AT A GLANCE: WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN

Average rate rise: 1.8 per cent or $1.26 a week

Average rates and charges: $3413.13

General rate: $1445.70 (up from $1399.75)

Early payment discount: $144.57 (up from $139.98) ● Water consumption: Council component: $1.09/kl (no change)

● State government bulk water component: $2.81/kl

(up from $2.74/kl

● Waste management utility charge: $274.80 (up from $269.40)

● City Transport Improvement Separate Charge: $126 (up from $123)

● Open Space Management Charge: $41 (up from $38)

● Total budget: $1.5 billion

● Estimated debt as at July 1, 2018: $651 million

● Debt to be paid down: $34 million

● Drinking water: $224.9 million

● Sewerage services: $125 million

● Arts Centre: $6 million (including $4 million for new acts)

● Creating opportunities for local artists $150,000

● Gold Coast Tourism: $15.4 million ● Surfers Paradise Alliance: $3.3 million

● Broadbeach Alliance: $2.7 million

● Revitalisation of Southport precinct: $1.7 million

● Connecting Southern Gold Coast: $793,978

● Study Gold Coast: $2.7 million

● Culture and heritage: $38.7 million Light rail to Helensvale: $20 million