Bathurst Council unrestricted cash position

WATCH: Mayor Robert Taylor talks about decrease to Bathurst Regional Council unrestricted cash position.

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00:00We're here to flag our financial statement for the month of February,

00:04stating our financial position for the end of that month.

00:08It's that our unrestricted funds has decreased by $7.3 million

00:15and our restricted fund has increased by $10.5 million.

00:19That's a plus, but in the meantime it shows that we have a cash flow problem at the council.

00:27We have been in contact with the Office of Local Government

00:30and we have been in contact with them since our consultation with the SAV back in 2024.

00:35So it's been an ongoing situation with the Office of Local Government.

00:39That means that council has to look at more efficiencies.

00:43The efficiencies that we've done so far relates to about $8 million savings that we've done and occurred.

00:50So we've got to look at more efficiencies.

00:52With that means that we may look at cutting events and other efficiencies by non-essential staff

01:00maybe not being re-put back on.

01:03But look, it's a situation that's unavoidable,

01:07that going to the slow sales of our Windy development up in Dundee which is a highway,

01:15there's negotiations of at least 20-odd lots being negotiated up there at the time being.

01:21It's been a slow process.

01:23We feel that once that comes through we could have an injection of $6 million into our general fund.