Mayors and councillors have important roles to play in the community planning process, including:

• consider and determine the strategic intent of the community plan - how will the local government make best use of the community planning opportunity
• consider and formally adopt the local government’s community engagement policy, which provides the basis for all community engagement activities
• encourage community involvement in the process and act as a leader and facilitator of the community’s involvement and representation
• ensure certain themes have been considered - social, environmental, economic, governance
• be comfortable with the scope of the community plan - is the plan going to incorporate advocacy and partnering initiatives?
• formally adopt the community plan following a process of review and consideration
• monitor the progress of the implementation of the community plan via the implementation of the corporate plan
• consider whether the community plan requires amendment or refresh at appropriate intervals.