Delivery Program 2018 - 2021 Draft Operational Plan 2019 - 2020
Shellharbour City Council Delivery Program 2018 - 2021 and Draft Operational Plan 2019 - 2020 1 Acknowledgement
Shellharbour City Council recognises and respects the traditional custodians of this land, the Wodi Wodi and Dharawal people and acknowledge them as the First Peoples of this region. Shellharbour City Council would also like to pay respects to all Elders past and present. Council works together with our Aboriginal community to ensure our local cultural heritage is recognised, protected and celebrated.
2 Shellharbour City Council Delivery Program 2018 - 2021 and Draft Operational Plan 2019 - 2020 Contents
About this document 4 Mayor’s message 8 General Manager’s message 9
Shellharbour City - Who we are Our City 10 Our Community 12 Our Local Government Area (LGA) 14 Our Councillors 15 Our Organisation 17 Our Challenges 18 Our Values 19 Our Services 20
Shellharbour City - Planning for Our future How to read this section 23 Community 24 Environment 34 Economy 47 Leadership 54
Shellharbour City - Our Financials Capital Works Program 67 Revenue Policy 72 Fees & Charges 81
Shellharbour City Council Delivery Program 2018 - 2021 and Draft Operational Plan 2019 - 2020 3 About this document This document comprises of the Delivery Program 2018-2021 and Operational Plan 2019-2020.
The Delivery Program translates our community’s expectations, detailed in the Community Strategic Plan, into Strategies. It Council’s response and commitment to the community, outlining what it intends to do during its current three year term of office (2018-2021) to achieve these Objectives. It is the point of reference for all principal plans, projects, activities and funding allocations undertaken by Council.
The Operational Plan further breaks down the Strategies into more specificActions for each year of the Delivery Program. It identifies individual projects and activities that will be undertaken in that year to achieve the Strategies in the Delivery Program and has a strong focus on financial sustainability and asset renewal. The Operational Plan is supported by a detailed budget and revenue policy which sets out rates, fees and charges for the year.
The Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) Framework
The Delivery Program and Operational Plan are part of a suite of planning and reporting documents that make up the Integrated Planning and Reporting framework. The Framework provides Councils in NSW the opportunity to work with their communities to develop a long term plan for their areas. The Framework is a legislative requirement which forms part of the Local Government Act 1993. The Framework is designed so that community and Council both have a clear picture of: • Where we want to go (Community Strategic Plan) • How we plan to get there (Resourcing Strategy, Delivery Program, Operational Plan) • How we will measure our progress (quarterly, annual and end of term reports)
ANNUAL REPORT 2017 - 2018
Delivery Program Community Resourcing Strategy 2018 - 2021 Strategic Plan 2018 - 2028 Operational Plan 2018 - 2028 2019 - 2020
4 Shellharbour City Council Delivery Program 2018 - 2021 and Draft Operational Plan 2019 - 2020 The Framework consists of four layers of plans – the Community Strategic Plan, Resourcing Strategy, Delivery Program, and Operational Plan. The following diagram shows the relationship between the documents.
Please note: The Delivery Program is usually a four year program to reflect the term of office of elected Council. However due to a proposed merger which subsequently did not proceed, Shellharbour City Council’s current term has been shortened to three years in this instance. This will enable Council to fall back into line with the state-wide council election cycle and return to a four year term in the year 2020-21.
Figure 1 - Integrated Planning & Reporting Framework