Shaping Manningham's future

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Update, March 2025

We've provided a detailed response to the Manningham Community Panel’s recommendations.

Read more and view Council's response here.

Following the elections in October 2024, your new Council has been elected to represent the Manningham community for a four-year term, through to 2028.

Our Council will develop a four-year Council Plan, 10 year Asset Plan and 10 year Financial Plan with what we will do to benefit the community, in pursuit of your Community Vision 2040.

How will the strategic plans be informed?

Manningham Community Panel

Our local community plays a critical role in shaping these plans. That's why we set up a community panel – to make sure your voices are heard.

Formed in September 2024, the Manningham Community Panel will play a crucial role in helping determine key priorities for Manningham.

What did the panel deliberate on?

Council endorsed the following remit (the question to be answered) for the Manningham Community Panel at its 25 June 2024 meeting.

Council has a budget of $147m, but we can't do everything and need to make hard choices. We need to know what services you value most to help us create a new Council Plan, Asset Plan and Financial Plan to guide Council activity for the next four years to align with the Community Vision. It will inform what the community pays and gets in return.

What range and level of services are you prepared to pay for?

The Panel provided a list of recommendations to the Deputy Mayor at its final meeting on 1 February 2025.

We’ve now carefully considered each recommendation and prepared a detailed response document – outlining how we plan to approach and implement the recommendations into action. We’re committed to implementing the Panel’s recommendations to the fullest extent possible.

Community engagement

In addition to the Panel’s recommendations, our strategic documents will be informed by:

Plan Manningham 2025+ community survey

We received more than 1260 valid survey responses between May and July 2024.

During this consultation, we asked for your top three priority areas for Council to focus its resources on for the next four years.

Targeted Conversations

Some residents joined our ‘Targeted Conversations’. These were small group discussions where we brought people with similar backgrounds or interests together to discuss detailed information around topics relevant to their needs and priorities.

Individual submissions

We invited you to share your ideas on how to improve Council services and shape our community’s future.

The feedback received across these consultations is helping the Panel understand the broader community's priorities and aspirations. A summary of all input is available in our Community Voices Document, which was shared with the Panel.

Other information that is considered in creating these Plans includes demographic and community forecasting, State and Federal Government legislation and plans, partner expertise and focus, existing plans and strategies and available resources.

Read more about Manningham’s strategic plans:

The Council Plan guides decision making over the next four years. Our new Council Plan will include the Health and Wellbeing Plan.

The Asset Plan includes how we will manage assets on behalf of the Community over the next ten years.

The Financial Plan includes how we will pay for services, assets and activities over the next ten years.

For more information about the Panel:

Questions?

Subscribe to receive project updates and be informed about community engagement opportunities.

Update, March 2025

We've provided a detailed response to the Manningham Community Panel’s recommendations.

Read more and view Council's response here.

Following the elections in October 2024, your new Council has been elected to represent the Manningham community for a four-year term, through to 2028.

Our Council will develop a four-year Council Plan, 10 year Asset Plan and 10 year Financial Plan with what we will do to benefit the community, in pursuit of your Community Vision 2040.

How will the strategic plans be informed?

Manningham Community Panel

Our local community plays a critical role in shaping these plans. That's why we set up a community panel – to make sure your voices are heard.

Formed in September 2024, the Manningham Community Panel will play a crucial role in helping determine key priorities for Manningham.

What did the panel deliberate on?

Council endorsed the following remit (the question to be answered) for the Manningham Community Panel at its 25 June 2024 meeting.

Council has a budget of $147m, but we can't do everything and need to make hard choices. We need to know what services you value most to help us create a new Council Plan, Asset Plan and Financial Plan to guide Council activity for the next four years to align with the Community Vision. It will inform what the community pays and gets in return.

What range and level of services are you prepared to pay for?

The Panel provided a list of recommendations to the Deputy Mayor at its final meeting on 1 February 2025.

We’ve now carefully considered each recommendation and prepared a detailed response document – outlining how we plan to approach and implement the recommendations into action. We’re committed to implementing the Panel’s recommendations to the fullest extent possible.

Community engagement

In addition to the Panel’s recommendations, our strategic documents will be informed by:

Plan Manningham 2025+ community survey

We received more than 1260 valid survey responses between May and July 2024.

During this consultation, we asked for your top three priority areas for Council to focus its resources on for the next four years.

Targeted Conversations

Some residents joined our ‘Targeted Conversations’. These were small group discussions where we brought people with similar backgrounds or interests together to discuss detailed information around topics relevant to their needs and priorities.

Individual submissions

We invited you to share your ideas on how to improve Council services and shape our community’s future.

The feedback received across these consultations is helping the Panel understand the broader community's priorities and aspirations. A summary of all input is available in our Community Voices Document, which was shared with the Panel.

Other information that is considered in creating these Plans includes demographic and community forecasting, State and Federal Government legislation and plans, partner expertise and focus, existing plans and strategies and available resources.

Read more about Manningham’s strategic plans:

The Council Plan guides decision making over the next four years. Our new Council Plan will include the Health and Wellbeing Plan.

The Asset Plan includes how we will manage assets on behalf of the Community over the next ten years.

The Financial Plan includes how we will pay for services, assets and activities over the next ten years.

For more information about the Panel:

Questions?

Subscribe to receive project updates and be informed about community engagement opportunities.

  • It's time for us to find our new 2025 Community Panel

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    We're seeking a diverse group of residents, workers, students – anyone 16+ with a Manningham address to join our Community Panel.

    Community panels are an exciting new democratic approach that an increasing number of governments have adopted, to plan ahead. If you want to make a real impact on decisions made by Council, then this is your chance.

    How does this work?

    • We'll be starting the selection process with an independent company to randomly choose 8,000 addresses across Manningham.
    • If you're one of the selected addresses, you'll receive a letter in the mail inviting you to join our Deliberative Community Panel.
    • The letter will include a link and/or phone number to register your interest.
    • From everyone who expresses interest, the independent company will then randomly select a smaller group of 40 people to form the final panel.
    • This process ensures the panel represents a diverse group that reflects the voices of our entire community.

    What does the Deliberative Community Panel do?

    This panel will play a crucial role in developing our major strategic plans. Through facilitated discussions and learning sessions, the participants will help determine key priorities for Manningham and provide a list of recommendations that inform Council decisions for our key documents including the Council Plan, Asset Plan, and Financial Plan.

    We will hold several sessions with participants between September 2024 and February 2025. These will be held mainly on weekends, locally. Once the final Community Panel is selected, they will find out more about how we will all work together.

    As it will be a significant commitment involving up to 50 hours, all panelists will receive payment in recognition of their time and commitment.

    For more information check out the FAQs.

  • Plan Manningham 2025+ survey

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    This consultation is now closed.

    To kick off our planning, we are asking for everyone to have their say, if you work, live, study and play in Manningham, please share with us your ideas for the future of our City.

    With your help, we develop our Council Plan every four years. This Plan outlines our priorities and actions and we publish quarterly reports for you to track our progress.

    The Plan starts with this survey, as your responses help us understand what services, activities and advocacy issues are important to our community. Please take the time to complete this survey.

    Survey closes Friday 12 July 2024

    Complete the survey (English version)

    Translations

    You can also take the survey in your own language. Find out more.

  • Translated Plan Manningham 2025+ survey

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    Did you know you can also complete the survey in other languages:

    Communicate with us through the Translating and Interpreting Service if you do not speak or understand English.

    The interpreter service will contact the relevant council area and act as a direct translator between the caller and Council.

    All interpreters are accredited with the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) to ensure the highest standards of customer service available to non-English speaking customers.

Page last updated: 11 Apr 2025, 09:31 AM