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The City of Playford 2024/25 Annual Business Plan and budget was adopted at the 25 June 2024 Ordinary Council Minutes.

Thanks again for your feedback we look forward to your participation in 2025. 

Thanks for your feedback – consultation has now closed.

Your feedback has been collated into a What We Heard Report which is available in the document library on this page. 

What next?

The Draft 2024/25 Business Plans were considered at the Strategy and Services Committee meeting on 11 June 2024, prior to their final adoption at the upcoming Ordinary Council Meeting 25 June 2024. 

Draft Annual Business Plans & Budget 2024/25 - Share your views

Consultation is open from Wednesday 1 May to midnight Tuesday 28 May 2024.  

Our Draft Annual Business Plans outline how we'll support our diverse and growing community including delivering 25 services made up of over 200 different activities and investing in new projects and services you have asked us for.

Council now wants to hear from you. Your views and feedback will help Council finalise the Plans.

Draft Plans and documents open for consultation are:

• Draft Annual Business Plan (ABP) 2024/25
• Draft Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP) 2024/25
• Draft Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) 2024/25
• Draft Rating Policy and Procedure
• Draft Rate Rebate Policy and Procedure

You can view the Draft Plans on this page and provide your feedback by taking the Survey or downloading a hard copy of the survey to return back to Council. 

Feedback can also be made via a verbal submission, in person, at a Public Hearing to be held in the Playford Civic Centre Council Chambers at 7pm on Tuesday 28 May 2023. To register your interest, please register here Public Hearing Registration or call 8256 0333. 

You can also tick 'yes' when asked if you would like to make a verbal submission when you submit your feedback through our online survey. 

About each plan/document

Draft Annual Business Plan 2024/25

This plan marks the final year of delivery on our Strategic Plan 2020-2024, Community and City Foundations. The Annual Business Plan and Budget for 2024/25 has been developed in line with the community themes outlined in our Strategic Plan. We will continue to deliver the things that make a difference to our resident's everyday lives and the services and programs they know and value. 

We are one of South Australia’s fastest growing council areas, and we can now expect on average 10 additional people a day to call Playford home until 2046. That's ten more people each day who are out on our roads, using our parks and accessing our services. 

We have a responsibility to balance the needs of existing residents while laying the foundations for future generations, by providing the parks, sporting facilities, stormwater infrastructure, footpaths, and services our growing community will need. 

This year's Annual Business Plan outlines that Council will continue to invest over $111M in supporting the delivery of existing services.  

Council will also invest almost $29M in renewing or replacing existing assets such as kerbs, footpaths, roads, playspaces and sporting facilities. 

We will invest over $33M for a range of new infrastructure including construction of Stage 2B of the Broadacres Drive Outfall Drain, construction of Munno Para Sportsground Stage 1, changerooms and car park at Dwight Reserve. Stormwater, Open Space, Sport and Recreation and Traffic Management minor projects will be delivered as well as over 600m of new footpaths. 

The Annual Business Plan proposes a 6.5% increase in rate revenue for 2024/25. This increase funds new projects and services that the community has asked for, while covering rising costs due to inflation and meeting budget goals that support long-term financial sustainability.  

Draft Long Term Financial Plan 2024/25
The draft LTFP ensures Council can deliver services, maintain assets and achieve its strategic objectives in a financially sustainable manner over the medium to longer term. It is underpinned by a “business as usual” assumption which means Council will continue to provide the existing services at the same service standard. The draft LTFP incorporates the draft 2023/24 Budget and key assumptions about growth, inflation rates, interest rates and the revenue index which is used to estimate rates revenue.  

Draft Strategic Asset Management Plan 2024/25
The draft Strategic Asset Management Plan provides an overview of Council’s assets, including what assets we are responsible for and their replacement value, and how our asset management activities fit into Council’s broader strategic planning framework. 
 

Draft Rating Policy and Procedure / Draft Rate Rebate Policy and Procedure
The Draft Rating Policy and Procedure outlines Council’s process for setting and collecting rates from its community. The Draft Rate Rebate Policy and Procedure ensures that all applications for rate rebates are considered in an equal and fair manner in line with the provisions set out under the Local Government Act.

Have questions or need more information?
Refer to the Plans in the document library on this page - or you can email us at connected@playford.sa.gov.au or call us on 8256 0333.

We will ensure you get in contact with the relevant team member to answer any questions you may have.