At last Thursday’s May Council meeting, the Forbes Shire Our Community Strategic Plan 2017-2027 was adopted. The supporting plans including the 2017/18 Operational Budget was planned to be on public exhibition however some of our Councillors wanted some more information before it went on display. A briefing session held Monday answered questions and a special meeting will be held this afternoon at 5pm to endorse the documents for public exhibition. Once endorsed, plans will be at www.forbes.nsw.gov.au or at Council’s Administration and Engineering Offices and the Forbes Library.
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Last weekend Councillors and executive staff attended a strategic planning workshop. This session was excellent and it gave us a chance to all work together on future plans for the Shire.
If you aren’t already aware, community members can report issues around town through a smartphone application called Snap Send Solve. This allows you to report and capture issues such as broken playground equipment or road conditions. You need to download Snap Send Solve to your mobile phone to utilise this service.
On Wednesday the Library Council of NSW visited the Forbes Library. The results of the focus group that was held earlier this month were discussed and the Library Council members had a tour of the library. It was great to welcome the members to Forbes.
Yesterday the General Manager and myself attended the Centroc meeting at Parliament House in Sydney. This meeting involved Central NSW Councils meeting with the Premier, Deputy Premier and State Ministers as part of a regional approach to raise issues to the State Government.
The Forbes Shire was very successful in the latest round of the Department of Social Services Volunteer Grants Program. We had 22 community groups receive funding with a combined total value of $102,400. Congratulations to all of those groups who were successful.
Have a great weekend,
Mayor Graeme Miller
