Resourcing Our Future

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Resourcing Our Future – Have Your Say

The Council is committed to building a successful future for the Blue Mountains. To achieve this we have developed Six Strategies for Financial Sustainability that we are actively implementing to improve financial sustainability of the City. A key component of these strategies is engaging the community on how best we can achieve affordable and acceptable levels of service - given our financial challenges. Three OPTIONS for Resourcing Our Future have been developed for you to review and have your say on.

Please click here to view a summary overview of each of these

Resourcing Our Future – Have Your Say

The Council is committed to building a successful future for the Blue Mountains. To achieve this we have developed Six Strategies for Financial Sustainability that we are actively implementing to improve financial sustainability of the City. A key component of these strategies is engaging the community on how best we can achieve affordable and acceptable levels of service - given our financial challenges. Three OPTIONS for Resourcing Our Future have been developed for you to review and have your say on.

Please click here to view a summary overview of each of these options, as detailed in the brochure that is being sent to all ratepayers in mid August. A range of documentation is provided on this site in the Library to support community understanding and engagement on these proposed resourcing options, including:

  • Frequently Asked Questions document - click here
  • Information Sheet 1 A Better Blue Mountains - click here
  • Information Sheet 2 Your Environment Levy - click here and
  • Information Sheet 3 on the Council's Cost Saving, Efficiency and Revenue Initiatives click here

In addition, the Council is currently publically exhibiting the following documents (see News box below) which outline in detail the three alternative resourcing options and their impact on service levels:

We encourage you to review the documentation and tell us which resourcing options you prefer. You can do this by making an on-line SUBMISSION by going to the tab for Submissions (below) and filling in the electronic Submission or downloading a Public Submission form from the Supporting Information Libraries folder and following instructions.

Hard copies of documents may also be viewed at Katoomba Council Office and in all Council libraries (except Springwood, which will be closed during this period due to renovations).

To go directly to the on-line submission forn please click here and to Council's Rating Calculator here.

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Your views are invited on the Resourcing Our Future Plan 2015-2025. It is recommended that you read the information in the publications on this site before starting. Please complete this online public submission form if you would like your views formally considered.  This Submission closes on 15 September 2014.

    Note: Blue Mountains City Council is committed to protecting your personal information. BMCC will collect this information for the purposes in which is it is intended and will only disclose it to the relevant Council Officers unless asking your permission. For further information please see BMCC’s full Privacy Statement on the Blue Mountains City Council’s website at: http://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/yourcouncil/privacystatement

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