INDIGO Shire Council mayor Bernard Gaffney said he was extremely pleased with the community response to council's budget process which he believed was the most effective he had experienced.

"I've been on council for a number of years and this is the most community engagement we have ever undertaken, and the community has responded to that," Cr Gaffney said.

"Previously we may have received four or five submissions, but prior to the draft budget we had received 311 submissions and following the draft budget's release we received another 18 with five people speaking on their submiss...