How do we measure our progress?
In developing the corporate plan, council needs to meet the LGA requirements for a 30-day consultation period and preparation of a revenue policy. The corporate plan document, also needs to be completed within the targets and milestones where council has developed a formal project plan.
Alternatively, progress needs to be monitored against the process timelines shown in the annual corporate planning diary under guidance from the CEO.
Key steps
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Step 4.1 Meet targets and milestones
To ensure the corporate plan is developed within required timeframes and in concert with other activities, councils are advised to make use of Template 10 - Corporate planning diary (
PDF 127 kB) and (optionally) Template 9 - Worksheet - Project plan. ( PDF 24 kB)
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Step 4.2 Ensure coordination with the operational plan and budget process
It is important to note that the processes represented in the annual planning cycle are not linear. In practice, preparation of a council's corporate and operational plans generally occurs in sets of parallel activities as assumptions change and progress is made towards compilation of budgets, revenue policy and statements, grants applications and 10 year forecasts.
Refer in these Guidelines to Stage 4 Develop the operational plan and budgets for step by step processes that councils may follow to ensure corporate and operational plans are developed in a coordinated manner.
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