2011/12 Rīpoata – ā – Tau Whakatāne District Council Annual Report WhakaTāne DisTRiCT CounCil Annual Report 2011/12 Vehicle mounted tsunami warning systems now ready for A year in 2 action in the District The total number of hours that the Whakatane River bar had Numbers 4 restricted access in the 2011-12 summer The ranking of our website out of the 78 Councils 5 throughout nZ Video adverts created by our Youth Council for a responsible attitude towards alcohol with funding from 10 Ministry of Youth Development June opening date of the new library and exhibition centre 28 Te kōputu a Te Whanga a Toi 30 Programmes delivered for road safety and active transport 40 Percent of Council’s income from sources other than rates Fewer truckloads of waste to landfill because of increased 57 reprocessing and recycling Percent of non-financial performance targets either 86 achieved or within 5% Capital projects completed or progressed to improve or 166 maintain the quality of service we deliver 584 Building consents issued during the 2011/12 year km of roading throughout the District, which remains our 903 most expensive asset to maintain The number of books issued in the first 5 days operation of 4,000 the new library household and businesses supplied with water from a 12,300 Council scheme Customers visited the i-siTe visitor information centre 68,000 during the year. 75,000 Phone calls received by the customer services team The dollar amount of grants distributed to community 225,000 groups and voluntary organisations Whakatane Beacon photographic negatives generously 459,216 donated to the Museum by the spring Family The year-end dollar surplus position achieved in spite of 1,990,000 needing to accommodate unexpected costs The dollar amount spent on capital projects during the 20,390,000 past year The dollar cost of delivering our many services over the 56,600,000 past year The 2012 dollar value of the assets that we manage on 670,000,000 behalf of the community Whakatāne District Council I Annual Report 2011/12 1 GROUPSOU OF AACTIVITIESCT - GUGUIDE TO THE GROUPS OF ACTIVITIES CONTENTS Message from the Mayor and Councillors ..................................2 COUNCIL CONTROLLED ORGANISATIONS . 117 Our Role .....................................................................................5 Whakatāne Airport ..................................................................118 Community Outcomes ...............................................................6 Eastern Bay of Plenty Regional Economic Development Council Structure ........................................................................8 Agency (TOI-EDA) ..................................................................120 Your Council .............................................................................10 Bay of Plenty Local Authority Shared Services Limited ..........122 Making Decisions .....................................................................11 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .............................. 125 A YEAR IN REVIEW 2011/12 ................................... 13 Statement of Comprehensive Income ....................................125 OVERVIEW We Finished the Year in a Positive Financial Position ..............14 Statement of Changes in Equity .............................................126 Our Capital Expenditure Programme .......................................21 Statement of Financial Position ..............................................127 Better Performance, but there is Room for Improvement ........24 Statement of Cashfl ows..........................................................128 OUR WORK IN DETAIL ......................................27 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ...129 Guide to the Groups of Activities ............................. 27 Note 1 - Statement of Accounting Policies .............................129 Corporate and District Activities ...............................35 Note 2 - Rates Revenue .........................................................138 Note 3 - Other Revenue ........................................................139 Leadership .................................................................. 39 Note 4 - Personnel Costs ......................................................139 Governance ..............................................................................41 Note 5 - Depreciation & Other Expenses ...............................140 Community Support ..................................................................43 Note 6 - Finance Income & Finance Costs ............................141 Strategy and Policy...................................................................45 Note 7 - Gains ........................................................................141 Transport Networks & Safety .................................... 47 Note 8 - Tax Disclosure .........................................................142 Transport Networks ..................................................................49 Note 9 - Cash and Cash Equivalents ....................................143 Road Safety ..............................................................................52 Note 10 - Inventories ..............................................................143 Parking Enforcement ................................................................54 Note 11 - Trade and Other Receivables .................................144 Water-Related Services ..............................................55 Note 12 - Derivative Financial Instruments.............................145 Water ........................................................................................57 Note 13 - Other Financial Assets ...........................................146 Wastewater ...............................................................................60 Note 14 - Operational, Infrastructural & Intangible Assets .....147 Stormwater ...............................................................................62 Note 15 - Valuation .................................................................149 Tradewaste ...............................................................................64 Note 16 - Forestry Assets ......................................................150 Note 17 - Investment Property & Non Current Assets Waste ........................................................................... 65 Held for Sale ...........................................................................150 Waste Reprocessing ................................................................67 Note 18 - Restricted Assets ...................................................151 Waste Recycling .......................................................................68 Note 19 - Trade and Other Payables .....................................152 Waste Disposal .........................................................................70 Note 20 - Provisions ..............................................................153 Environmental Sustainability .................................... 73 Note 21 - Employee Entitlements ...........................................155 Resource Management - Consents ..........................................75 Note 22 - Borrowings .............................................................155 Resource Management - Policy ...............................................76 Note 23 - Equity .....................................................................156 Community Safety ......................................................77 Note 24 - Joint Ventures .........................................................157 Licensing (Liquor & Gambling) .................................................79 Note 25 - Reconciliation of Net Surplus/(Defi cit) After Tax Environmental Health ...............................................................80 to Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities ............................158 Regulation Monitoring...............................................................81 Note 26 - Commitments..........................................................159 Community Development .........................................................82 Note 27 - Contingencies ........................................................160 Building .....................................................................................84 Note 28 - Related Party Transactions ....................................161 Animal Control ..........................................................................86 Note 29 - Remuneration .........................................................162 Note 30 - Severance Payments..............................................164 Arts & Culture ............................................................. 87 Note 31 - Events After Balance Sheet Date ...........................164 Library.......................................................................................89 Note 32 - Financial Instruments .............................................165 Museum and Gallery ................................................................91 Note 33 - Capital Management...............................................171 Community Property ..................................................93 Note 34 - Variances from Budget ...........................................171 Pensioner Housing ...................................................................95 Halls..........................................................................................97 APPENDICES ..................................................