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Council receives September financial report; councillors press on merchant fees and local supplier spend
Summary
Council received the monthly financial report for September 2025 and the accounts-paid listing. Councillors questioned merchant fees, duplication of a Microsoft Teams phone line item, and noted over 50% of expenditure was with local suppliers in the report month.
Council received the monthly financial report for September 2025 and the accounts‑paid listing for 1–30 September 2025.
Councillor Obel queried merchant fees showing $8,974 for Commonwealth Bank merchant fees on page 75 and asked whether ratepayers were subsidising card payments; the finance officer confirmed that card users incur merchant fees now borne by the organisation and that pay‑by‑EFT options are available. The finance officer said the team is examining merchant‑fee efficiency and agreed to take follow‑up questions on notice about a duplicated Microsoft Teams phone package line item.
Councillor Davies and other councillors noted the Shire remains solvent, the audit process is in its final stages, and this month’s local supplier spend recorded in the report was just over 50% (page 69 of the agenda). Councillors moved to receive the reports and accounts listings and the motions carried in open session.
