From the Mayor

MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR

As we plan for the year ahead, Council has a crucial role to play in ensuring our community continues to feel safe and that we can enjoy a life that is as close to normal as it can be.

We have dealt with unprecedented challenges recently, however our resolve as a community and as a Council remains strong. I am very proud of the hard work we are undertaking to ensure we can continue to provide quality services to our City and its residents.

Our Draft Operational Plan for 2020-2021 sets out many important projects we will endeavour to accomplish in this fourth year of our Delivery Program, which has been extended until 30 June 2022 in line with the NSW Government's postponement of locoal government elections until September 2021. As we look to the year ahead, we are guided by the priorities of our City Vision – our unique landscape, our lifestyle and wellbeing, diverse economy, connected communities, creativity, mobility and accessibility, and shared decision-making. These are the focal points of our vision for the City and reflect the values of our community.

This new Plan contains more than 320 actions, including $105.4 million worth of City works, which together build on this vision.

I look forward to working together as we continue to shape a diverse, liveable and dynamic Lake Macquarie.

Councillor Kay Fraser Mayor