Shaping Tomorrow: Council's Draft IP&R Documents
24 April 2025
At the Ordinary Council Meeting on 24 April 2025, Councillors endorsed a number of strategies and plans that will be discussed with the community through a comprehensive Community Engagement Program - Shaping Tomorrow.
These include the Draft Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) documents:
- Draft Community Strategic Plan (CSP)
- Draft Delivery Program (DP)
- Draft Operational Plan (OP)
- Draft Revised Long Term Financial Plan
Council invites community feedback these draft documents. These will be available for public review and feedback until 6 June 2025. Click on the public comment forms below to submit your feedback online.
Hard copies are available at:
- Council’s Town Hall Customer Service Office 265 Grey Street, Glen Innes
- Glen Innes Severn Public & TAFE Library 71 Grey Street, Glen Innes
- The village post offices at: Emmaville and Deepwater
22 April 2025
Summary
Council has unveiled plans designed to help secure Glen Innes Seven's future for the next decade to ensure, together we're creating a vibrant place to live, work and grow. The focus is on empowering communities, supporting local industries and being transparent in everything we do. It’s all about building a future where everyone can prosper - together.
Draft Integrated Planning and Reporting Documents and 2025/26 Budget
Among the April business paper is Council's updated Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) Documents, including the Draft Community Strategic Plan (CSP) 2025-2035 that outlines the vision and strategic objectives for the Council for the next 10 years.
The Draft Delivery Program (DP) 2025-2029 then details the strategies Council will employ during their term to achieve the objectives outlined in the CSP. The community has played a vital role in shaping these Plans through the 2023 Community Satisfaction Survey and the Towards 2034 Community Engagement Program.
Also available is the Draft Operational Plan (OP) 2025-2026. The OP identifies the individual projects and activities to be undertaken in the next financial year alongside a detailed annual budget.
Council’s revised Draft Long term Financial Plan (LTFP), is also among those papers. It details how Council will remain financially viable over the next 10 years. Click here to learn more about Council's financial sustainability.
These four documents will be presented to the Council to be endorsed for public exhibition at the April 2025 Ordinary Council Meeting. If endorsed, a comprehensive Community Engagement Program will be conducted until 6 June 2025 and residents and ratepayers will be encouraged to have their say.
View these draft documents in the April 2025 business paper attachments.
Finally, the Draft Workforce Management Strategy will be provided to the Council for adoption. The Long Term Financial Plan, Workforce Management Strategy and Asset Management Strategy and Plans are part of Council’s Resourcing Strategy which supports delivery of Council’s Delivery Program. Council’s Asset Management Strategy and Plans were endorsed in November 2024.
The following graph and table provide additional insight into the IP&R framework:
Duration / Renewal timeframe | Key Plan/Report | Outputs | Description |
10 years | Community Strategic Plan | Community Goals and Strategies | Outlines the goals and aspirations of the community, captured through community engagement |
4 years | Delivery Program | Council Initiatives | A program of Council-led initiatives that achieve the goals of the Community Strategic Plan |
4 years | Resourcing Strategy:
| Council Resources: Finances, Assets, People |
A set of Plans and Strategies that ensure Council has the necessary resources and assets, and that Council plans accordingly |
1 year |
Operational Plan
| Council Actions | An annual plan of actions that support the Delivery Program initiatives |
1 year | Annual Report | Reporting: Delivery Program, Operational Plan | An annual report to the community on the progress of the Delivery Program and Operational Plan |
