At its meeting on June 17 2025, Council considered a report including community feedback and decided:

1. That Council receive and note the outcomes of the public exhibition of key integrated plans:

• Draft Community Strategic Plan 2041
• Draft Delivery Program 2025-29, Operational Plan and Budget 2025/26 (including Fees and Charges 2025/26)
• Draft Long Term Financial Plan 2025-35

2.That Council endorse:

a)Draft Community Strategic Plan 2041 with the following changes:

I. Housing:

a)In SD2 include the increase of the number of affordable dwellings managed by Council or CHPs in the LGA; and

b)Alter CSP Strategic Direction 2.1.1 to ‘Facilitate and advocate for affordable and public housing and its retention, and work with developers, providers and the NSW state government to manage affordable and public housing opportunities’.

b)Draft Workforce Management Strategy 2025-29 with the following changes:

a)That specific reference to the initiatives developed through councillor resolution, including the delivery of anti-racism training as part of the Anti-Racism Strategy, the establishment of a Pride Network and ongoing work to expand supports to recruit, retain and support employees with disability

b)That anti-racism training be listed and measured as a key action in the “Fostering a Thriving workplace” focus area.

c)Include in the Strategy measures to:

a)Increase our expertise and qualifications on ecological urban design and design for people walking and bicycling; and

b)Increase our ability to write and win NSW and Federal Grants in all areas of the CSP.

3.That Council adopt:

• Draft Delivery Program 2025-29 and Operational Plan and Budget 2025/26
• Draft Long Term Financial Plan 2025-35 (scenario 1)
• Draft Asset Management Strategy 2025-35, Draft Asset Management Policy and Draft Asset Management Plans

4.That Council note the updated package of Service Statements which include Delivery Program principal activities, Operational Plan actions and KPIs, levels of service where relevant and budget for every service; and

5.That Council publish the final documents on its corporate website by 30 June 2025 and notify the Office of Local Government of the link to its web page.

6.That progress on the Workforce Management Strategy be reported to Council on an annual basis.

7.That Council acknowledges that active transport and achieving mode shift are relevant to all five Strategic Directions of the Community Strategic Plan (CSP), and that this should be reflected accordingly through the incorporation of the following amendments to the CSP;

a)Add the following to item 4 in SD1; Prioritise active transport infrastructure as a key climate action strategy,

b)Change SD2 CSP Strategy Point 3 from ‘Prioritise active transport and manage and/or deliver transport infrastructure’.

c)Add to SD4 CSP Outcome and Strategy Table - point 2; Encourage and facilitate active transportation use to improve community health outcomes.

d)Pg 54, SD2 Key performance metric table, 2.3.1a target of ‘1,157’ to ‘50% increase’.

9.That Council recognises the importance of an Integrated Transport Strategy within the Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) Framework in reducing car dependency and supporting mode shift, and commits to collecting and utilising baseline data to establish measurable targets to be incorporated into the 2026 Integrated Transport Strategy.

10.That Council reallocate $1.2m in funding through to the next quarterly budget review from the Birchgrove Oval amenities upgrade to a partnership with the NSW Government to renovate Building 497 in Callan Park.