STRUCTURE OF COUNCIL PLAN The Council Plan structure reflects the requirements of the Local Government Act 2020 but is also arranged to group similar community priorities and activities of Council and provide easy readability and transparency. Section 90 of the Local Government Act 2020 states that a Council Plan must include the following: (a) the strategic direction of the Council; (b) strategic objectives for achieving the strategic direction; (c) strategies for achieving the objectives for a period of at least the next 4 financial years; (d) strategic indicators for monitoring the achievement of the objectives; (e) a description of the Council’s initiatives and priorities for services, infrastructure and amenity; (f) any other matters prescribed by the regulations.
Structure of content throughout the Council Plan The visual to the right shows the structure of content which is consistent throughout the Council Plan to represent both the legislative elements and incorporate health and wellbeing matters as follows: • The five Themes of the Council Plan represent the high level ‘Strategic Directions’ of Council with four of the five Themes directly aligning with the Community Vision 2040. • A number of ‘Strategic Objectives’ (21 in total) have been developed to expand on the Themes and address community priorities that were identified throughout the engagement processes for both the Council Plan 2021-2025 and Community Vision.
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• The ‘Strategies’ for achieving the Strategic Objectives are provided in the ‘What we are going to do…’ section for the four year period, 2021-2025 – this is Council’s commitment to addressing the identified needs of the community.
• The health and wellbeing icons presented throughout the document highlight the Strategic Objectives that specifically address the identified health and wellbeing priorities of the Golden Plains Shire community (further detailed on page 23).
• Council’s ‘initiatives and priorities for services, infrastructure and amenities’ are detailed in the ‘How are we going to do it...’ section. There are 83 deliverables and specific actions outlined that Council will undertake, monitor and report on regularly throughout the year to address each Strategic Objective.
• At the end of each Theme, ‘Strategic Indicators’ for monitoring the achievement of objectives have been provided for regular review and reporting to the community. The data source is noted for each indicator.
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In addition, the Council Plan document provides the Council Services, Key Council Documents/Strategies and relevant Data and Context that relates to each of the Themes.
