2018-07-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    16 JULY 2018


8                        YEAR IN REVIEW 2017-18
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                            Chief Executive Officer, Brett de Chastel
                                  CEO’s Office

Index                             ECM/ Subject/ Corporate Planning

Attachments                       Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report details key issues that Council has dealt with during the 2017/18 financial year in the
context of our five Corporate Plan themes. It would be an understatement to note that the last 12
months has been busy and productive. The scale, scope and diversity of subject matter
addressed by Council during the last 12 months speaks for itself.

Council could not have achieved so much without the effort of our staff who have gone “above
and beyond” to deliver services to our community and I would like to take the opportunity to
recognise the great work by our Mayor, Councillors and our incredible staff during 2017/18.


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the General Committee Meeting
dated 16 July 2018 providing a review of Council’s progress in the 2017/18 financial year towards
achieving the five key focus areas set out in Council’s Corporate Plan.


REPORT
Pursuant to the Local Government Act, the CEO is required to provide Council with an annual
report identifying the progress made towards the achievement of Council’s long term objectives
as set out in the Corporate Plan. Even if this was not a statutory requirement, it would still be a
useful process to review progress in a financial year. This report covers the 2017/18 financial
year.

This report is designed to look at longer term progress at a Corporate Plan level. It provides an
opportunity to pause from the day to day minutia and to consider what we have achieved in the
last 12 months as we work towards our vision.

As Council would be aware, our current Corporate Plan was adopted in early 2017 following a
significant process to develop our long term vision, 20 year goals and 5-year key focus areas.
We have operated under that Corporate Plan for the 2017/18 financial year. (We are currently
working through a process to update our Corporate Plan with the Plan currently available for
community input via Your Say Noosa).

The Corporate Plan sets out five key themes, namely:
1.    The Noosa Environment
2.    The Noosa Community
3.    The Noosa Economy
4.    Long-Term Planning for Noosa Shire
5.    Excellence as a Council
This review of the last 12 months will be made against these five themes.


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