FAQs

Your feedback will be used to inform review and development of our Community Vision 2045 and the next Council Plan and Municipal Public Health & Wellbeing Plan 2025-29. It will also inform development of the 2025/26 Budget, 10 Year Financial Plan 2025-35 and our Asset Plan. All feedback from this survey will be shared with Councillors and carefully considered. Findings will be documented in an Engagement Summary Report which will be made publicly available. 

The Council Plan is an important document that outlines our goals and priorities for the next four years. It explains how our newly elected Councillors will work to meet the community's needs and expectations. The Council Plan also incorporates the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan.

A Community Vision describes our community’s long-term aspirations for the future. It's a big-picture statement that guides all of Council's decisions and actions.

Our current vision was developed by our community and adopted by Council in 2021. Through this engagement, we want to make sure that the current vision statement continues to reflect the future aspirations and priorities of everyone in our community.

The Council Plan will incorporate goals and actions to improve the health and wellbeing of our community, this is known as a Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan.

The 10 Year Financial Plan is a long-term plan to finance projects, initiatives and programs that our community thinks are most important. It will allocate funding for the delivery of the priorities and actions identified in the Community Vision and Council Plan and ensures ongoing funds are in place for the essential services that Council provides on a daily basis.