2016-11-14 General Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                          8 NOVEMBER 2016



REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMITTEE
1                        ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Governance Advisor, Paul Bright
                                    Executive Office

Index                               ECM/Subject/Corporate Governance

Attachments                         1.    Noosa Council Annual Report 2015/16
                                          (95 pg document provided separately to this Agenda; 2 hard copies available in the
                                          Councillors’ Room)



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Governance Advisor to the Services & Organisation Committee
Meeting dated 8 November 2016 and:
A.                       Adopt the ‘Noosa Council Annual Report 2015/16’ (provided at Attachment 1 to the report)
                         incorporating the Audited Financial Statements of Noosa Council for the period 1 July 2015
                         to 30 June 2016; and
B.                       Authorise the Chief Executive Officer to make any required minor amendments to the Report
                         prior to publication.


REPORT
1.                       Annual Report and Financial Statements

The development and publication of the Annual Report by local governments in Queensland is a
requirement under the Local Government Regulation 2012 (‘the regulation’). The purpose of the
report is to inform the community of what Council has done, financially and otherwise, in the
relevant financial year.

The regulation prescribes a range of disclosures which must be included within the report relating
primarily to accountability matters, financial matters (which may be of interest to the community in
terms of the amounts spent and justification of expenditure) and Council’s progress towards
achieving its Corporate Plan objectives.

The report has been drafted against the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and
Planning Annual Report Checklist to ensure that all of the prescribed disclosures under the
regulation are included in the document.

Council’s Financial Statements were signed by Debra Stolz, Director of the Queensland Audit
Office (as delegate of the Auditor General of Queensland) on 24 October 2016, and in accordance
with the Auditor-General Act 2009, confirm as follows:

“(i)                     The prescribed requirements in relation to the establishment and keeping of accounts have
                         been complied with in all material respects; and



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