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Annual Report 2019–20 Cardinia Shire Council Annual Report 2019–20 www.cardinia.vic.gov.au Our inclusive statement Prepared by: Cardinia Shire Council encourages a sense of belonging Cardinia Shire Council within our shire. We support an inclusive community Acknowledgment comprised of people from diverse backgrounds, including and not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Council wishes to acknowledge all who contributed people, people from cultural and linguistically diverse to this annual report. (CALD) backgrounds, those identifying as LGBTIQ+, people Published October 2020 of faith, and people of all ages, genders and abilities. © Cardinia Shire Council 2020 ABN: 32 210 906 807 20 Siding Avenue, Officer PO Box 7, Pakenham Vic 3810 (DX 81006) Phone: 1300 787 624 Email: [email protected] Web: www.cardinia.vic.gov.au Cardinia Shire Council 2 Annual Report 2019–20 Contents Report of operations Our performance Planning and accountability framework 70 Introduction Our Council Plan 71 Mayor’s foreword 6 Our people performance 72 CEO’s report 8 Our community performance 91 Fast facts 10 Our environment performance 99 Your rates at work 11 Our economy performance 115 Council snapshot 12 Our governance performance 124 Performance indicators 130 Year in review Our people 14 Our community 19 Performance statement Our environment 24 Description of municipality Our economy 27 Impact of COVID-19 on municipality Our governance 29 Sustainable capacity indicators Description of operation 31 Service performance indicators Financial summary 37 Financial performance indicators Other information Our Council Certification of performance statement Cardinia Shire profile 40 Independent auditor’s report Council wards 43 Councillors 44 Financial statements Our organisation Certification of the Financial Statements Organisation structure 46 Independent auditor’s report Senior leadership team 47 Comprehensive income statement Council employees 49 Balance sheet Statement of changes in equity Governance and management Statement of cash flows Governance 54 Statement of capital works Management 56 Notes to the financial report Governance and management checklist 59 Certification of governance and management 62 Statutory information 63 Development contribution plans (DCPs) 65 Cardinia Shire Council 3 Annual Report 2019–20 Cardinia Shire Council 4 Annual Report 2019–20 Introduction Cardinia Shire Council 5 Annual Report 2019–20 Mayor’s foreword Section 1 Introduction A vibrant and connected community I’m proud to live in and serve such a vibrant and connected community. As a council, we want our shire to be a liveable place where everyone feels valued and accepted. Council adopted its Cultural Diversity Plan 2019–23, building on our commitment to culturally, linguistically and religiously diverse communities and helping to guide our work over the next four years. The plan focuses on maintaining and strengthening networks, supporting our newest communities, building connections and promoting participation. In the past year we also progressed the development of our draft Reconciliation Action Plan 2021–22, seeking vital input from each of the three Traditional Owner groups. We also met with community organisations, groups, residents and government organisations in developing the draft I’m proud to present Cardinia Shire plan prior to seeking community feedback. We now Council’s Annual Report 2019–20. await feedback from Reconciliation Australia and look My fellow councillors and I have had forward to further progress of this plan. great pleasure continuing to serve Our Liveability Plan 2017–29, now in its third year, our community over the past year and outlines the health and social priorities for Cardinia Shire residents. The plan’s annual review process took place working with Council employees for the from June to August 2019 and will inform the actions benefit of our community. in our 2019–20 action agenda. We also conducted a community liveability survey to help us gain a greater understanding of the health and wellbeing Supporting our community needs of our community, and to inform planning across the organisation. The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly presented many challenges and tested our resilience. But it has also We are also three years into our four-year brought the community together in ways that we couldn’t Disability, Access and Inclusion Action Plan 2017–21 have imagined and has shown us the strength of the that aims to ensure all community members have equal human spirit when faced with adversity. access to services, facilities and resources. I’m pleased to report that we have now completed 26 of 30 actions and Our priority has always been our community, delivering we look forward to continuing to work with the Cardinia essential services and providing our assistance and Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee in monitoring support in any way we can. We launched an online help and implementing the action plan. hub to connect community members with information and resources, delivered a COVID-19 Community and Business Support Package that provides practical and tangible support, and offered a range of grants to assist eligible service providers and community groups to support the community. Cardinia Shire Council 6 Annual Report 2019–20 Together We Can Support for seniors In 2019–20 we continued to support projects that raise Our Ageing Well Strategy 2019–25 builds on our awareness and help prevent the incidence of family commitment to our growing and highly valued ageing violence in our shire. Family violence is a complex community. The strategy sets our priorities over the issue and unfortunately there is no simple solution or next five years to support older residents to be healthy, quick fix. Together We Can is a whole-of-community active, stay socially connected and participate fully in the approach committed to taking action to reduce rates of community. It provides a clear road map for Council to family violence in Cardinia Shire to create safer and more continue its work in fostering an accessible community peaceful communities. This initiative is delivered through that promotes health and wellbeing and provides a round table partnership involving Council and other opportunities for senior residents to connect. key stakeholders, and we look forward to continuing our important work in this space. I’ve been honoured to serve as your Mayor in 2019–20. It has been an eventful and, at times, challenging year but I am proud of the resilience and community spirit I have witnessed across the shire. Thank you for your continued Services for families support and for helping to make our shire a great place to With a rapidly growing population and more than 30% call home. of our residents aged under 17 years, we recognise the importance of making sure that children’s voices are heard and that we are providing programs and services that enhance their health and wellbeing. In 2019–20 we continued to provide vital services and programs, manage registrations for community kindergartens and Cr Jeff Springfield ensure the needs of children and young people with Mayor 2019–20 additional needs are represented as part of the review of our Child, Youth and Family Strategy. Plans also progressed for a new youth facility to meet the needs of our growing youth population. Cardinia Shire Council 7 Annual Report 2019–20 CEO’s report Section 1 Introduction Working for our community I’m proud of our team of more than 500 dedicated employees who work collaboratively to achieve our shared organisational goals. Together, we provide a range of essential services, initiatives and programs and strive to deliver excellent outcomes for our community. Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic The world-wide COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on our community, local businesses and Council. Like other local councils – and all levels of government in fact – we had to do our best to respond to this rapidly changing situation. We have worked closely with government health agencies, followed their direction and guidelines and have rolled out a number of support initiatives to help our community during this time. We have had to modify some of our services and programs The 2019–20 year has been an eventful in keeping the health and safety of our community and one in Cardinia Shire. We have celebrated staff at the forefront of everything we do. However, we many milestones and achievements and have continued to work hard to deliver essential services to our community while adapting to these challenging and faced a number of challenges, but our ever-evolving circumstances. focus has remained the same; to support our community, deliver essential services and continue to achieve results across all Responsible financial management five key areas of our Council Plan. Council adopted its 2020–21 budget and Council Plan in June 2020 following community consultation. This This annual report outlines Council’s budget reflects our responsible financial management, achievements in fulfilling the objectives with careful and responsible consideration given to the existing and possible future impacts of the COVID-19 and commitments of our Council Plan and pandemic. The budget will fund the delivery of community budget. We have continued to work hard services across more than 70 service areas, a $1.6 million over the past year to deliver essential COVID-19 community support package, and an $86 million capital works stimulus program to boost services and projects and develop the local
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