The Council Plan, reviewed annually, is the feature document in Council’s suite of strategic planning documents, formulated to guide the work for which Council has responsibility and will provide to our community over a four-year period.
The annual review ensures that the plan remains relevant and delivers on the objectives identified in the plan and in the long-term community vision, Warrnambool 2040.
The Council Plan lists key activities and initiatives Council will undertake over the financial year to deliver on the five objectives described in the plan.
These actions and initiatives demonstrate to the community important areas of effort in the delivery of the plan’s key objectives. These objectives are:
1. COMMUNITY: To be a healthy, inclusive, and thriving community with equitable access to services, cultural opportunities and recreational activities.
2. ENVIRONMENT: To protect and strengthen local ecosystems, enhance biodiversity and enable sustainable communities.
3. ECONOMY: Support a resilient local and self-sustaining regional economy that encourages economic growth and provides increased employment opportunities attracting ongoing investment.
4. PLACE: Provide quality places that all people value and want to live, work, play and learn in.
5. COUNCIL: To be recognised as a collaborative Council and a high-performing organisation that enables positive outcomes for Warrnambool's community, environment and economy and Victoria's South West.
In late 2023, the community was invited to provide feedback on the Council Plan and, in recent months, Council staff have reviewed and updated the plan's activities and initiatives.
Council has released proposed 2024-25 actions for community feedback. You can read the proposed actions and provide any feedback to Council below.
Those wishing to be heard in support of their written submission at a Council Hearings Meeting must clearly request this in their submission.
A respondent will be entitled to appear in person or by a person acting on their behalf and speak to their submission for a maximum of 5 minutes as per Council’s Governance Rules in relation to Hearings Meetings.
The Council Hearings Meeting, if required, will be held at 5.45pm, Monday 20 May 2024 and is open to the public. Meetings are also livestreamed through Council’s website at www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/council-meetings