About this strategy

• the Delivery Program, a four-year program that covers the term of the Council. To create the Program, we reviewed the Community Strategic Plan to ascertain what we could achieve over the next four years to meet the aspirational needs of the community. Although this is a four-year program, with the postponement of the 2020 local government elections, this Delivery Program will need to be reviewed after three years in line with the local government election cycle.

These documents sit within the Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework that requires us to plan for and report on our ambitions, in consultation with our community (see figure below). While the Community Strategic Plan is a longer-term representation of the community’s aspirations for the Georges River area, this document brings together:

• the Operational Plan is in the second year of the Delivery Program 2022-2026 and outlines the actions that will be undertaken, measures for each action, accountable business units and a reference to the Community Strategic Plan strategies to which the action is contributing.

Progress of actions identified in the Operational Plan are reported to council every six months. An annual report is also prepared that reflects and reports on Council’s overall performance for the financial year.