Wyndham City Council’s Proposed Annual Plan and Budget 2019/20 is now open for informal feedback and formal submission until 5pm, Tuesday 14 May 2019.

Each year, Wyndham City Council prepares an Annual Plan and Budget which outlines the priorities for Council to deliver in the next financial year. Getting feedback from our community has informed this process.

The drafting of the Annual Plan and Budget is also informed by the vision, plans and strategies that guide us:

• Wyndham 2040 Community Plan
• Wyndham City Plan 2017/21
• District Plans 2017/21
• Strategies and plans governing our day-to-day operations, land use, amenity, and the provision of services to the local community.

Council delivers a wide range of services, programs, facilities and advocacy that contribute to building a strong and vibrant community. Good financial management into the future means making choices about how we provide and prioritise these. Consultation feedback provides Council with an insight into how the community perceive these challenges, and how we might plan to better address these.

The Proposed Annual Plan and Budget 2019/20 delivers not only the essential infrastructure projects such as road and park upgrades, but it also features a range of city shaping projects that will contribute to the overall liveability of our city now and into the future.

For 2019/20, the Proposed Annual Plan and Budget outlines a $139.12 million capital works spend, alongside an operating expense of $273.87 million to deliver over 60 different services to the people who live in, work in and visit our city.

About the community consultation

From October 2018 to March 2019, the Wyndham community were provided with a range of opportunities to share their priorities for their local area for consideration when Council was drafting the Proposed Annual Plan and Budget 2019/20.

Thank you to all the members of the Wyndham community who contributed ideas for the Proposed Annual Plan and Budget 2019/20. In total 773 ideas were submitted by the community. Each of these ideas have been reviewed by Council and key findings are outlined in the Community Engagement Report.

How you can contribute to the public exhibition

There are two options for contributing to the public exhibition for the Proposed Annual Plan and Budget 2019/20:

• Informal feedback is invited from the public by completing the online form on council's community engagement platform.
• Formal submissions are invited by completing the form here. All formal submissions will be presented at a Council Meeting on Tuesday 11 June 2019. 

Contributions to the public exhibition must be received by 5pm, Tuesday 14 May 2019.

If you prefer to not provide your feedback / submission online, can you do so at select Wyndham libraries and community centres.

We encourage submissions and feedback that relate to the service areas and capital projects that Council can influence. While Council is responsible for much of the community infrastructure and services that residents use every day, such as parks and community centres, we rely on Federal and Victorian Government to fund and deliver major projects under their area of responsibility like public transport, car parking at train stations, arterial roads and new schools. For more information on Council’s advocacy role and our submissions to both the Victorian and Federal Government for their respective budgets visit www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/advocacy.

What happens next

Following the closure of the public exhibition at 5pm, Tuesday 14 May 2019 and the hearing of formal submissions at the Council Meeting on Tuesday 11 June 2019, the Proposed Annual Plan and Budget 2019/20 will be considered for adoption at the Council meeting on Tuesday 25 June 2019 and released to the public on Wednesday 26 June 2019.

Please note, you need to visit and register on https://theloop.wyndham.vic.gov.au/budget before using the online engagement tools.