Strategic planning

Approved CEO annual leave (16 Jan–11 Feb 2026) and appointed Acting CEO

  • Appointed Councillor and community members to 2026 Community Asset Committees
  • Endorsed 2026 Council representatives for Working Groups and Industry Bodies
  • Appointed 2026 representatives to Council Advisory Committees
  • and 2 more

Moorabool Shire Council · 6 decisions · 10 min read

Adopt Annual Report 2024–2025 for council publication

  • Adopt Council Plan 2025–2029 and Year 1 Annual Action Plan 2025–26
  • Adopt Community Panel Outcomes Report (2025) and formal responses to recommendations
  • Adopt Financial Plan 2025–2035 and Asset Plan 2025; publish on council website
  • and 2 more

Central Goldfields Shire Council · 6 decisions · 7 min read

Adopted Golden Plains Shire Council Plan 2025–2029 with minor editorial amendments

  • Adopted Growing Places Strategy and sought Minister for Planning approval for planning amendment
  • Adopted Planning Scheme Amendment C105gpla (Ormond Street rezoning) and requested Minister approval
  • Endorsed Municipal Early Years and Children’s Plan 2025–2029 as exhibited
  • and 2 more

Golden Plains Shire · 6 decisions · 8 min read

Adopted the Council Plan 2025–2029 with agreed amendments

  • Adopted the Community Vision 2031 without alteration
  • Deferred adoption of the Municipal Public Health & Wellbeing Plan to October 2025
  • Adopted the 2025/26 Budget, 10-year Financial Plan, Revenue & Rating Plan, and Fees/Charges
  • and 2 more

Pyrenees Shire Council · 6 decisions · 11 min read

Adopt Community Vision 2035 and Council Plan 2025–29

  • Adopt Financial Plan 2025–2035
  • Adopt Revenue and Rating Plan 2025–29, including Trust for Nature rebate
  • Adopt Budget 2025/26 with 1.5% rate rise and $12.437m capital works
  • and 2 more

Ararat Rural City Council · 6 decisions · 11 min read

Allocate $55,000 in 2025–26 budgets to update the Economic Development Strategy

  • Issue a planning permit for PA23108 (13 Canico Lane Hillcrest) with conditions
  • Adopt a Road Management Plan review process targeting adoption by 31 October 2025
  • Progress Strategic Planning Amendments C52pyrn (May 2025 consultation) and C47Pyrn updates
  • and 2 more

Pyrenees Shire Council · 6 decisions · 9 min read

Confirmed minutes of the 18 December 2024 Ordinary Council Meeting

  • Approved consultation and engagement for the 2025–2029 Health and Wellbeing Plan
  • Adopted the Councillor Social Media Policy
  • Adopted the Final Gateways Strategy and noted its action plan for future budgets
  • and 2 more

Moorabool Shire Council · 6 decisions · 8 min read

Adopt Councillor Code of Conduct and require Councillors to sign the commitment

  • Endorse 2025/26 Budget development timeframe and community engagement plan
  • Endorse Community Vision 2035 and Council Plan 2025–29 development and engagement timeframe
  • Approve McCrows Road Bridge upgrade (Option 2) and Roads to Recovery emergency funding
  • and 2 more

Ararat Rural City Council · 6 decisions · 11 min read

Receive and note councillor delegates report and informal meetings records

  • Confirm outcomes from Bannockburn Recreation Precinct engagement; advise lead petitioner
  • Note Quarter 3 Finance Report for nine months ended 31 March 2024
  • Endorse draft Special Rates and Charges Policy for four-week public exhibition
  • and 2 more

Golden Plains Shire · 6 decisions · 8 min read

Appointed Councillor Chris Meddows-Taylor as Acting Mayor for 2 May 2023

  • Approved Central Goldfields Art Gallery Draft Strategic Plan 2023–2026 for public exhibition
  • Updated Council’s Instrument of Delegation to staff; revoked prior staff delegations (except CEO)
  • Adopted the revised Community Support Policy
  • and 2 more

Central Goldfields Shire Council · 6 decisions · 7 min read