Every year we develop a new Annual Business Plan and update our Long-Term Financial Plan. These plans are developed taking into account our City Vision, Four Year Business Plan and engagement conversations with community from across the year.

We seek to achieve a balance between financial sustainability and meeting the diverse needs of community. The draft Annual Business Plan is our commitment to delivering on our strategic priorities and delivering important services and infrastructure. The draft Long-Term Financial Plan is our roadmap for remaining financially sustainable.

Engagement was undertaken in April and May 2025, view the engagement summary below to see what we heard.

What are each of these plans for?

• The Annual Business Plan outlines our key activities each year to deliver on the goals in our City Vision.
• The Long-Term Financial Plan guides the financial sustainability of our activities over a ten-year period.

The Annual Business Plan 2025-26 and Long-Term Financial Plan 2026-35 were adopted by Council at the 17 June special Council meeting.

We asked interested community members to provide their feedback on the draft Annual Business Plan 2025-26 and the draft Long Term Financial Plan 2026-35. We provided opportunities for you to share your thoughts quickly or to get more in-depth on specific initiatives or directions in the draft plan.

Community consultation was open between 14 April and 14 May 2025. Feedback could be submitted online via Participate PAE, in writing via email, mail or handed in to a service centre, verbally at council customer service centres, over the phone or at the public representation on the 13 May 2025.

We invited people to provide their feedback by promoting the consultation via:

• Council’s ‘Participate PAE’ website
• Publication in PAE Today
• Published notification in the Advertiser
• Posters in Council offices and facilities
• Postcard handout with summary information and QR code directing them to Participate PAE
• Council’s website
• Council’s social media.

There were 698 unique visitors who looked at the Participate PAE page, 204 downloads of the Annual Business Plan and 61 downloads of the Long Term Financial Plan.

Of all the people who were interested enough to look at our Annual Plans, 9 people submitted feedback to tell us a bit more about what they thought.

The main topics that were discussed in the feedback included:

• Concerns on the average rate rise & council sustainability/efficiency
• Yitpi Yartapuultiku Centre funding
• Community Shed access in Port Adelaide