The Comhairle has returned an unexpected "profit" for the last financial year.
A projected deficit of £1.49 million for 2015 has been turned around to an estimated £1.5 million surplus, according to a council financial report.
The improvement is due to council departments under spending their budgets by £930,000 and retaining contingency cash of £413,000.
Lower fuel prices has helped the education department, highlighted the report.
Some £124,000 allocated for small local projects remained untouched in councillors' discretionary ward priority fund.
The surplus will be carried forward to help ease this year's financial constraints.
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Council makes £1.5 million surplus as budgets underspent
9 June 2016