Draft Council Plan 2021-2025 and Proposed Budget 2021/22 and supporting documents

Consultation has now closed.

The Draft Council Plan 2021-2025 and Proposed Budget 2021/22, have been developed to align Council's key strategies with the priorities, needs and aspirations of our community. The Draft Council Plan 2021-2025 and Proposed Budget 2021/22 will continue to focus on initiatives and programs that provide support to our community, including Council's plan for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Draft Council Plan 2021 - 2025

The Draft Council Plan 2021-2025 sets out Council's key directions and priority actions for the medium-term. In alignment with the Maroondah 2040 Community Vision, the Council Plan works towards the aspirations of the Maroondah community looking ahead to the year 2040. It also lists priority actions to be undertaken by Council over the next four-year period from 2021/22 to 2024/25.

Significant projects identified for delivery include:

• Implementation of the Maroondah COVID-19 Recovery Plan.
• Infrastructure upgrades to sporting facilities at Jubilee, Proclamation, Springfield, Cheong and Ainslie Parks, and at Dorset Recreation and Silcock reserves.
• Develop and implement the Maroondah Liveability, Wellbeing and Resilience Strategy 2021-2031 (incorporating the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan).
• Implement the Bayswater Business Precinct Transformation Strategy.
• Design the Karralyka Centre redevelopment and undertake staged works.
• Review, update and implement Council’s Sustainability, Climate Change Risk and Adaptation, and Carbon Neutral strategies.
• Develop and implement Council’s Waste, Litter & Resource Recovery Strategy.
• Design and construct activity centre carparks in Croydon, Ringwood and Heathmont; and at Heatherdale Station.
• Develop a new Croydon Structure Plan (including urban design guidelines).
• Undertake a staged development of the Croydon Community Wellbeing Precinct.
• Implement the Gender Equality Act 2020, including Council’s Gender Equality Action Plan.
• Implement the new Local Government Act 2020.
• Advocate on key local issues on behalf of the Maroondah community, in the lead up to the State and Federal Government elections in 2022.

Proposed Budget 2021/22 and supporting documents

Like all Councils and levels of government, Maroondah City Council was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Proposed Budget 2021/22 responds to these unprecedented events and continues a sustainable financial position in the years ahead. The Proposed Budget documents the financial and non-financial resources required by Council to implement the outcomes, key directions and priority actions identified in the Draft Council Plan 2021-2025.

The annual budget is supported by a:

• Proposed Financial Plan 2021-2022 which describes the financial resources required to give effect to the Draft Council Plan 2021-2025 and other strategic plans of Council and expresses them over a rolling 10-year period.
• Proposed Revenue and Rating Plan 2021-2025 which describes how Council will generate income to deliver on the Draft Council Plan 2021-2025, programs and services, and capital works commitments over the four-year period from 2021/22 to 2024/25.

View all documents

The Draft Council Plan 2021-2025, Proposed Budget 2021/22, Proposed Financial Plan 2021-2022 and Proposed Revenue and Rating Plan 2021-2025 are on exhibition from Friday 14 May to Friday 11 June.

All of the documents can be viewed in the document library on this page. You can also inspect the above documents at Realm, 179 Maroondah Highway, Ringwood or Croydon Library, Civic Square, Croydon, where copies will be available for inspection until 5pm Friday 11 June 2021.

If you need any further information on the draft documents on exhibition, please contact us on 1300 88 22 33 or 9298 4598.