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The draft Community Engagement Policy 2025 was adopted by Council on 24 June 2025. The final version can be downloaded in the documents tab.
Since the Community Engagement Policy 2020 was adopted, how Council engages has developed, and our Policy is changing to reflect that.
The draft Policy is centred around five engagement principles outlined in the Local Government Act (2020), and outlines Council's commitment to meaningful community engagement.
1 – Purpose -Acommunityengagement process must have a clearly defined objective and scope.
2 – Informed - Participantsincommunity engagement must have access to objective, relevant and timely informationtoinformtheir participation.
3 – Representative - Participants in community engagement must be representative of the persons and groups affectedbythematterthat is the subject of the community engagement.
4 – Supported - Participantsincommunity engagement are entitled to reasonable support to enable meaningful and informed engagement.
5 – Report - Participantsincommunity engagement are informed of the ways in which the community engagement process will influence Council decision making.
The full strategy is located in the sidebar under 'documents'.
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The draft Community Engagement Policy 2025 was adopted by Council on 24 June 2025. The final version can be downloaded in the documents tab.
Since the Community Engagement Policy 2020 was adopted, how Council engages has developed, and our Policy is changing to reflect that.
The draft Policy is centred around five engagement principles outlined in the Local Government Act (2020), and outlines Council's commitment to meaningful community engagement.
1 – Purpose -Acommunityengagement process must have a clearly defined objective and scope.
2 – Informed - Participantsincommunity engagement must have access to objective, relevant and timely informationtoinformtheir participation.
3 – Representative - Participants in community engagement must be representative of the persons and groups affectedbythematterthat is the subject of the community engagement.
4 – Supported - Participantsincommunity engagement are entitled to reasonable support to enable meaningful and informed engagement.
5 – Report - Participantsincommunity engagement are informed of the ways in which the community engagement process will influence Council decision making.
The full strategy is located in the sidebar under 'documents'.
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The Community Engagement Policy (2025) was adopted by Council on 24 June 2025.
The Policy outlines how Council approaches engagement with the community, and how it meets legislated requirement laid out in the Local Government Act Vic (2020).
A copy of the policy is available under the documents tab, or under Policies and Documents on the Rural City of Wangaratta webpage
