Community Engagement Policy and Overview

Council conducts many forms of community engagement. Engaging with the community creates important opportunities for dialogue. Council's community engagement activities can:

provide information and updates about council planning and projects
help to inform policies, strategies and programs.

Community engagement allows council to understand community views. This helps to:

identify shared issues and opportunities
assist with decision making
create partnerships.

Community engagement process

Council's community engagement program gives you the opportunity to have your say and stay informed on a range of council activities.

Through the engagement process, you can:

have your say on all current community engagement opportunities
stay informed on a range of past engagement activities
follow the progress of a range of council projects
follow the decisions council makes via its meeting minutes.

More information

Council aims to observe best practice in performing community engagement. A number of strategic documents are used to guide this. You can find detailed information on the community engagement program in council's:

Contact

For more information contact council's Planning Officer (Community) via council's customer service centre.