Operational Plan and Budget 2024/25

Background:

The Operational Plan and Budget 2024/25 outlines the projects, programs and activities that Council plans to undertake during the 2024/25 financial year. It also details the cost of delivering these activities and how Council will monitor and measure performance.

The Operational Plan and Budget 2024/25 is a companion document to Council's Delivery Program 2023-2025 which sets out the principal activities and core business to be delivered by Council between now and the end of June 2025.

All councils in NSW are required to have an Operational Plan which addresses community priorities, supports the commitments in the Delivery Program and ensures the Council remains financially sustainable, responsible and accountable.


Draft Resourcing Strategy 2024 - 2034

Background:

The Draft Resourcing Strategy 2024 - 2034 helps to guide decision making about resource allocation, investment and project delivery. It informs how we prioritise valuable resources across a variety of services - from waste and water services to the provision of libraries, recreation facilities and local roads.

Together with Council's Delivery Program 2023 - 2025 and our annual Operational Plan and Budget, it provides the community with visibility of the costs attached to service delivery. It also serves to provide information about resourcing challenges and strategies to remedy these.

The Community Strategic Plan (CSP) is a whole of community plan in which all levels of government, business and educational institutions play an important role in delivering on the community vision and aspirations for the Shire. The purpose of the Resourcing Strategy is to articulate how Council intends to allocate its resources to deliver services and implement the strategies set out in the CSP. It focusses, in detail, on matters which are the responsibility of Council and how the resources allocated will deliver the objectives under its responsibility.

The Resourcing Strategy consists of four parts:

  1. Long Term Financial Plan 2024 - 2034
  2. Asset Management Strategy 2024 - 2034
  3. Digital Strategy 2023 - 2025
  4. Workforce Management Strategy 2023 - 2025

When is the Exhibition Period?

The Draft Operational Plan and Budget 2024/25 and Draft Resourcing Strategy 2024 - 2034 is on public exhibition for a period of 28 days. It will open from Friday 3 May and will close on Sunday 2 June 2024.


How can I view the Draft Operational Plan and Budget 2024/25 and Draft Resourcing Strategy 2024 - 2034?

The Draft Operational Plan and Budget 2024/25 and Draft Resourcing Strategy 2024 - 2034 and associated documentation may be viewed:

  1. Document library on this page
  2. Council’s Customer Service Counter, Civic Centre, 68 Elizabeth Street, Moss Vale NSW 2577, between 8.30am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday
  3. Councils Libraries

How can I make a Submission?

Only written submissions can be considered and these must be received by Council before 4.30pm on Sunday 2 June 2024 by:

  1. Submission Form (below)
  2. Emailed to mail@wsc.nsw.gov.au
  3. Hand delivered to Council's Civic Centre at 68 Elizabeth Street, Moss Vale NSW 2577
  4. Posted to Wingecarribee Shire Council, PO Box 141, Moss Vale NSW 2577

Please note that any submissions may be included in the report to Council.

Your personal information contained in your submission is collected by Council for the purpose of corresponding with you about your submission. If you make an anonymous submission, Council will be unable to contact you further. A summary of the points made in your submission will be contained in the Council meetings business paper and made public on Council’s website.


Next Steps:

Following the completion of the exhibition period, any submissions will be considered before the Draft Operational Plan and Budget 2024/25 and Draft Resourcing Strategy 2024 - 2034 is adopted by Council.