Draft Policy on Local Government Reform

Draft Policy on Local Government Reform

TRANSITIONING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OCTOBER 2016 Table of Contents Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 3 1.0 Background .................................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Historical Overview of Local Government Reform…………………………………………………....5 1.2 Comparative analysis of Local Government models…………………………………………………..7 1.2.1 United Kingdom ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.2.2 Jamaica ...................................................................................................................................... 8 1.2.3 Tobago House of Assembly ...................................................................................................... 9 2.0 Evaluation of the Current Local Government System ........................................................................... 11 2.1 Political interference and manipulation ......................................................................................... 12 2.2 Inadequate funding .......................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Inadequacy of the current legislation ............................................................................................. 13 2.4 Sluggish administrative structure ................................................................................................... 15 2.5 Government’s vision for an effective Local Government system ................................................ 16 3.0 Expansion of existing Local Government responsibilities ...................................................................... 17 3.1 Public Health ..................................................................................................................................... 17 3.2 Municipal Police ................................................................................................................................ 19 3.3 Spatial Planning and Building Inspectorate ................................................................................... 21 3.3.1 The Paradigm Shift…………………………………………………………………………...22 3.3.2 Greater Stakeholder Involvement .......................................................................................... 23 3.4 Disaster Management ...................................................................................................................... 24 3.5 Repairs and maintenance to Government schools and specified public buildings .................... 24 3.6 Cemeteries and Crematoria ............................................................................................................ 25 4.0 New Local Government Roles and Responsibilities ................................................................................ 27 4.1 Secure Funding ................................................................................................................................. 27 4.2 Social Welfare Services .................................................................................................................... 31 4.3 Decentralisation of Social Services ................................................................................................. 33 4.4 Management and repairs of community centres ........................................................................... 33 4.5 Development of Small Contractors ................................................................................................ 34 4.6 Civil Society Participation ............................................................................................................... 34 4.7 Economic Research and Planning .................................................................................................. 35 4.8 Local Economic Development Units (LED) ................................................................................... 35 4.9 Information and Communications Technology............................................................................. 36 I 4.10 Monitoring and Evaluation ............................................................................................................. 38 5.0 The Council………………………………………………………………………………………………..39 5.1 Executive Authority ......................................................................................................................... 40 5.2 Trinidad and Tobago Association of Local Government Authorities (TTALGA) .................... 41 6.0 Human Resources………………………………………………………………………………………....42 6.1 Functions, Roles and Responsibilities ................................................................................................... 42 6.1.1 Infrastructural Development and Maintenance ................................................................... 43 6.1.2 Public Health, Sanitation and the Environment .................................................................. 43 6.1.3 Finance, Economic Planning and Allocation of Resources ................................................. 44 6.1.4 Community Development, Social Services and Decentralisation ....................................... 45 6.1.5 Sports Development, Recreation Grounds and Public Spaces............................................ 45 6.1.6 Spatial Planning and Building Inspectorate ......................................................................... 46 6.1.7 Corporate Services .................................................................................................................. 46 6.1.8 Monitoring and Evaluation .................................................................................................... 47 6.1.9 Auditing ................................................................................................................................... 48 6.2 Structure and Organisation ............................................................................................................ 49 6.3 Reporting Mechanism...................................................................................................................... 49 6.4 Commission ...................................................................................................................................... 50 6.5 Staffing .............................................................................................................................................. 50 6.6 Mechanisms for Hiring and Firing ................................................................................................. 51 6.7 Industrial Relations ......................................................................................................................... 51 6.8 Collective Bargaining Process ......................................................................................................... 52 6.9 Change Management ....................................................................................................................... 55 6.10 Training ............................................................................................................................................ 55 6.11 Expansion of the hours of work for specific Units ........................................................................ 56 7.0 Boundaries .................................................................................................................................................. 57 8.0 Legislation ................................................................................................................................................... 58 9.0 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................. 61 Appendix A .................................................................................................................................................. I Appendix B ................................................................................................................................................ II Appendix C .............................................................................................................................................. III Appendix D ............................................................................................................................................... IV Appendix E ................................................................................................................................................ V Appendix F ............................................................................................................................................... VI Appendix G ............................................................................................................................................. VII II Appendix H ......................................................................................................................................... XVIII III Foreword The process of Local Government Reformation and Modernisation under the People’s

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