Draft 2021-2025 Council Plan, Community Vision feedback closes 22 July

Published on 15 July 2021

Residents are encouraged to have their say on Gannawarra Shire Council’s Draft 2021-2025 Council Plan before feedback closes at 5pm Thursday, 22 July.

One of the major documents produced during each term of Council, the Draft Council Plan and accompanying Draft Year One Action Plan outlines the goals Council will aim to achieve between now and mid-2025.

“The Draft 2021-2025 Council Plan reflects how our communities view the Gannawarra and what we, as a Council, can do to improve the Gannawarra for current and future residents,” Mayor Charlie Gillingham said.

“The Draft 2021-2025 Council Plan was developed thanks to various conversations with the community held earlier this year, which led to the identification of three goals, encompassing the themes of Liveability, Growth, and Sustainability.

“These goals inspired the Gannawarra’s long term Community Vision, which recognises the Gannawarra’s need to be resilient to the changing environment and to promote growth through encouraging economic diversity, creating unique tourism destinations, and embracing our cultural and natural assets.”

The accompanying Draft Year One Action Plan identifies various innovative projects and continuous improvement actions that Council will aim to achieve during the 2021/2022 financial year. Each year Council will review progress against the Council Plan.

The Draft 2021-2025 Council Plan also includes the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan and identifies goals and strategies for creating a local community in which people can be supported to achieve maximum health and wellbeing.

“The renewal of the Gannawarra Shire Council Plan and Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, undertaken every four years, enables residents to identify what they like most about where they live, what challenges the community faces, what services are needed and what the community believes Council should focus on,” Mayor Gillingham said.

Residents can provide feedback on both documents online at www.gsc.vic.gov.au/councilplan or by writing to Council at PO Box 287, Kerang VIC 3579. Copies of both documents can also be viewed at Council’s Customer Service Centres at Cohuna and Kerang.

“All submissions received will help formulate the final version of the 2021-2025 Council Plan and Year One Action Plan, which will be adopted by Council later this year,” Mayor Gillingham said.

For more information regarding the Draft 2021-2025 Council Plan, please visit www.gsc.vic.gov.au/CouncilPlan