GWERU City Council has submitted a US$37 million 2023 budget to the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works for approval.
Last month, the council proposed a static US$46 million budget for next year following the completion of consultative meetings in all the city’s 18 wards.
The finance team came up with a budget proposal that went through the hands of the council, management and finance committee. The local authority then engaged various stakeholders among them the business community, residents, informal traders, non-Governmental organisations, civic society and churches, to review the performance of the 2022 budget as well as get their inputs for the 2023 proposed budget.
Council’s 2022 budget was $4,9 billion.
Gweru City Council finance director Mr Livingstone Churu confirmed the development in an interview.
“The budget has been submitted to the ministry. It’s a US$37 million budget as management and councillors are in agreement,” he said.
Under the proposed budget, graves at Mtapa and Senga cemeteries will cost US$50 for an adult and US$30 for a child. Cremation will cost US$100. A non-resident adult’s grave will cost US$100 while that of a child will cost US$40 at both cemeteries.
Cremation for a non-resident will cost US$200. Music promoters will pay US$800 to use council halls. Construction of a structure without council approval, be it in a low, high-density or commercial area will attract a fine of US$135.Under supplementary charges, residents will pay US$8 for more than five rooms, US$4 for four rooms, and US$2 for two-roomed houses. – The Chronicle
