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Disrupted Initiatives                                                                                                          Disrupted Initiatives

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5.2.2    Finalise the development of the Financial         Corporate                  Strategic Land Review complete.           5.7.1   As part of the development of a Council        Strategy and               The project scope is nearing
         Strategy, supported by the 10-year financial      Services                   Funding and Revenue Diversification               Revenue diversification and Funding            Environment                completion to investigate various
         plan model, and incorporating the Funding                                    Strategy at concept stage, with                   Model (to inform the Finance Strategy &                                   funding models, including the
         Strategy, Revenue Diversification Strategy,                                  long-term Financial Strategy to be                Futures Fund) explore investment structure                                concept of a futures fund. Options
         and the Strategic Land Review.                                               developed in FY25/26. Progress                    frameworks for Place, Economic, Social and                                explored have included a visitor
                                                                                      delayed due to resourcing                         Climate Resilience infrastructure.                                        charge. Community consultation
                                                                                      constraints and competing priorities.                                                                                       is currently underway as part of
                                                                                      Preliminary work commenced to                                                                                               the Destination Management Plan
                                                                                      develop the format and gather                                                                                               process.
                                                                                      information to inform structure and
                                                                                      scenario analysis.                       5.7.2    Finalise the development of the Boreen Point   Strategy and               Consultant engagement and design
                                                                                                                                        Campground Master Plan.                        Environment                work have been completed. The
5.2.4    Complete the audit of all water and electricity   Corporate                  Utilities Analyst role assigned to                                                                                          project is currently on hold due to
         meters and review contract and tariff             Services                   Procurement Branch - Potential                                                                                              challenges in securing development
         arrangements to ensure efficient service                                     candidate withdrew interest in Q3.                                                                                          approval under the existing scope
         connections and pricing.                                                     Note - new electricity contracts will                                                                                       and scale. Progression will remain
                                                                                      commence in October and January                                                                                             paused until planning constraints
                                                                                      (Streetlights and Large Sites) with                                                                                         are resolved, and alternative options
                                                                                      noted savings.                                                                                                              have been reviewed.

5.2.5    Complete Council’s Performance                    CEO Office                 A set of performance measures
         Measurement Framework to support                                             has been developed and is
         Council to actively manage and improve                                       reported against as part of the
         organisational performance.                                                  quarterly Operational Plan Update.
                                                                                      Formulation of the overarching




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                                                                                      Performance Measurement
                                                                                      Framework is still outstanding due to
                                                                                      resource constraints.

5.3.2    Commence the review of Local Laws.                Development and            Councillor Workshop held 1 May
                                                           Regulation                 2025 which discussed various
                                                                                      review options.

 5.5.1   Progress the implementation of the corporate      CEO Office                 The system has been implemented
         performance reporting system, and                                            for quarterly Operational Plan
         technology solutions to risk management and                                  reporting. Progress on Operational
         governance-related processes.                                                Plan Initiatives is being tracked
                                                                                      through the new Corporate
                                                                                      Reporting System, with both
                                                                                      the FY24/25 Q3 and Q4 reports
                                                                                      successfully issued via this platform.

5.5.2    Co-ordinate a review of Council’s Strategic       CEO Office                 Workshop with councillors to
         Risk Register with the new Council to identify                               commence a review of Council’s
         and mitigate against any emerging risks and                                  Enterprise Risk and Opportunity
         determine Council’s risk appetite.                                           Management Policy (EROMP), which
                                                                                      includes Council’s risk appetite
                                                                                      is now scheduled for completion
                                                                                      in FY25/26, with the support of
                                                                                      Council’s insurance provider
                                                                                      (Regional Risk Coordinator). An
                                                                                      update on Council’s Strategic
                                                                                      Risk Register will form part of
                                                                                      the upcoming workshop. Due to
                                                                                      competing priorities, this financial
                                                                                      year, the Councillors were reminded
                                                                                      of the EROMP and to consider risk
                                                                                      factors in their overall decision-
                                                                                      making processes.




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