The Council Plan, reviewed every four years, is the feature document in Council’s suite of strategic planning documents.
It is formulated to guide the work of Council over the next four years.
In December last year Council began community consultation to help inform a new Council Plan.
Community consultation and engagement with Council staff continued in January, February and March this year and these activities have shaped the Draft Council Plan 2025-2029.
The draft Council Plan has a strong emphasis on asset renewal, housing matters and advocacy along with commitments to maintain services the community has come to expect of Council such as home support, facilitation of events and business support. Among the proposed new strategies is the use of AI (artificial intelligence) to help deliver efficiencies in Council operations.
The four-year Council Plan is accompanied by an Annual Action Plan covering the 2025-2026 financial year.
You can read the draft Council Plan and Annual Action Plan and have your say below.