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Priorities & direction

What the council is working on

Recent deliveries, what's underway now, and what's planned next — drawn from the council's own plans, budgets and project pages. We report what the council has publicly said it's doing; every item links to its source.

The council's stated direction

The council's direction is set by its Council Plan 2025–2029, adopted at a Special Meeting on 30 June 2025 together with the updated Community Vision 2040, a Financial Plan 2025–2035, a Revenue and Rating Plan 2025–2029, an Asset Plan 2025–2035 and a Road Management Plan 2025–2029. The Plan's vision is 'A connected, thriving, and sustainable community'; the annual Budget sets the specific initiatives for each year.

A community that enables healthy, active and resilient livingA growing and prosperous economyQuality infrastructure and community connectionsProtection and enhancement of our environmentStrong civic leadership

The Council Plan 2025–2029 has five themes. The council says it received more than 3,000 comments while preparing it, and that residents named aged care, housing, childcare, climate action and economic development as their priorities.

The 2026–27 Budget, adopted on 30 June 2026, raises the average general rate and the municipal charge by the 2.75% state cap and funds a $19.05 million capital works program: $9.95 million for road renewal and upgrades (including rehabilitation of Cross Forest Road and Fords Road), $3.9 million for plant and fleet, $2.0 million for the Naroghid landfill, and $1.2 million for buildings and facilities including early-years facilities and ageing pools. It also funds $2.2 million of operating projects — among them the Urban Street Tree Asset Management program and Terang Stadium upgrade works — and more than $320,000 in grants and events. The council says there is no new borrowing and forecasts an operating deficit of $2.04 million.

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Recently delivered