2017/ 18 Annual Business Plan Draft for community consultation Contents 02 Mayor’s message 04 Our Community 06 Our District 08 Our Team 10 Strategic Plan Delivery 22 Long Term Financial Plan Context 24 Operating Programs Budget 30 Capital Budget 2017/18 32 Rating Policy Setting 33 Appendices 33 1. Operating Budget Detail (including service area budgets and staffing) 81 2. Capital Budget Detail (projects for new and renewed assets) 96 3. Rates Policy Detail (including rebates, deferral and capping options) 106 4. Uniform Presentation of Finances (a statutory requirement) 112 5. Glossary of Terms Cover photo: Darren Clements. Welcome This is our Draft Annual Business Plan and Page 1 Budget for 2017-18. This publication is provided for our ratepayers, residents, business operators, visitors, government agencies and other interested people. The Annual Business Plan and Budget meets the requirements of the Local Government Act 1999, however, Consultation it does much more than that! Consultation on this Draft Annual The Council will consider feedback This is an important plan that outlines Business Plan will run from 28 April received during the consultation our objectives for 2017-18 and how 2017 to 28 May 2017 and we want period at its meeting on 27 June 2017 we’re going to achieve them. They to hear what you think about it. and take this feedback into account are linked primarily to our Strategic before adopting the final Annual Opportunities to be involved include: Plan, but also come from our other Business Plan and Budget. subject specific strategies and plans. • Review the draft plan online, ask questions and make a submission Copies of this draft Annual Business We hope this plan makes interesting at engage.ahc.sa.gov.au Plan can be viewed online at reading and demonstrates our • Make a written submission by email engage.ahc.sa.gov.au in person commitment to making the to [email protected] or by post at any Council Customer Service Adelaide Hills a place for everyone. to PO Box 44, Woodside SA 5244 Centre, Community Centre or Where to get copies • Attend a public meeting of the on the mobile library. A digital copy of this report Council at 6.30pm on 23 May 2017 Should you or someone you is available at ahc.sa.gov.au where members of the public can know need assistance participating Request a copy by contacting us make in-person representations. in this consultation, please call us (08) 8408 0400 on (08) 8408 0400 to discuss how Information about the Draft Annual PO Box 44 Woodside SA 5244 we can help. Business Plan and Budget will be [email protected] included in the Council’s newsletter, Hills Feedback Voice, distributed by post to residential We welcome your feedback premises in the district in early May. on this report or any other Council matter. Please contact us in ways described above. Mayor’s message Page 2 Annual Business Plan 2017/18 DRAFT Adelaide Hills Council Delivering the promises we made to the community in our new Strategic Plan is the focus for this year’s Annual Business Plan and Budget. We’re investing in making the All playground redevelopments will While investing in targeted activities Adelaide Hills an easier place incorporate nature play elements – is key to getting better community to live as people age. Capital an important feature identified in the outcomes, we know ratepayers expect works budgets include provision Strategic Plan consultation. Cycling rate increases to be kept under control. for regular seating along new will be supported with the Council So once again we’ve kept the increase footpaths, we will run more making provision to co-fund targeted to within 1% of the expected increase courses to improve digital literacy cycle route developments in in the Consumer Price Index. and new community transport partnership with the State Government. Council’s administration continues to options are being introduced The Adelaide Hills has twice the level find efficiencies and new ways to deliver for those who need it most. of people working from home than services which allow us to focus on new We’re committed to making farming the Adelaide average, so we’ll develop areas of service without compromising easier in the hills and have already a home based business network to help our financial sustainability. started a primary production lands people running a business from home I look forward to our first full year working development plan amendment keep in touch with support services under our new Strategic Plan and our process to help make this happen. and each other. 3-year rolling plan, as well as engaging We have exciting plans for the former We are committed to helping small and working with the community to make Onkaparinga Woollen Mill at Lobethal. business and strive to make the the Adelaide Hills a place for everyone. There, we will create an arts and heritage Adelaide Hills the favoured tourism Bill Spragg hub which celebrates the history of the destination in the state. To that end former mill and the lives of its workers, we’re increasing our support for while providing space for artistic Adelaide Hills Tourism in partnership endeavours and Aboriginal culture. with the Mount Barker District Council. Mayor Page 3 Our community The Adelaide Hills Council district offers an appealing rural and township lifestyle, on the fringe of metropolitan Adelaide. Page 4 Annual Business Plan 2017/18 DRAFT Adelaide Hills Council The District is primarily a rural living The community is generally well Population area with the population concentrated educated and well connected. 40,031* in 57 townships and settlements. Employment levels are good and Median Age The towns are located throughout there are high levels of volunteering. 42 (39 Greater Adelaide) the area along with tracts of native While babies and children are well vegetation and prime agricultural land Number of Townships represented in the overall demographic, 57 which creates a unique character loved there is a tendency for young people by our communities and visitors alike. Number of Dwellings to move out of the district when they 15,284 The Adelaide Hills has a resident reach working age. Likewise, people population of 40,031 (2015 ABS find it challenging to live in the Hills Density 2 estimate) with around 65% of its adult as they age and the proportion of 50/km population travelling outside the area the population over 70 is lower than Council Established for work or education. Those employed in other parts of Adelaide. 1997 locally mainly work in food and Area wine production, tourism, or provide 795.08 km2 services for the local population. Sealed Roads (Council) 590kms Further information about our community profile, Unsealed Roads (Council) including trends and considerations, can be found 430kms in our Strategic Plan available at ahc.sa.gov.au State Electorates Heysen, Morialta, Kavel, Schubert, Bragg, Newland Federal Divisions Mayo *Based on 2015 Australian Bureau of Statistics estimate. N City of Playford The Barossa Council Humbug Scrub Mount Crawford Kersbrook Sampson Flat KERSBROOK RD Cromer Forreston City of Tea Tree Lower Hermitage Gully Torrens Valley Page 5 Inglewood Ward WARRENRD SOUTH PARA RD TORRENS VALLEY RD Chain Of Ponds Birdwood NORTH EAST RD Millbrook Gumeracha Houghton Paracombe Kenton Valley Campbelltown Cudlee Creek City Council GORGE RD ONKAPARINGA VALLEY RD VALLEY ONKAPARINGA Castambul RD VALLEY KENTON Mount Torrens Montacute Rostrevor Lobethal WOODSIDE RD Mid Marble Hill Charleston Woodforde Murray Ward Cherryville LOBETHAL RD Council Teringie Norton Summit City of Skye Lenswood Burnside Onkaparinga Valley Ward Horsnell Gully Basket Range Ashton LOBETHAL RD Greenhill Uraidla GREENHILL RD Woodside Waterfall Summertown Gully Carey Gully NAIRNE RD Cleland ONKAPARINGA VALLEY RD Oakbank Piccadilly Legend Crafers Mount George Balhannah Crafers Mt Lofty Ward Area JUNCTION RD West Ward Boundaries Stirling Verdun Hay Valley Aldgate Adelaide Hills MT BARKER RD Bridgewater Council Area UPPER STURT RD Boundary Upper Sturt Hahndorf Sturt Heathfield Service centres, Littlehampton Longwood community Ironbank Manoah Mylor centres, libraries Ward Scott Creek SOUTH AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA Bradbury Mount Barker City of District Adelaide Council Dorset Vale Adelaide Hills South Council Area Australia Adelaide Metro Area Our district The Adelaide Hills’ unique characteristics and proximity to metropolitan Adelaide have created many opportunities for tourism and unstructured recreation. Page 6 Annual Business Plan 2017/18 DRAFT Adelaide Hills Council There are over 1,000 kilometres of Much of the district is within the This Annual Business plan roads in our district: equivalent to the Adelaide watershed and as such, has been prepared in recognition distance from Adelaide to Canberra. development is largely restricted. of the many opportunities These roads carry city residents and Like many other urban fringe areas, and challenges faced by our visitors on their country getaways as limited public transport, an ageing district and its community, they drive, ride, cycle, and walk to farm population, a changing while seeking to achieve the experience the Hills’ natural landscapes agricultural and economic base community’s aspirations as and iconic towns and villages. and difficulties in accessing services contained in our Strategic Plan. The region is well known for its have left some people in the area We have a proud history natural environment and built isolated and vulnerable. Nonetheless, of operating within our character, wineries, eateries and the community has exhibited a strong means and 2017-18 is no a range of attractions and events. desire, through numerous engagement different. Rate increases opportunities, to preserve the hills While the rural and village character will again be kept low and character as paramount to the way of the area remains a traditional our Long Term Financial of life within the hills.