   

• Ascot Vale Library redevelopment – $1.58 million 

• building renewals and upgrades – $1.79 million    

• early Years Building Blocks program – $1.0 million.    

The Budget also provides funds to address sustainability and the climate emergency, including:   

• $1.80 million in the planting of street and park trees to cool and green the city contributing to a 30% canopy tree cover by 2040 

• $1.49 million on Greenhouse gas emission reduction initiatives including the Gas Boiler Conversion program that will reduce Council’s carbon emissions and energy costs

• $2.75 million to transition Council’s fleet to electric / zero emissions vehicles. 

The approved budget will be formally endorsed in the coming days, and the finalised document is available now at Adopted Budget 2025-26 (PDF).

The Revenue and Rating Plan 2025-29 (PDF) document is also available to download.

To view the Council Meeting recording and listen to the Budget discussion, visit Council Meetings.