MidCoast Council's ordinary meeting will consider the annual operational plan, which will guide council's works program and allocate works for the 2020 - 2021 financial year period.
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The meeting will be livestreamed via council's website, from 2pm on Wednesday May 27.
General manager Adrian Panuccio said the operational plan details the projects and services council will deliver to the community for 2020-21, and includes the budget for the same period.
"Importantly, the plan also indicates how we will measure our performance to show we are delivering on our commitments to our community," Mr Panuccio said.
"We report on our progress against this program every six months to ensure we are on track, and this information is publicly available for our community so they can be informed on our performance.
The plan outlines the progress council will make on a number of important projects during the coming year, including:
- developing a climate change action plan
- revising and updating the emergency plan after the tragic bushfire events of 2019
- starting to deliver more than $2 million in Federal and State funding for bushfire recovery
- developing the MidCoast environmental plan and development control plan, and
- developing MidCoast Cultural and Aboriginal action plans.
"These projects, and a vast number of others, will be our focus as we continue to strive to deliver our mission of delivering benefits to our community in ways that add value and build trust," explained Mr Panuccio.
The annual budget is included in the draft plan and indicates that Council's borrowing costs are trending downwards.
The $100 million road program, funded jointly by the NSW Government and the final year of the five per cent special rate variation (SRV), is included in the 2020-21 budget.
Council has kept other rates and charges to a minimum during the period of the SRV. The charges which will be pegged for this year include the water availability charge, sewerage charges and the domestic waste management charge.
"There has been no increase in the Waste Management charge since 2017 and sewer charges have not increased since 2018," added Mr Panuccio.
Following the meeting the operational plan and budget will be placed on public exhibition for community comment.
Among other items on the meeting's agenda will be the appointment of members to the Bushfire Recovery Reference Group, the adoption of the draft community donations and draft surveillance camera policies.
To view the meeting agenda, read more on these and other matters to be discussed at the meeting, or follow the meeting when it is streamed, visit midcoast.nsw.gov.au/Council/Council-Meetings/Meeting-Agendas-and-Minutes.
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