2019-20 City of Unley | BHKC |CPCA Annual Reports(PDF, 14MB)
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City of Unley Annual Report 2019-2020 1 Contents Location: 4 kilometres south east of Adelaide CBD Message From The Mayor ......................................................................................... 4 CEO’s Message .............................................................................................................. 6 Population: 39,518 Strategic Management Framework ........................................................................... 8 Our Vision ....................................................................................................................... 9 Rateable properties: 18,843 (as at 30 June 2020) Goal 1 - Community Living ....................................................................................... 9 Area: 14.4 square kilometres Goal 2 - Environmental Stewardship ...................................................................... 9 Goal 3 - Economic Prosperity .................................................................................. 9 Operating Income: $50.5m Goal 4 - Civic Leadership ......................................................................................... 9 Key Outcomes – Community Living .......................................................................... 10 Operating Expenditure: $46.5m Key Outcomes - Environmental Stewardship ........................................................ 24 Staff: 174.4 (FTE) Key Outcomes - Economic Prosperity ..................................................................... 28 Key Outcomes - Civic Leadership ............................................................................. 32 Our Organisation ......................................................................................................... 34 Our Executive Team .................................................................................................... 35 Our Council ................................................................................................................... 37 Decision Making Structure ....................................................................................... 41 Confidentiality ............................................................................................................... 44 Council Reporting......................................................................................................... 52 Application of Competition Principle ........................................................................ 53 Community Land Management Plans ....................................................................... 53 Competitive Tendering Arrangements ...................................................................... 53 Rating Policy ................................................................................................................. 54 Income ........................................................................................................................... 54 Subsidiary - Centennial Park Cemetery Authority .................................................. 54 Subsidiary- Brownhill & Keswick Creeks Stormwater Board .............................. 54 We are pleased to present the City of Unley’s Annual Report for 2019-20. List Of Registers & Codes ........................................................................................... 56 This report describes the City of Unley’s performance over the 2019-20 financial year against the objectives of the 2019-20 Business Plan and Budget, 4 Year Plan, and City of Unley Community Plan 2033. Appendices This report is designed to meet our obligations under Section 131 of the Local Government Act 1999. Appendix 1 – City of Unley 2019-20 Financial Statements ................................... 59 Appendix 2 - Brown Hill Keswick Creek Annual Report 2019-20 ...................... 106 Our website at unley.sa.gov.au provides more information about City of Unley activities, policies and Council’s plans for the future. Appendix 3 - Centennial Park Cemetery Authority Annual Report 2019-20 .... 172 If you would like more information about any item in this report, please visit unley.sa.gov.au or phone 8372 5111. The City of Unley recognises that the Kaurna people are the traditional owners and occupiers of the land that now comprises the City of Unley, and we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today. 2 3 Message from the Mayor It gives me a sense of achievement installed in the new layout, considered our relationship with to get out to walk or ride, and to when I look back at the City of designed to offer greater flexibility Santos and the Tour Down Under, utilise our public spaces. Council Unley’s projects highlights over for shop owners and visitors to along with proposals of plans for continued to implement final phases the last financial year. I think one the precinct. While businesses did Unley’s sesquicentenary in 2021. in our city’s Walking and Cycling of the most satisfying aspects feel the impact during what was Plan, improving pedestrian and However, what began as a normal about working in local government a major construction project, the cycling routes and enhancing their year in 2019 took an unexpected is that when ideas are proposed, reinvigorated precinct is supporting visual appeal with more trees and turn in the first months of 2020 as councillors examine them carefully future success. greenery. Keeping our pathways, a consequence of COVID-19. In to assess the tangible benefits they parks and reserves cool and leafy The project was finished in time only a matter of weeks our society, can offer our community. are a vital contributor to the for the Unley Gourmet Gala street economy and lifestyle all changed wellbeing of our entire community It’s not always the case that party in January, which marked the rapidly and profoundly. and this was demonstrated by councillors agree unanimously, and 20-year anniversary in our City’s While the coordinated response to groups of residents who wanted this assessment of advantages successful association with the this global health challenge came to be involved in heat-mapping our versus costs often results in robust Tour Down Under. Crowds enjoyed from federal and state authorities, urban streets as ‘citizen scientists’ debate about proposed projects, the fashions and flavours of Unley’s it also became crucial for Councils or applying to programs to create which I regard to be true democracy diverse boutiques and restaurants to play a leadership role, pivotal green verges along footpaths. at work. Very often, we resolve on and were treated to world music appreciate the environmental and I want to also acknowledge the in safeguarding our community’s Improved safety features along bike a course of action which entails on various stages across the event. economic benefits of green space, passion and energy that our health, while also supporting local routes also resulted in a tangible the need to consult our community Zimbabwean-born tenor Henry and to work with us to find ways residents and business community businesses to help aid economic increase in students who now further and listen to what they Olonga marked the special occasion to restore tree canopy for future contribute by getting involved and recovery. safely cycle to school in Goodwood have to say, and this is both the with a stirring performance, where generations. Council will continue taking part in consultations with and other locations across our City. to explore incentives to retain us, so that our achievements are beauty and the challenge of local I was delighted to officiate during As a Council, we reacted to help existing trees and encourage new shared and are a result of genuine government. the celebrations and declare the our most vulnerable community In a first for an Australian city, I trees to be planted. collaboration. road ‘re-opened’. members. The City of Unley’s was delighted when Unley was As the financial year began, a Community Support and Wellbeing recognised as a Tree City of the key project for Council was the During the year we made great While focussing on our community’s Thank you to everyone who has team phoned 1,200 people to World, along with our neighbouring transformation of King William progress in offering our residents and the business sector’s needs, shared their views and visions with identify those with no arrangements councils Burnside and Mitcham. Road. The infrastructure underneath and visitors safer walking and Council made some difficult me and my fellow councillors. You for assistance. This team spent five I’m pleased we have a Council who the road had to be rebuilt before biking pathways across our city, financial decisions which impacted are making Unley such a special thousand hours giving advice and are united in their concern about surface paving could be completed, creating designs to advance our operating budget, but I remain place to live. offering practical support, including the decline of tree canopy, and who and the final stages of this rebirth the Wilberforce Walk route and confident we will continue to helping people shop for daily support exploring ways we might Michael Hewitson AM, focussed on the improved visual putting in place the groundwork for deliver essential services, popular necessities. address tree loss on private land. Mayor appeal and