PURPLE-lid bins could line Koroit's kerbs if Moyne Shire councillors support to trial separating glass from other recyclables.
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The council has recommended a six-month trial in Koroit after councillors called for an investigation of a fourth collection bin in February after a number of statewide processing facilities shutdown and forced kerbside recycling to landfill.
Councillors are set to vote on the initiative at Tuesday's council meeting, with three options for glass collection on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis that cost between $55,000 and $62,000 for the trial.
Mayor Mick Wolfe said broken glass made other co-mingled recycling such as plastics and paper more difficult to recycle.
"We can't just sit back and blame the companies that receive the recycling, each council has to do its own assessment and see what we can come up with ourselves," Cr Wolfe said.
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He said if councillors supported the trial more than 650 Koroit residences would receive a purple-lid bin at no additional cost to them for the trial.
Meanwhile, Moyne Shire ratepayers could face a 2.5 per cent rate rise next financial year when councillors vote on the proposed increase.
The increase is the maximum that a council can increase rates under the state's fair go rates cap without seeking state government permission.
Councillors are also set to vote on next financial year's budget after receiving seven submissions on a draft budget put on public exhibition in April.
A request for footpath works on Port Fairy's Barclay Street was the only of those submissions referred for consideration in the upcoming budget, with an estimated cost of $200,000 to be potentially funded with surplus money from previous years.
Council officers recommended including another submission for a footpath on Winslow's Warrnambool-Caramut Road in the 2020-21 budget due to its high costs, while a submission to upgrade the Port Fairy Tennis Club was also recommended for the following financial year to allow time to possibly offset costs with a government grant.
Cr Wolfe said he anticipated councillors would seek to include some of the sidelined submissions at Tuesday's meeting.
The $48 million budget also includes $9 million for local road maintenance and improvements, $300,000 for shire playgrounds and $1.3 million for public halls.
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