Council Approves 2023/24 Budget

The Joondalup Council has approved the City’s 2023/24 Budget at its June meeting, including an increase of 2.75% to general rates revenue.

This is well below current levels of CPI and recognises the challenges that residents are facing with inflation and other cost of living pressures.

The current economic environment of high inflation and higher interest rates, which is predicted to continue in the short to medium term, has influenced the framing of the 2023/24 Budget.

Other challenges the City addressed in preparing the 2023/24 Budget include inflation pressures to core services, cost shifting from other tiers of government, and community expectations of the City’s capacity to continuously provide or contribute significantly to sporting and community infrastructure.

2023/24 is also a revaluation year, in which the State Government’s Valuer General revalues all properties in the City every three years. Gross Rental Values have risen considerably, with an average resident GRV increase of 19% since the last revaluation in 2020/21.

The Budget provides the resources required to enable the City to provide the services, facilities and works that the community have identified in its Strategic Community Plan. Joondalup 2032, and other City supporting plans.

Budget highlights include:

• Hillarys Cycle Network Expansion ($3.45 million).
• Joondalup Drive / Hodges Drive Intersection Upgrade ($1.53 million).
• Hepburn Avenue / Karuah Way Intersection Upgrade ($822,000).
• Warwick North Cluster Parks Revitalisation ($750,000).
• Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club Redevelopment ($733,000).
• Percy Doyle Skate Park ($713,000).
• Pinnaroo Point Parking Improvements ($670,000).
• Ocean Reef Road / Gwendoline Drive Intersection Upgrade ($635,000).
• Hepburn Avenue / Amalfi Drive roundabout improvements ($626,000).

Joondalup Mayor Albert Jacob said the 2023/24 Budget positions the City as having one of the lowest rates in the dollar for any local government area in Western Australia.

“It is a strong budget that balances the tough economic pressures that affect our ratepayers with ensuring that the City can continue to meet their expectations to deliver the services, projects and programs that they expect,” Mayor Jacob said.

“We know that in the current economic environment of high inflation and successive interest rate rises that our residents are doing it tough, and that is why we have worked hard to reduce their burden.

“Setting the Budget is one of the most challenging tasks for the Council and administration, and it is even harder in a revaluation year, and the decisions we make as a Council have a significant impact on the valuations of our suburbs.

“This includes the major projects we assist in delivering like Ocean Reef Marina, investing in and maintaining high quality parks and leisure facilities, improving the quality of our roads and lighting, and providing libraries and cultural experiences.

“In its early years, the City of Joondalup focused on investing heavily in our community infrastructure, operations and major projects, and as we are about to celebrate our 25th birthday we are fortunate that those decisions have reaped significant benefits for our residents.”

On Saturday 1 July 2023, residents will be able to download the annual waste guide, greens tipping and shredded green waste (mulch) vouchers on the City’s website.

Budget Highlights by Suburb

BELDON

• Ocean Reef Road / Gwendoline Drive intersection upgrade ($634,575*) **
• Gwendoline Drive median upgrade, resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($432,915*)

BURNS BEACH

• Burns Beach café/restaurant/kiosk construction ($120,000) **
• Burns Beach to Mindarie dual use path revegetation of disturbed batters ($100,000) **
• Burns Beach coastal node redevelopment ($50,000) **
• Bengallo Park lighting renewals ($15,000)

CONNOLLY

• Baltusrol Park playspace renewal ($148,150)

CRAIGIE

• Eddystone Avenue shared path upgrade and road resurfacing ($402,000*) **
• Seaflower Crescent resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($237,000)
• Camberwarra Drive / Eagle Street resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($66,000*)
• Mildura Road resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($57,000)
• Albion Park lighting improvements ($35,000)

CURRAMBINE

• Christchurch Park changerooms refurbishment ($400,000) **
• Shenton Avenue (Delamere Avenue to Connolly Drive) path upgrade ($285,000)
• Marmion Avenue (Burns Beach Road to Caledonia Avenue) path upgrade ($165,000)
• Pinmore Lane resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($31,050)
• Corwin Lane resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($17,000)
• Paragon Rise / Santa Anna Mews intersection resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($17,000)

DUNCRAIG

• Percy Doyle Reserve outdoor youth recreation facilities ($713,050) **
• Sorrento Bowling Club synthetic turf ($350,000*)
• Glengarry Drive (northbound) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($223,000*)
• Bernedale Way (Nicholli Street to Langholm Place) resurfacing works ($161,000*)
• Cooba Place pathway and road resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($146,500)
• Culloden Road (Kinloch Place to Glengarry Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($137,000)
• Bracadale Ave (Lennoxtown Rd to Glengarry Dr) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($132,000*)
• Duncraig Primary School pedestrian crossing / pathway upgrades ($110,000)
• Noal Gannon Park sump beautification ($107,500) **
• Dauntless Way (Gilbert Road to Sullivan Road) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($102,000)
• Wandina Park lighting improvements ($75,000)
• Kenny Drive pathway works ($53,000)
• Florian Place drainage upgrade ($50,000) **
• Banff Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($43,000)
• Percy Doyle Reserve football / tee ball changeroom upgrade ($30,000) **
• Huntly Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($24,000)
• Readshaw Road local traffic management scheme works ($10,000) **

EDGEWATER

• Quarry Ramble Park irrigation cabinet replacement ($23,000)
• Emerald Park playspace renewal ($8,000) **

GREENWOOD

• Hepburn Avenue / Karuah Way intersection improvement works ($821,950*) **
• Greenwood Scout Hall refurbishment ($560,000*) **
• Allenswood Road (southbound) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($371,000*)
• Hepburn Avenue (westbound, Karuah Way to Kingsley Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($209,012*)
• Blackall Drive (Hartley Court to Filbert Street) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($182,000*)
• Kanangra Park playspace renewal ($140,383) **
• Oleaster Way (Blackall Drive to Wirilda Crescent) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($140,000)
• Oleaster Park playspace renewal ($101,650)
• Hartley Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($92,000)
• Gerda Park playspace renewal ($84,400) **
• Elias Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($80,000)
• Morell Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($75,000)
• Liwara Place pathway construction ($20,000)
• Hartley Park, Birch Park and Filbert Park landscape improvements ($11,227) **
• Annato Park playspace renewal ($8,000) **

HEATHRIDGE

• Poseidon Park playspace renewal ($148,150)
• Flotilla Road (Peninsula Avenue to Channel Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($148,000)
• Admiral Park playspace renewal ($112,250)
• Rudder Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($103,000)
• Cormorant Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($86,000)
• Prince Regent Park facility refurbishment ($40,000) **
• Christmas Avenue / King Edward Drive intersection resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($25,000)
• Balanus Park playspace renewal ($8,000) **

HILLARYS

• Pinnaroo Point parking improvements ($670,072) **
• Hepburn Avenue / Amalfi Drive roundabout improvements ($626,430*) **
• Pinnaroo Point café/restaurant/kiosk construction ($563,000) **
• Whitfords Avenue (westbound, shopping centre roundabout to Dampier Avenue) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($254,933*)
• Sporing Way (Green Road to Nash Street) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($162,000)
• Monkhouse Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($150,000)
• David Crescent (Mawson Crescent to Mackay Way) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($114,000)
• Hillarys Park playspace renewal ($112,250)
• Hicks Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($97,000)
• Nash Street (Green Road to Solander Road) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($46,000)
• Gore Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($45,000)
• Murray Drive drainage upgrade ($30,000)
• Whitfords Nodes car park works ($30,000)
• Mawson Park West playspace renewal ($15,000)
• Gleddon Park sump beautification / playspace renewal ($13,000) **
• James Cook Park playspace renewal ($7,000) **
• Scott Place lighting installation ($5,000) **

ILUKA

• Iluka bowling green and lighting upgrades ($468,933*)
• Naturaliste Park playspace / lighting renewals ($146,650)
• Burns Beach Road / Whitehaven Avenue roundabout pedestrian crossing, resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($90,000)
• Sir James McCusker Park universal access toilet installation ($10,000) **

JOONDALUP

• Joondalup Drive / Hodges Drive intersection upgrade ($1,530,170*) **
• Joondalup Drive streetscape upgrades ($570,000) **
• City Centre Place Activation ($565,000) **
• Lakeside Drive (Deakin Gate to Chancellor Pass) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($539,073*)
• Joondalup Drive / Lakeside Drive (north) intersection upgrade to a roundabout ($423,000*) **
• Joondalup City Centre lighting replacement ($280,000) **
• Joondalup Drive (southbound, Aston Street to Grand Boulevard, Lakeside Drive North to Moore Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($231,443*)
• Water Tower Park playspace renewal ($157,250)
• Nanika Park playspace renewal ($143,500)
• Lakeside Drive pathway replacement (Chancellor Pass to Grassbird Avenue) ($122,000)
• Joondalup Drive pathway replacement (Collier Pass to Cord Street) ($120,000)
• Grand Boulevard (northbound, Kendrew Crescent to Collier Pass) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($90,093*)
• Eddystone Avenue (Joondalup Drive to Honeybush Drive) upgrade works ($61,343*) **
• City Centre Streetscape Renewal Program ($50,000) **
• Joondalup Drive / Lakeside Drive traffic signal improvements ($48,000*)
• Honeybush Drive local traffic management scheme works ($10,000) **
• Elcar Park pathway lighting ($10,000)

KALLAROO

• Marmion Avenue / Coral Street intersection upgrade ($197,240*) **
• Bridgewater Park playspace renewal ($115,250)
• Glenbank Park playspace renewal ($101,650)
• Whitfords West Park amenity improvement ($75,000) **
• Whitfords Avenue medians landscaping upgrades (Marmion Ave to Belrose Entrance) ($10,000) **

KINGSLEY

• Barridale Park irrigation / playspace renewal ($431,150)
• Bargate Way (Moolanda Boulevard to Harness Street) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($180,000*)
• Willesden Avenue resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($170,000)
• Legana Park playspace renewal ($146,150)
• Moolanda Boulevard pedestrian footbridge renewal ($100,000) **
• Sheen Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($80,000)
• Barnet Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($62,000)
• Chauncey Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($54,000)
• Hepburn Avenue / Moolanda Boulevard roundabout construction ($50,000*) **
• Erith Close resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($35,000)
• Kingsley Park tennis lighting renewals ($25,000)

KINROSS

• MacNaughton Park playspace / skate park lighting renewals ($68,000) **
• Kinross Primary School pedestrian crossing upgrades ($30,000)
• Monkton Place new pathway (Storehaven Parade to Thornton Park eastern verge) ($16,000)

MARMION

• Cliff Park playspace renewal and landscaping improvements ($209,400) **

MULLALOO

• Mullaloo Drive (Koorana Road roundabout to Stanford Road, Dampier Avenue to Balga Way) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($510,000*)
• Construction of access from Mullalloo north beach to coastal pathway ($200,000) **
• Merrifield Place parking improvements ($100,000) **
• Tom Simpson Park upgrade of north and south car parks ($50,000) **
• Dampier Avenue relighting ($5,000) **

OCEAN REEF

• Ocean Reef Park parking improvements ($260,000) **
• Mead Cove resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($51,000)
• Ocean Reef Park toilet / changerooms reconstruction ($50,000) **
• Beaumaris Park irrigation cabinet renewal ($25,000)
• Mirror Park West sump beautification ($10,000) **
• Venturi Drive relighting ($5,000) **

PADBURY

• Forrest Park sports lighting upgrade ($450,000)
• Marmion Avenue / Forrest Road intersection upgrade ($304,000*) **
• Hepburn Avenue upgrade (Lilburne Avenue to Walter Padbury Boulevard) ($300,000*) **
• Blaxland Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($207,000)
• Fraser Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($183,000*)
• Livingstone Way resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($142,000)
• Jason Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($119,000)
• Brazier Park sump beautification ($107,500) **
• Hacking Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($78,000)
• Stanley Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($50,000)
• Nile Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($34,000)
• Brisbane Park playspace renewal ($10,000) **

SORRENTO

• Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club redevelopment ($732,880) **
• Clontarf Street (Freeman Way to St Patricks Road) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($186,000)
• Templetonia Avenue (Floribunda Avenue to Warwick Road) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($117,000)
• Sorrento Beach dune improvements ($100,000) **
• Hovea Avenue (Floribunda Avenue to Warwick Road) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($81,000)
• St Patricks Road (Arbery Avenue to Lane Two) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($62,000)
• Cape Court resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($55,000)
• Arbery Avenue drainage upgrade ($30,000)
• Clare Park playspace renewal ($8,000) **

WARWICK

• Hillwood Park North, Carr Park and Hillwood Park South landscape improvements ($750,000) **
• Glenmere Park playspace renewal ($50,000) **
• Warwick Bowling Club pump station upgrade ($10,000) **
• Grove Child Care Facility new universal access toilet ($5,000) **

WOODVALE

• Castlegate Way (Trappers Drive to Timberlane Drive) resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($205,000)
• Woodvale Primary School pedestrian crossing upgrades ($110,000)
• Catherine Close resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($77,000)
• Leanne Close resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($75,500)
• Chichester Park skate and play facilities ($75,000*) **
• Duffy House restoration ($75,000) **
• Penny Lane resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($74,000)
• Appletree Place resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($65,000)
• Tracy Turn resurfacing and rehabilitation works ($62,000)
• Woodvale Drive local traffic management scheme works ($20,000) **
• Trappers Park playspace renewal ($8,000) **

MULTIPLE SUBURBS

• Hillarys Cycle Network Expansion ($3,450,000*) **
• Leafy City Program ($500,000) Mullaloo, Edgewater and Duncraig
• Coastal and Estuarine Mitigation Program ($446,050*) **
• Parking Surfaces Renewal Program ($200,000)
• Road Preservation and Rehabilitation Program ($195,000)
• Tree Planting Program ($175,000)
• Basketball Pad Installation and Replacement Program ($172,675)
• Short Life Services Renewal Program ($150,000)
• Building Component Renewal Program ($120,000)
• Coastal Fencing Program ($120,000) Oceanside Promenade, Mullaloo to Boat Harbour Quays, Ocean Reef; and Burns Beach Road, Iluka to Ocean Parade, Burns Beach
• Environmental Initiatives ($100,000) External lighting at Joondalup Library and Joondalup Civic Centre
• Bushland Reserve Fencing Program ($90,000) Timberlane Park Natural Area, Periwinkle Park Natural Area; and Littorina Park Natural Area
• Bollard and Fencing Renewal Program ($80,000)
• Cricket Infrastructure Renewal ($60,000) Blackall Park Practice Nets and Match Pitch
• Parks Asset Replacement Renewal Program ($60,000)
• Stormwater Drainage Upgrades ($60,000)
• Tennis Court Resurfacing Program ($60,000) Emerald Park (Courts 1 and 2) and Warwick Open Space (Courts 5, 6, 9 and 10)
• Building Capital Works Program ($50,000)
• Irrigation Infrastructure Renewals ($50,000)
• Minor Road and Intersection Improvement Program ($50,000)
• Shade Sail Program ($50,000)
• Sump Beautification Improvements ($50,000)
• Bus Shelter / Stops Program ($48,000)
• Park Seating Renewal ($40,000)
• Distributor and Local Road Lighting ($30,000)
• Natural Areas Asset Improvement Program ($30,000) Lake Aerator at Flinders Park, Hillarys
• Park Vehicle Entry Renewal ($30,000) Korella Park, Mullaloo; Warrigal Park, Greenwood; Trig Point Park, Ocean Reef
• Pathway Replacement Program ($30,000)
• Bridge and Underpass Refurbishment Program ($25,000)
• Lighting Infrastructure Renewals Program ($25,000)
• Stormwater Renewal Program ($25,000)
• Minor Road Safety Improvements ($24,000)
• Conservation Reserves Signage ($20,000)
• Minor Pathway Works ($20,000)

NOTE: Funding shown is for 2023/24 only.

* Subject to grant and/or external funding.

** Multi-year project.