City of Stirling Corporate Business Plan

Message from the Mayor and the Chief Executive Officer

The City of Stirling is proud to present the City’s Corporate Business Plan 2021 – 2025, which details how we plan to deliver the objectives and strategies set in our 10-year Strategic Community Plan 2018 – 2028.

The The City of Stirling is the largest local government by population in Western Australia and is projected to grow further in the coming years. As the community is our priority, we continually strive to meet the changing needs of our residents and plan for this growth. COVID-19 has changed the City’s priorities to focus on our local neighbourhoods. Overwhelmingly, people want to have access to a range of services and facilities within walking distance of their home. In this Corporate Business Plan, the City aims to create vibrancy in our local centres through a range of services and projects to support these unique places to grow and prosper while maintaining our rich history. These include: y Stirling City Centre – Community Infrastructure Plan y Oral history interviews – Stirling Stories y Public art projects y Street signs of significance y Homelessness support.

Over 22,000 businesses operate in the City of Stirling, many of which are small businesses. With well-established business and retail centres, the City of Stirling is the second-largest employment district in Western Australia after the Perth CBD. The City continues to support the business community through a range of services and projects aimed at small businesses, including event sponsorships, shopfront grants and a new Business Innovation Competition in 2021. As always, the City’s financial stability is paramount and critical to ensure that we deliver a high level of service while maintaining our debt-free status. Currently, the City maintains a solid financial position which gives us the ability to fund a range of exciting major projects aligned to the City’s strategic priorities. We will continue to deliver improvements to major community facilities including the Hamersley Public Golf Course, Stirling Leisure Centres – Terry Tyzack Aquatic Centre and Inglewood Oval/Hamer Park.

The Corporate Business Plan 2021 – 2025 provides the approach and a transparent account of how these projects will be delivered. This has been reinforced at the prestigious 2021 Australasian Reporting Awards, with the City of Stirling receiving the Gold Award for the seventh consecutive year for excellence in transparency and reporting for our 2019/20 Annual Report. Along with the Annual Report, the City will report the progress of projects and performance of services to the Council on a quarterly basis. We are committed to continuing to deliver a sustainable and thriving City which engages the community and fosters prosperity. The Corporate Business Plan 2021 – 2025 is an important part of our overall ‘Plan for the Future’ and with hard work and consistent service delivery, the City continues to strengthen its position as a City of choice to live, work and visit.

Stuart Jardine PSM Chief Executive Officer

Mark Irwin Mayor

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