Renmark Paringa Council

Renmark Paringa Council Strategic PlanProcess for Preparing the Plan63.0 Process for Preparing the PlanA Draft Strategic Plan was prepared by Councillors and Council staff and released forcommunity consultation for a 2 month period on April 14 th 2009.A brochure summarising the Strategic Plan and proving information on how communitymembers could comment on the plan was posted to a large number of community, businessand sporting organisations in the district. It was also made available at the library, Counciloffices and on the Council website. The consultation was advertised in local newspapers forthree weeks prior to the meetings. Community Forums were held at Renmark and Lyrup inMay and were attended by 14 people. Two written submissions were received by Councilbefore the closing date of 15 June 2009.Council considered a consultation report highlighting the changes suggested by communitymembers and amended the strategies to take into account this community input. There wasstrong community support for the vision, mission and values as these were expressed in theplan.