Narrandera Shire Council’s social media channels continue to be a vital communication tool for engaging with the community, providing timely updates, promoting services and events, and directing customer enquiries to the appropriate platforms. The communications officer actively manages and maintains a presence across key platforms including Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, ensuring content is relevant, accessible, and aligned with council's communication goals. Engagement levels remain strong, with steady growth in follow numbers and increased interactions with posts. Council provided 5169 trips to clients across Narrandera Shire and Leeton Shire. These trips were provided to 1986 Commonwealth Home Support clients (CHSP) clients, 2259 transport disadvantaged clients (Community Transport Program), 56 Department of Veteran Affairs clients, 420 home care package recipients, 403 non-emergency health related transport, and 45 NDIS clients. Council provided 1986 trips to Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) clients across the Narrandera and Leeton Shires: 1137 hours of social support was delivered through accompanied activities and digital education support: 470 hours of garden maintenance was provided to clients and 13 clients received assistance with home modifications to enable them to remain at home. Council paid the required annual Emergency Services Levy of $370,000 in four instalment amounts to Revenue NSW during 2025-26. The funding is dispersed to authorities such as Fire and Rescue, NSW Rural Fire Service and NSW State Emergency Service. The 2026-27 levy totals $373,794.00 for dispersal to NSW Rural Fire Service $284,824.00, NSW State Emergency Service $17,529.00 and Fire and Rescue NSW $71,441.00. Planning and design for the expansion of the Red Hill industrial area is progressing, with the developable area reduced due to environmental constraints. Grant funding was secured in June 2026 to support the $10.2 million expansion and associated infrastructure, which will proceed once rezoning is finalised.
