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Annual Report 2018/ 19 19 Annual Report 2018/ www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au 2 | Annual Report 2018/19 WELCOME 4 Mayor’s Message 6 CEO’s Message 7 Councillors and Executive Leadership Team 8 Snapshot of Region 10 OUR YEAR IN REVIEW 12 STATUTORY INFORMATION 14 Mayor and Councillors 15 Councillor Remuneration and Expenses 15 Council Meeting Attendance 16 Councillor Conduct 16 Corporate Governance 18 Senior Management Remuneration 18 Administrative Action Complaints 18 Beneficial Enterprises 19 Significant Business Activities 19 Competitive Neutrality Complaints 19 Particular Resolutions 19 Overseas Travel 19 Expenditure on Grants to Community Organisations 20 contents Details of Special Rates and Charges 34 Summary of Concessions for Rates and Charges 34 Changes to Council Tenders 35 Council Registers 35 Internal Audit Function 35 Audit Committee 36 Public Sector Ethics 37 COMMUNITY FINANCIAL REPORT 39 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 51 Index of Legislative Requirements 112 Glossary of Terms 113 Attachment 1 – Commercial Business Unit report Annual Report 2018/19 | 3 Welcome to the Fraser Coast Our Annual Report provides: Regional Council Annual Report for 2018/19. • an overview of our performance in achieving Council’s Corporate In this report we provide an Plan while providing a glance overview of our performance into Council’s role in serving our in serving the Fraser Coast communities; and community and share some of • an opportunity to report on the challenges, our financial various statutory information performance as well as our pertaining to our financial, as aspirations to continuously strive well as governance obligations. towards our vision of welcome 4 | Annual Report 2018/19 Planning Framework To ensure that Council has a clear understanding of our purpose and how we utilise our resources, we utilise a planning framework that consists of three planning instruments: 1. Corporate Plan that sets out our broad strategic intentions; 2. Annual Operational Plan that sets out the specific works to be undertaken and services to be provided in order to progress the goals and objectives set out in the corporate plan; and 3. Supportive Annual Budget that ensure we have sufficient financial resources. CORPORATE PLAN 2018-2023 Enablers Performance Reporting » Long term financial » Annual Report forecast ANNUAL » Quarterly » Planning Scheme OPERATIONAL PLAN Operational Plan Progress Reports » Long term Asset Management Plan ANNUAL » Statutory Reporting BUDGET Annual Report 2018/19 | 5 Mayor's message closely with the companies involved and the Australian and Queensland Governments to bring these projects to fruition. The Fraser Coast has such a colourful and vibrant cultural life, and Council supports an array of initiatives to ensure the community values its arts, heritage and cultural diversity. The international touring exhibition Da Vinci Machines and the By The C rock concert each attracted more than 5000 people, while we also opened The Story Bank – a creative hub celebrating the life of Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers and the art of story-telling. Having a safe, healthy and active community remains a focus for Council, and it was a red- letter day for the region when the gates of the Fraser Coast Sports and Recreation Precinct Cr George Seymour were thrown open with the completion of the Mayor first stage. Thousands of football, netball and OzTag players now have access to the high quality sporting fields they desperately needed, while the new precinct will also help us attract more The 2018/19 year saw Council continue to major sporting events and entertainment to focus on building better communities by the region into the future. seeking to strike the right balance between carefully managing our finances and delivering Council made its first foray into ‘deliberative the improved services and infrastructure our democracy’ to develop a 20 year community growing region needs. vision for the Hervey Bay Esplanade, and we continued to support our smaller Council is determined to ensure we have a communities with Council meetings held in strong, resilient and diversified economy and Burrum Heads, Tiaro, Aldershot and Teebar. it was pleasing to see green shoots on the local jobs front this year, with announcements I am proud of what the Council team achieved of plans for a $60 million munitions factory in in 2018/19, but we know there is more to do. Maryborough and an aircraft manufacturing We look forward to working together on your plant at Hervey Bay Airport. behalf to keep ‘Building Better Communities’ here on the Fraser Coast. We’re keen to attract more business investment to the Fraser Coast and worked 6 | Annual Report 2018/19 CEO's message The Council also delivered a record completion rate of 85% of capital works. The recently adopted 2019/20 Budget continues to show fiscal restraint with another year of no net general rate revenue increases and no borrowings. This is unheard of in the recent history of Australian Local Governments and is testament to the leadership demonstrated by our Mayor and Councillors. Our staff have also been instrumental in achieving great financial and service delivery outcomes for our community and the cultural change within the organisation has been transformational. Our internal performance is now benchmarked against the Australian Business Ken Diehm Excellence Framework (ABEF) that measures Chief Executive Officer the elements essential to sustainable business excellence. Our TRAITS Change Management plan has resulted in the Fraser Coast Regional Council moving from a middle of the pack Council to The Council’s 2018/19 Annual Report performing in the top 10% to 25% of ABEF and Financial Statements highlights the benchmarked Councils throughout Australia. continuation of sound fiscal management that has placed us in a financial position that is the This is a significant achievement in the envy of many Queensland Local Governments. space of one year and I am seeing ongoing continuous improvement across all sections of The main feature of the Council’s 2018/19 the Council. Budget was no net increase in general rate revenue and the second consecutive year of The Council’s focus over the last year has no borrowings. been about sound financial management and organisational stability. This is reflected by This is on the back of only a small 1.9% improved community sentiment and greater increase in rate revenue in the 2017/18 levels of community engagement. financial year and demonstrates the Council’s commitment to reduce the burden of rate All of our achievements can be put down increases on our community. to common desire across the organisation to achieve our mission of ‘Building Better Despite this tightening in operating revenue, Communities’, and I would like to thank my staff operating expenditure was effectively for their dedication, hard work and commitment managed and came in 0.3% under budget. to both our Council and the community. Annual Report 2018/19 | 7 Councillors and Executive Leadership Team Meet our Councillors The Fraser Coast Regional Council is served by eleven Councillors serve various divisions within our Councillors who represent the various divisions within Fraser Coast region and provide a valuable platform the Fraser Coast. in representing the community and in promoting a democracy. Councillors are elected for a four-year term and our Councillors were elected on the 19 March 2016 and officially sworn in on the 18 April 2016. Councillor Zane O’Keefe joined our Councillor team in 2018 and was officially sworn in on the 3 August 2018. DIVISION 10 DIVISION 9 Cr Zane O’Keefe Cr Stuart Taylor DIVISION 6 Cr David Lewis DIVISION 5 Cr Rolf Light DIVISION 7 HOWARD HERVEY Cr Darren Everard BAY DIVISION 1 DIVISION 8 Cr James Hansen Cr Denis Chapman MARYBOROUGH TIARO DIVISION 4 DIVISION 2 Cr Daniel Sanderson Cr Anne Maddern DIVISION 3 Cr Paul Truscott 8 | Annual Report 2018/19 Front from left: Cr Daniel Sanderson; Cr Denis Chapman; Cr Paul Truscott; Mayor George Seymour; Cr Rolf Light; Cr Anne Maddern Back from left: Cr David Lewis; Cr James Hansen; Cr Stuart Taylor; Cr Zane O'Keefe; Deputy Mayor Darren Everard Meet our Executive Team Council’s Executive Management Team consists of The Executive Management Team is responsible for the Chief Executive Officer and four Directors who the day to day administration of the Council and also provide advice to the local government and ensure strategically steers the Council toward our vision of the effective management of Council. building better communities. From left: Mark Vanner Director Wide Bay Water & Waste Services; Gerard Carlyon Director Development and Community; Ken Diehm Chief Executive Officer; Keith Parsons Director Organisational Services; and Davendra Naidu Director Infrastructure Services Annual Report 2018/19 | 9 Snapshot of Our Region 400+ 2 Buildings and Community Caravan4 Parks Airports Facilities 1 Security controlled with jet capacity 6 8 Landfills Transfer Stations Playgrounds96 500+ Park Structures 7 Depots 2 Libraries 3 Branch Libraries 2 2 Administration Centres 1 City Hall Aquatic Centres Public100 Amenity blocks 10 | Annual Report 2018/19 2,700km 105,463 of roads 293km Population 332km of coastline and foreshore (ABS erp 2018 est) of footpaths and bike lanes The region spans To Lady Elliott Island 7,102.9km2 To Bundaberg Annual Report 2018/19 | 11 Our Year In Review LIFESTYLE PROSPERITY $167,500 Our airport welcomed over Spent on library area refurbishments 161,200 passengers We completed the restoration We placed: of the Maryborough Story
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