What happened at the August 2026 Council Meeting
At its August meeting, Council:
- adopted
- the Managing Unreasonable Conduct Policy August 2026; and
- the Councillor Candidates at Federal or State Elections Policy August 2026;
- received the final report for the Year 1 Council Plan Initiatives for 2025-2026;
- resolved to submit a motion to the Municipal Association of Victoria State Council Meeting on 23 October that the MAV advocates to the State Government to
- fund Victoria's Visitor Economy Partnerships beyond 30 June 2027 through a multi-year funding model;
- recognise Visitor Economy Partnerships as critical economic development partners supporting local government, industry and state government visitor economy objectives; and
- engage with local government and Visitor Economy Partnerships when developing future funding arrangements;
- endorsed a submission to the Western Region Sustainable Water Strategy Scoping Paper;
- received the Corporate Strategic Risk Profile Report for the six-months to 31 July 2026;
- approved the Business Assistance Scheme Application for funding to Realign Health (Camperdown) for $3,400 and fee waiver of $1,338.40 (ex. GST) for façade improvement and landscaping;
- endorsed the Corangamite Planning Scheme Review 2026 for provision to the Minister for Planning and to seek authorisation from the Minister to prepare Corangamite Shire Planning Scheme Amendment C71cora;
- noted the capital and operating projects report for FY 2025-2026;
- Updated two instruments of delegation.