MIDCOAST Council’s Community Engagement Strategy 2025-2029 was adopted at the June 2025 Council meeting.
The Strategy guides how and when residents and ratepayers can have their say on council plans and decisions.
“Our teams are consistently speaking with the community about a range of different projects,” said Paul De Szell, Director of Liveable Communities.
“We took that feedback on board when we reviewed our draft engagement strategy.
“We can always engage better with our community when we listen to how they want to engage with us.”
The adopted Community Engagement Strategy now outlines “everything Council considers when making decisions”, while a new sentence explains that the Council considers all feedback received, even if the final decision does not reflect an individual or group view.
The strategy also now includes regional/rural communities as a specific stakeholder group.
A Community Engagement Strategy is part of the Department of Local Government’s Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework.
Read the full Community Engagement Strategy at https://haveyoursay.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/community-engagement-strategy-2025-2029.
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