Share Your Feedback

We strongly value feedback and input from the community.

By Having Your Say, you provide the Council with vital information that assists in influencing projects, plans, strategies and more.

Council values and acknowledges all feedback from the community and wishes to thank you in advance for your input.

Have Your Say - Locations of Heavy Vehicles Parking in Urban Areas

Council invites feedback from our community on heavy vehicle parking locations identified across the shire.

Feedback closes on Friday 28th June 2024

Click here to view the proposed parking areas(PDF, 2MB)

Have Your Say via our online form

Have Your Say - Gypsum Truck Route

Council invites feedback from our community on the proposed Gypsum Route within the Shire's boundaries. 

This proposal has resulted from no specific travel route for Gypsum transport within the shire and the increased volume of truck movements on council assets, increasing damage on roads that are not specifically designed to take such loads. Gypsum is an essential product used for various purposes in agriculture and other industries, this leads to a designated route becoming essential in the industry’s growth and safety of all travels on roads throughout the shire.

Feedback closes on Friday 28th June 2024

 

Click here to view the proposed Gypsum Truck Route(PDF, 570KB)

Have Your Say via our online form

 

Have Your Say - Council Engagement Van and extension of Warracknabeal Library Self-Service

Yarriambiack Shire Council is pleased to announce an exciting new initiative to better serve our rural communities. Starting Monday 15th July 2024, the Warracknabeal library will adopt new operating hours with increased self-service hours, allowing for resources to be redirected towards an enhanced mobile Council Engagement service, bringing council services directly to residents in outlying areas. This initiative will run as a six-month trial to evaluate its effectiveness and gather community feedback.

Building on community feedback received by existing Self-Service patrons and to optimise our resources, the Warracknabeal Library will alter staffed hours from Monday 15th July 2024. To ensure that residents continue to have ample access to library resources, we are extending our self-service library system and will move from being available to the community for 42 hours a week, to 48 hours.

Council invites feedback from our community regarding the updates to the Engagement Van and extension of Warracknabeal Library Self-Service.

The survey is open until Friday 12th of July 2024.

Have Your Say via our online form

Hard copies will be available and can be returned to the council office, libraries and at the Words on Wheels van.

For further information, please contact Jo White, Customer Support and Libraries Coordinator, or Sarah Collins, Manager Community Strengthening & Engagement on (03) 5398 0100.

 

Have your say - Draft Governance Rules

The Yarriambiack Shire Council Governance Rules has undertaken a review to ensure it is fit for purpose to reflect the changes to be implemented from the October 2024 Council elections.

The Victorian Electoral Commission Ward Structure review has been completed, and our Council will retain wards, however, we will go from 7 Councillors to 6 Councillors post the October 2024 elections.

Our Governance Rules need to reflect these changes.

In addition, Council has taken the opportunity to undertake a full review of our Governance Rules and in summary, the following proposed changes have been incorporated into the Draft that is now available for public consultation:

  • Definitions updated, including Types of Motions.
  • Election of Mayor and Other Office Holders, with the inclusion of the Appointment of Acting Mayor.
  • Meeting types and if they will be live streamed.  Includes, if Council experiences technical difficulties preventing ongoing livestreaming, the meeting may continue provided the gallery remains open to the public (this is not applicable for confidential / closed meetings of Council).
  • The order of Council Meeting business has been outlined.
  • Greater clarity in relation to the conduct of transitioning from an open meeting of Council to a closed meeting of Council.
  • Greater detail regarding moving a motion or amendment, and if the motion is required to be read in full.  
  • Public question details further enhanced.
  • How a motion is to be determined if Council has seven Councillors prior to 2024 elections, and post-election when Council goes to 6 Councillors.
  • Includes how Community Asset Committee meeting minutes are to be received and noted by Council.

 

Council invites feedback from the Community on our Draft Governance Rules, concluding at 5pm Tuesday 16 July 2024.

All changes have been highlighted yellow in the draft document for ease of reading.

View the Draft Governance Rules document here(PDF, 833KB)

Submit your feedback via our online form here

If you have any questions in relation to the Governance Rules revision, please contact Monique Metlika, Governance Support Officer at info@yarriambiack.vic.gov.au

 

 

Have Your Say - Road Hierarchy Review

In 2022 Council undertook Community consultation to review both the Road Management Plan and the Road Hierarchy. 

The consultation process consisted of face-to-face meetings, an online survey using a media platform and the opportunity to submit submissions via the post.  

Council received feedback throughout the community consultation process that has informed the development of the Road Management Plan 2022-2025 and the review of the Road Hierarchy 2023-2025.  

Council adopted the Road Management Plan revision on 29 June 2023, and the Road Hierarchy (stage 1) revision on 25 October 2023.  

Stage 2 of the Road Hierarchy revision has included specific hierarchy classification changes to roads and streets based on updated categories adopted in the Road Hierarchy from Stage 1.  

Stage 2 of the Road Hierarchy consultation process aims to obtain feedback from the community regarding the proposed changes to the hierarchy, in relation to specific roads and streets based on the category review. 

Below is a copy of the Road Hierarchy – Classifications for Roads, along with a proposed list of roads to be upgraded, downgraded, recommended for future review, and no further action recommended or required.  

The community will have an opportunity to review the documentation and provide feedback in relation to the proposed changes.  The consultation period is now open and will conclude on Friday 02 August 2024.  

 

Draft documents:


Road Hierarchy 2023-2025 Stage-2 Road Assessments for Consultation(PDF, 76KB)

Pages from Road Hierarchy 2023-2025(PDF, 29KB)

 

Submit your feedback via our online form here

 

Supporting documentation:

List of Works Completed Since 2022(PDF, 67KB)

List of Works - Tree Issues and Trimming(PDF, 70KB)

Road Management Plan 2022-2025(PDF, 3MB)

Road Hierarchy 2023-2025(PDF, 6MB)

 

If you wish to discuss the contents of this letter, please do not hesitate to contact Vanessa Lantzakis, Acting Manager Assets during business hours on 03 53 98 0100 or via email at vanessa.lantzakis@yarriambiack.vic.gov.au.  

 

Have Your Say - Draft Local Laws

Council is reviewing our General Local Law No.5 and we want to hear from you about how we can keep Yarriambiack Shire clean, safe and presentable. Each municipality in Victoria creates a Local Law, designed to protect the local amenity as well as regulate activities on council-controlled land and roads.

Considerable time has been spent on developing the new Draft Local Law so that it responds to the needs of residents in our communities. Your opportunity to provide feedback and help shape these community laws is open for 28 days, closing at 5pm on 26 July 2024. 

Draft Local Law Documentation:

Draft Local Law Summary(PDF, 128KB)

2024 Local Laws(PDF, 725KB)

Local Law Guideline(PDF, 24MB)


 

Share your feedback via our online form here

 

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