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Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has implemented several measures to reduce a forecast deficit for the 2024/25 financial year.
Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald said Council's organisational arm had been working diligently to reduce expenses.
"We've been cutting the cloth for many months to reduce the forecast deficit.
"Things like reshaping the operation of our aquatic centres, delaying, and in some cases pausing recruitment activities, and using technology to drive efficiencies like electronic timesheets, are part of the practical solutions Council has implemented to reduce expenses.
"Some of these cost-reducing measures will become more evident as they flow into our 2025/26 Budget development," Mayor McDonald said.
"Council's original 2024/25 budget forecast a moderate surplus of around $1 million.
"Like any household budget, Council has been faced with increasing cost pressures on unavoidable expenses like electricity, insurance, fuel, and goods and services such as road making materials and general construction costs.
"Following these cost pressures, the original surplus was then downgraded to a potential deficit of around $14 million in December 2014. Through careful consideration, we've been able to reduce that figure by more than half and are continuing to work diligently to reduce it even further, and striving to eliminate it, before June 30," he said.
