2019/20 Te Rīpoata Ā Tau Annual Report
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Last Year’s Report 2019/20 Te Rīpoata ā Tau Annual Report Te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti Gisborne District Council Adopted by Council on 24 September 2020 ISSN 1171-4573 (Print) ISSN 2624-1498 (Online) OUR VISION Tairāwhiti Tairāwhiti First Tairāwhiti Tangata First to see the light Tairāwhiti Taonga First choice for people and lifestyle Tairāwhiti Wawata First choice for enterprise and innovation First place for the environment, culture and heritage 15 Fitzherbert Street, Gisborne 4010, New Zealand @GisborneDC www.gdc.govt.nz 0800 653 800 [email protected] Ngā Kaupapa | Contents About this Report Environmental Services and Protection Mō te Pūrongo Nei 6 Ngā Ratonga Taiao me te Haumaru 60 Audit Report RESOURCE CONSENTS 60 Pūrongo Arotake Pūtea 7 BUILDING SERVICES 63 ENFORCEMENT 66 Mayor and CE’s Foreword SCIENCE 71 He Kupu Kōrero na te Koromatua me te ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 77 Kaiwhakahaere 10 Infrastructure Services Our Year Ngā Ratonga Āhuahanga 81 Tō Tātou Tau 11 URBAN STORMWATER 81 Our District WASTEWATER 85 Tō Tātau Rohe 13 WATER SUPPLY 89 Our Major Projects LAND, RIVERS AND COASTAL 93 Ngā Mahi Matua 16 GDC JOURNEYS 96 SOLID WASTE 101 TAIRĀWHITI NAVIGATIONS 18 WALKING AND CYCLING 19 Communities LAWSON FIELD THEATRE 20 Ngā Hapori 106 MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE (MAR) TRIAL 21 CULTURAL ACTIVITIES 106 WAIPAOA FLOOD CONTROL SCHEME UPGRADE 22 RECREATION AND AMENITY 111 WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT OPTIONS 23 Planning and Development DRAINWISE 24 Te Whakaritenga me te OLYMPIC POOL REDEVELOPMENT 25 Whakawhanaketanga 115 Our District Highlights CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT 115 Ngā Mahi Whakahirahira o te Rohe 26 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE 121 Our Performance COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS 126 Te Āhua a Ngā Mahi 36 Our Finances Finances at a glance O Tātou Tohatoha Pūtea 129 Ngā Āhuatanga Pūtea 38 STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY 131 Our Direction STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE REVENUE AND EXPENSES 132 STATEMENT CONCERNING BALANCED BUDGET 133 Tō Tātau Aronga 42 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 134 Our Strategic Direction STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY 135 Tā Tātau Ahunga Rautaki 44 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW 136 STATEMENT OF INVOLVEMENT IN CCOS AND OTHER Our Financial Strategy COMPANIES 137 Tā Tātau Rautaki Ahumoni 45 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 138 Our Activities FUNDING IMPACT STATEMENT 179 A Tātau Mahi 48 Appendices Governance and Support Services Ngā Āpitihanga 189 Kāwanatanga me ngā Ratonga Tauawhi 52 OUR COUNCIL 191 GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY SUPPORT 52 SCHEDULE OF COUNCILLORS 193 SUPPORT SERVICES 55 OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM 194 Gisborne District Council | Annual Report 2019/20 5 About this Report | Mō te Pūrongo Nei This Annual Report tells the story of our performance over the last Annual Plan financial year from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It’s an important way of informing our communities about how we spent their rates. Each year Council is required to have an Annual Plan which sets It also highlights the areas we performed well in, the areas we out the budget for the year. This is based on what is committed need to improve and provides context for where we need to head to in the LTP but also highlights any projected change or variance in the future. The report is divided into the following sections: from the LTP. • Our year (Mayor and Chief Executive’s district highlights) - this The first year of a LTP does not require a separate Annual Plan but includes our district highlights, a financial overview and the the second and third years must have an Annual Plan. Council audit opinion. is not required to formally consult on the Annual Plan, unless a • Our direction - this section highlights the unique nature material or significant change to the LTP is proposed. of Gisborne district and tells you about Council’s strategic direction. Annual Report • Our activities - this section highlights each of Gisborne District Council’s (GDC) activities, their performance and how much we Every year we are required to produce an Annual Report which spent on the activities. reports against our Annual and Long Term Plan (in this case Year Two of the 2018-2028 Long Term Plan). It is the key accountability • Our finances - this section provides you with all the financial document for our communities and it explains how we spent your statements and accompanying notes that provide more detail. rates and the value that you received in return. The reporting cycle is illustrated below: Understanding planning and reporting cycles Year 1 The following is an overview of our planning and reporting framework and how it all fits together with the Annual Report. Term ng Pla Lo n Annual Long Term Plan Annual Report Report Reviewed every 3 years The Long Term Plan (LTP) is a strategic planning document. It is Council’s commitment to you and our community. It tells you what activities and projects the Council is planning over the period of A n n the plan, how much they will cost and how we are going to pay for n a them. Government requires all councils to come up with a LTP and u l a P review it every three years to make sure we are accountable. This Y e l l a 2 Annual Report covers Year Two of the 2018-2028 Long Term Plan: r P a r 3 l u a Our Future Plan. a n e n Y An Annual Report (We are here) 2019/20 Te Rīpoata ā Tau | Te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti 6 Pūrongo Arotake Pūtea | Audit Report INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE READERS OF GISBORNE DISTRICT COUNCIL’S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020 The Auditor-General is the auditor of Gisborne District Council (the District Council) and its subsidiaries and controlled entities (the Group). The Auditor-General has appointed me, David Borrie, using the staff and resources of Ernst & Young, to report on the information in the District Council’s annual report that we are required to audit under the Local Government Act 2002 (the Act). We refer to this information as “the audited information” in our report. We are also required to report on: - whether the District Council has complied with the requirements of Schedule 10 of the Act that apply to the annual report; and - the completeness and accuracy of the District Council’s disclosures about its performance against benchmarks that are required by the Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence) Regulations 2014. We refer to this information as “the disclosure requirements” in our report. We completed our work on 25 September 2020. This is the date on which we give our report. Opinion on the audited information In our opinion: - the financial statements on pages 132 to 176: - present fairly, in all material respects: - the District Council’s and Group’s financial position as at 30 June 2020; - the results of the operations and cash flows for the year ended on that date; and - comply with generally accepted accounting practice in New Zealand in accordance with Public Benefit Entity Reporting Standards; - the funding impact statement on page 179, presents fairly, in all material respects, the amount of funds produced from each source of funding and how the funds were applied as compared to the information included in the District Council’s annual plan; - the statement of service provision (referred to as “Our Activities”) on pages 52 to 128: - presents fairly, in all material respects, the levels of service for each group of activities for the year ended 30 June 2020, including: - the levels of service achieved compared with the intended levels of service and whether any intended changes to levels of service were achieved; - the reasons for any significant variation between the levels of service achieved and the intended levels of service; and - complies with generally accepted accounting practice in New Zealand; and - the statement about capital expenditure for each group of activities on pages 52 to 128, presents fairly, in all material respects, actual capital expenditure as compared to the budgeted capital expenditure included in the District Council’s Annual Plan; and - the funding impact statement for each group of activities on pages 179 to 188, presents fairly, in all material respects, the amount of funds produced from each source of funding and how the funds were applied as compared to the information included in the District Council’s Annual plan. Gisborne District Council | Annual Report 2019/20 7 Audit Report | Pūrongo Arotake Pūtea Report on the disclosure requirements We report that the District Council has: - complied with the requirements of Schedule 10 of the Act that apply to the annual report; and - made the disclosures about performance against benchmarks as required by the Local Government (Financial Reporting and Prudence Regulations 2014) on pages 176 to 178, which represent a complete list of required disclosures and accurately reflects the information drawn from the District Council and Group’s audited information and, where applicable, the District Council’s Annual plan. Basis for our opinion on the audited information We carried out our audit in accordance with the Auditor-General’s Auditing Standards, which incorporate the Professional and Ethical Standards and the International Standards on Auditing (New Zealand) issued by the New Zealand Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. We describe our responsibilities under those standards further in the “Responsibilities of the auditor for the audited information” section of this report. We have fulfilled our responsibilities in accordance with the Auditor-General’s Auditing Standards. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the audited information. Emphasis of Matter Impact of Covid-19 Without modifying our opinion, we draw attention to the disclosures about the impact of Covid-19 on the District Council as set out in the notes to the financial statements, including Note 1B.