But Junee Shire Council’s managed to hold onto $97,575 from its original projections for the recreation centre.

Given they originally intended to spend $816,000, that $97,000 might seem like a drop in the ocean.

It represents some sensible decisions made by staff and the management committee to rein in costs – staff, electricity and gas have all been cut and a few capital projects will be deferred until next year.

Part of the saving is also through successful advertising campaign and membership structures.

What’s the point of all this but?

It shows some councils at least; such as Junee shire, are capable of improving their financial situation – most users of the recreation centre would say there is plenty to be improved.

It would appear the council agree and are going to be tipping that $97,000 they had intended to spend, into the bank and will hold onto it for next year.

So it appears council agrees there are more improvements to be made and hopefully it leads to more people using the recreation centre.

Council can easily use this result to demonstrate the basic fact we all know already – that Junee shire is best served by its own local council – rather than whatever plan bureaucrats and the state government have cooked up in Sydney.