Draft Operational Plan and Budget for 2025-2026

PUBLIC EXHIBITION

Draft Delivery Program 2025-2029, Draft Resourcing Strategy 2025-2029, Draft Operational Plan and Budget 2025-2026, Draft Revenue Policy 2025-2026, Draft Fees and Charges 2025-2026

Each year by 30 June Council is required to:

• Adopt the Operational Plan and Budget for the next financial year.
• Adopt the Revenue Policy for the next financial year.
• Adopt the Fees and Charges Schedule for the next financial year.

The 2025-2026 versions of these documents were endorsed for Public Exhibition for 28 days, as required by the Local Government Act 1993, by Councillors at the Ordinary Council Meeting on 23 April 2025.

The period of Public Exhibition of the draft documents will be from Thursday 24 April 2025 to Thursday 22 May 2025.

Submissions are invited and must be addressed to the General Manager, Armidale Regional Council, PO Box 75A, Armidale NSW 2350 or sent by email to council@armidale.nsw.gov.au

Submissions must be received by Thursday 22 May 2025

Please be aware that if you make a submission, other people may have access to your comments. This may be as a result of a report to a Council meeting or as part of an application under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. Also, under State legislation, any person making a submission on a Draft LEP amendment must also disclose whether they or an ‘associate’ have made a ‘reportable political donation’ or gift to a local Councillor or Council employee within the period commencing two years before any submission is made and ending when the Draft LEP is determined. Further details including disclosure forms are available on request from Council.