Annual Fees and Budget

As adopted by Council 24 June 2025, Item AO101-25

This document sets out council’s key goals for 2025-26 year (known as the Annual Plan actions), together with the Operating and Capital Budgets to deliver Council’s services to the community.  

Annual Plan and Budget Estimates(PDF, 70MB)

User fees relate to contributions toward service delivery costs such as, but not limited to Council services including: parking, waste management centre fees and the hire of halls and sporting grounds.

Statutory fees are levied in accordance with legislative requirements including: building fees, planning fees, parking fines and animal registrations.

Council reviews and adopts its fees and charges schedule each financial year.

Current fees and charges are shown below.

•  Full Schedule of Fees and Charges(PDF, 7MB)  
•  Animal Control(PDF, 684KB)
•  Building and Plumbing(PDF, 744KB)  
•  Burnie Aquatic Centre(PDF, 452KB)  
•  Burnie Arts & Function Centre(PDF, 590KB)  
•  Cemeteries(PDF, 449KB)  
•  Environmental Health(PDF, 452KB)  (inc: Public Health, Food Registration)
•  Miscellaneous and Local Government Act Statutory Charges(PDF, 583KB)  
•  Mobile Food Vendors(PDF, 429KB)  
•  Parking(PDF, 448KB)
•  Planning(PDF, 439KB)  
•  Public Halls and Burnie Sports Centre(PDF, 549KB)  
•  Summer and Winter Sports(PDF, 568KB)  
•  Waste Management(PDF, 445KB)  

As adopted by Council on 24 June 2025, Item100-25

The long-term Financial Management Plan provides the guiding principles for the Burnie City Council over a ten year period, which is an important input and consideration into the development of the Annual Plan and Budget Estimates each year.

Importantly it details the income required, and the expenditure necessary in order to ensure that community services can continue to be met both now and into the future and that we are able to deliver all of the initiatives needed in order to successfully achieve our long-term vision - Making a Better Burnie 2044. 

Financial Management Plan(PDF, 1MB) (PDF, 1MB)

Rates and Charges Policy outlines the principles and procedures for levying rates and charges on properties within the Burnie municipality, ensuring a fair and equitable system of revenue collection to fund essential council services and infrastructure.

Rates and Charges Policy CP-004(PDF, 1MB)