2021-06-16 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                 16 JUNE 2021


Council has commenced its inaugural community engagement process for its 2021/22 budget
development, with a number of channels offered to elicit community feedback regarding budget
priorities. The engagement approach has involved the following to date:
1.     General communication of the process through Council social media channels, website and
       local newspapers.
2.     Establishment of an online Council Budget Engagement Process project page via the Your
       Say Noosa tile on Council’s website.
3.     Introduction of the Balance Your Noosa Council Operating Budget participation tool where
       residents had the opportunity to change budget spending priorities whilst still having to
       balance the budget.
4.     Encouraging general submissions regarding community budget priorities on the Council Your
       Say webpage via ideas, and also via email to Council’s budget feedback email address.
5.     Publishing of Council’s 10 year capital plan for feedback.
6.     Face to face sessions to allow residents to discuss budget priorities directly with Councillors.
7.     Publishing of Council’s draft budget for community feedback for a 2 week period ending 7
       June 2021.

Feedback from the earlier budget engagement process was considered by Council at the Special
Meeting on 23 April 2021.

DRAFT 2021-22 BUDGET CONSULTATION 24 MAY 2021 TO 7 JUNE 2021

The draft budget was finalised and published for community feedback on Council’s Your Say
Noosa webpage for a 2 week period ending 7 June 2021. The following documents were provided
for review and feedback:

Information Sheets
     2021/22 Draft Budget Information Sheet 1 – Budget Overview
     2021/22 Draft Budget Information Sheet 2 – Budget Financial Summary
     2021/22 Draft Budget Information Sheet 3 – Proposed Changes to General Rates & Levies
     2021/22 Draft Budget Information Sheet 4 – Proposed Capital Plan

Budget Documents
     2021/22 Draft Financial Statements
     2021/22 Rates and Charges Comparison
     2021/22 Schedule of Levies and Separate Charges
     2021/22 Capital Plan and 10 Year Capital Program

Engagement and Feedback Received

1      Your Say Noosa Interactions

The draft budget documentation and information sheets were provided on the Your Say Noosa
webpage on 24 May 2021. For the 2 week period the site was visited 453 times by 364 visitors.
Over half of the 1,030 page views occurred in the last 3 days of the consultation period.




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