Thank you for your feedback on the Council Plan and 2023/24 Budget! Survey responses closed on Tuesday 25 October 2022.
An extensive community engagement process was undertaken with regards to the Council Plan review and 2023/24 budget, consisting of the following:
Meetings with all Council departments to review the Council Plan objectives, strategic actions and indicators;
An online survey administered to the community via Your Say Whitehorse from 5 September to 25 October 2022;
Vox pops in each of the Councillor wards and at the Spring Festival;
Two drop-in sessions (one in the daytime and one in the evening); and
A prioritising workshop with the Shaping Whitehorse Panel.
As a result 530 projects and or priority actions have been identified for consideration in the 2023/24 budget. These projects/priority actions have been coded under broad themes and were presented to Council at a Councillor Briefing session on 21 November 2023.
The top 5 themes to emerge were:
13.6% Community infrastructure
12.4% Hardcourts
9.4% Open space amenity
7.8% Ovals / reserves
6.4% Paths and trails
Next steps
This information will be used to inform the revised Council Plan as well as the Councillor nominations process for the 2023/24 Budget.
Thank you for your feedback on the Council Plan and 2023/24 Budget! Survey responses closed on Tuesday 25 October 2022.
An extensive community engagement process was undertaken with regards to the Council Plan review and 2023/24 budget, consisting of the following:
Meetings with all Council departments to review the Council Plan objectives, strategic actions and indicators;
An online survey administered to the community via Your Say Whitehorse from 5 September to 25 October 2022;
Vox pops in each of the Councillor wards and at the Spring Festival;
Two drop-in sessions (one in the daytime and one in the evening); and
A prioritising workshop with the Shaping Whitehorse Panel.
As a result 530 projects and or priority actions have been identified for consideration in the 2023/24 budget. These projects/priority actions have been coded under broad themes and were presented to Council at a Councillor Briefing session on 21 November 2023.
The top 5 themes to emerge were:
13.6% Community infrastructure
12.4% Hardcourts
9.4% Open space amenity
7.8% Ovals / reserves
6.4% Paths and trails
Next steps
This information will be used to inform the revised Council Plan as well as the Councillor nominations process for the 2023/24 Budget.
Project timeline
Council Plan & Budget broad community engagement
Council Plan and 23/24 Budget has finished this stage
September & October
Shaping Whitehorse Community Panel Workshop
Council Plan and 23/24 Budget has finished this stage
Mid-October
Engagement Findings Reported to Council
Council Plan and 23/24 Budget is currently at this stage
December
Councillor Budget Briefings
this is an upcoming stage for Council Plan and 23/24 Budget
March 2023
Finalisation of the Council Plan and Budget
this is an upcoming stage for Council Plan and 23/24 Budget
April 2023
Closing the loop with the community
this is an upcoming stage for Council Plan and 23/24 Budget
May 2023
Draft Council Plan and Budget available for final public comment
this is an upcoming stage for Council Plan and 23/24 Budget
May 2023
Council endorsement
this is an upcoming stage for Council Plan and 23/24 Budget