FAQs

• This is the highest-level plan that a council and its community will prepare.
• It sets out a shared community vision, describes where we want to be in 10 to 20 years' time, and outlines how we will get there together.
• The plan and vision aim to encourage community members, agencies, Council and other levels of government to work together towards shared goals for Eurobodalla's future. The plan also helps the new Council understand the community's aspirations.
• Council's role is to prepare and maintain the plan on behalf of the community. But it's not just Council's plan - it's the whole community's plan for the future and that is why it's so important to get involved.
• We want to know what your hopes and goals are for Eurobodalla, so we can plan now for our shared future.

Eurobodalla Council has a custodial role in initiating, preparing and maintaining the plan on behalf of the community. 

The plan aims to encourage the community and other partners such as NSW government agencies, non-government agencies, businesses,  community groups and council to work together as one community to deliver on the vision for the future of Eurobodalla. It will identify priorities for the community, strategies for achieving these and what successful implementation will look like.

This plan then guides the development of other Council plans to ensure they align to the community's future aspirations. It forms part of council's Integrated Planning and Reporting suite of plans.

The Local Government Act NSW (1993) and Integrated Planning and Reporting (IPR) Framework requires each council to prepare a Community Strategic Plan covering a minimum ten-year period, a Resourcing Strategy and a Delivery Program and Operational Plan. These plans form Council's IPR's suite of documents.

The Community Strategic Plan (CSP) sits above all other Council plans and policies, and its purpose is to identify the community’s main priorities and aspirations for the future, and plan strategies to achieve them. 

The Resourcing Strategy identifies the resources council has available to respond to its CSP and includes a Long-term Financial Plan, Asset Management Strategy and Workforce Management Strategy. 

The Delivery Program aligns with a council term. It is a Council’s response and commitment to implementing, within available resources, the priorities and aspirations of the community, expressed in its CSP. 

The Operational Plan is the Council’s annual service delivery action plan. 

We need to check in every few years to make sure these plans still accurately capture and communicate the Community’s hopes and dreams for future Eurobodalla

This also fulfills legislative requirements and the NSW Government’s Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) framework, where council is expected to conduct a review of IP&R plans with each new council term to ensure they still accurately reflect the aspirations of our community.

Each year, Council prepares and publishes an annual report that provides insight into Council's efforts and achievements, governance and structures, and presents finanical and operational performance information for the year. 

Some fun facts from our 2022-23 annual report include:

• Approx. 46,000 bins serviced each week in kerbside collection
• Almost $72M in rates and annual charges were raised
• 58% of Council energy was supplied from renewable sources
• 90% of work-plan actions were on track or complete, 10% were off-track or withdrawn
• Repaired 3,778 potholes and patched 8,352m2 of rain-damaged road
• Managed $1.96B of infrastructure, property, plant and equipment
• Climate change advisory committee was formed
• Mobility mats were rolled out at selected beaches 
• Southern dam hit 30% completion.
• Increased access to Councillors and senior staff with Councillor Catch Ups and community briefings.

You can access our Annual Reports on the Eurobodalla Council website.

Council commissioned Micromex Research to conduct a random survey of residents of our shire during March 2023. The survey aimed to:

• Verify what residents value most about the shire and what are the most important issues facing the community.
• To identify the community’s overall level of satisfaction with Council performance and what services are most important to them.
• To identify what actions our residents take to address local issues and how confident they are that their say makes an impact.
• To identify priority areas and the level of investment for future resource and funding allocation.
• To use the insights gained to inform future decisions about service offerings, delivery and reviews.

You can find a summary of the research results here.

During 2023 Councillor's initiated 'Councillor Catch Up' sessions. These session were held across Eurobodalla, at Bodalla, Nelligen, Tuross Head and Batemans Bay and offered residents and stakeholders the opportunity to meet with Councillors in a community setting where they can chat informally, raise issues, provide feedback and ask for information 

Council also engaged the community on a range of projects outside the IP&R cycle. Community feedback and input has been received recently for:

• Moruya Flood Study (currently open for feedback)
• Eurobodalla Destination Action Plan
• Housing Strategy survey.

The input and outcomes from engaging the community on these items will also inform this review of the Community Strategic Plan.

All of us! The Community Strategic Plan encourage the community and other partners such as NSW government agencies, non-government agencies, businesses, community groups and council to work together as one community to deliver on the vision for the future of Eurobodalla. 

In Australia, there are three levels of government that work together to provide residents the services they need. As the plan is a whole of community plan, no single agency is responsible for delivering the entire plan. 

For Council, each new Council will develop a Delivery Program for their elected term. This program outlines the activities Council will undertake to contribute to achieving our community's vision. It may include advocating for priorities that are delivered by other government agencies such as health, education and main roads; and actions to align it's service delivery to the priorities Council's are responsible for delivering.

An annual Operational Plan is then developed from the Delivery Program by Council each year - this becomes councils work plan for the year to ensure all actions a Council's does are working towards the Community's future vision.