Council adopts 2023-2024 operational plan

Safety, community visioning, and accessible ways of interacting with council are some of the major themes of the Central Highlands Regional Council’s new operational plan, which was adopted today.

The plan (see below) outlines council’s key activities and objectives for the 2023-2024 financial year.

‘This year’s council budget, operational plan and capital program carefully balance the expectations of our communities, the region’s progress and our responsibility to remain financially sustainable into the long term,’ said Chief Executive Officer Sharon Houlihan.

‘Council will focus over the next year on appropriately resourcing our large delivery program and considering financial, cyber, safety and climate change challenges, ensuring we can undertake our work in a way that is safe, achievable, and responsible whilst planning for the future,’ she said.

‘We are really excited to present this plan to you and continue our journey towards an inclusive, prosperous and connected regional community.’

Some highlights of the 2023-2024 operational plan include:

Completing our community visioning project ‘Your Region Your Vision.’ Community education on flood risks and emergency actions Renewal of the Central Highlands Economic Master Plan by Central Highlands Development Corporation Volunteer recognition signed walks in our parks Essential desludging works in our wastewater facilities Redesigning our council website with a greater focus on usability and accessibility for our community.  Rolling out our new community engagement framework Full organisational safety review Developing our 5-year Towards Net Zero Action Plan Implementing our cyber security masterplan Delivering our largest-ever capital works program alongside developing new asset management plans

The full operational plan can be accessed here. All other strategic documents and past plans can be found here.

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