Council seeks feedback on vision for the future

LISMORE City Council is inviting feedback from the community to help shape its 10-year roadmap for the town.

The New South Wales Government requires the council to have a Community Strategic Plan, updated every four years to help set priorities in essential areas such as infrastructure, environmental sustainability, community programs and economic development.

The city is consulting with residents to understand what issues are the most important to them, and to gauge how the council is performing.

Lismore City mayor Steve Krieg said community input was critical in developing the plan to ensure each project and service the council delivers aligned with community expectations.

“We need to check ourselves by asking the community to rate our performance through the Community Scorecard,” Cr Krieg said.

The community can rate the council’s performance through the scorecard, which asks questions about its leadership, services and management.

The survey also asks participants to identify what the council should prioritise, and includes options such as flood resilience, improving public spaces, arts and culture, supporting local businesses or enhancing environmental initiatives.

This data will be combined with community feedback from other consultations to set the draft focus areas for the Community Strategic Plan 2025-2035.

The community will be able to review the draft plan in a series of workshops scheduled for March 2025.

“This second phase engagement with community will ensure is the testing point where we can check we have heard what residents have told us,” Cr Krieg said.

The survey is open until November 25.

Head tolismore.nsw.gov.au for more information.