Integrated Planning

The community’s long term plan for capturing the priorities and ideas of our people to create a better future for our region.  It guides Council’s decisions and actions, and informs our ongoing reviews of services and our other numerous strategies.  The plan is formed by the contributions and conversations of more than one thousand community members of the Snowy Valleys, whether through survey, submission or one of many engagement activities that took place across towns, villages and communities.

The Delivery Program is the primary public planning document for Council’s proposed activities and the performance measures for the next four years. The Delivery Program incorporates the yearly Operational Plan which identifies the principle activities for Council from 1 July to 30 June each year.

The Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP) is a tool that explores the long term impacts of Council's decisions, based on a set of assumptions (about areas where Council intends to reduce spending and/or increase revenues and so improve its financial sustainability). 

A new Operational Plan is developed each year and identifies the principle activities for Council annually from 1 July to 30 June. The Operational Plan is reviewed bi-annually and a report is prepared for the community on the performance targets identified and our achievements.  

Produced annually, the Operational Budget details Council’s planned income and expenditure over a twelve month period. It outlines the resources necessary to bring plans and strategies into fruition. This includes capital works programs, the provision of services and operational spending.