As he prepares for his first full council meeting tonight, newly elected Greens Councillor Kit Docker has laid out his priorities for his first term as a Ward Two representative for Wollongong City Council, listing accountability, sustainability, flooding and better planning as areas he'll be focusing on.

Having already been formally sworn in, Mr Docker, aged 29, a research assistant and disability support worker, is excited to be in a position to help influence change in Wollongong for the better.

On the issue of accountability, Mr Docker said with Labor having a clear majority and the Lord Mayor's position on the new council it was important that everyone in the city felt represented.

Mr Docker campaigned hard on sustainability and the need for Wollongong to be "future proofed for the changing climate".

"There's so much more that can be done in areas like waste management," he said.

Mr Docker admitted he wasn't aware of the seriousness of the city's flooding issues until he started campaigning and speaking to voters about how they'd been impacted.

"In future when we flood, we need to build back better because those who can least afford it are paying the most."

In terms of fixing the flooding problems he said the state and federal governments held the purse strings but conceded perhaps council could do more. "We just don't want to cut services back to pay to fix the problems," he said.

On planning, Mr Docker said it was crucial as the city continued to grow "we want to do it right the first time, not having to fix the mistakes down the track and not having a concrete jungle in Wollongong".

He accused past councils in Wollongong of lacking ambition when it comes to tackling the issue of affordable housing and he threw down the challenge to the new Lord Mayor Tania Brown and her team to make this one of their top priorities.

He expressed concern that the council's Housing Strategy wouldn't come into effect until 2026, saying more urgency was required to support people struggling to find a place to live right now.

"This city has been so loyal to the Labor Party for so long and I would have thought they'd be doing much more to back this community than they do."

Mr Docker said he would honour his campaign promise to push for the creation of a Disability Inclusion Advisory Group on council. He said that would include people with disabilities "to ensure our communities are able to work towards true accessibility in all areas".