2021-08-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   16 AUGUST 2021


12    YEAR IN REVIEW – 2020-21

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 2020/21 financial year in the
context of our five Corporate Plan themes.

Once again, it has been an incredibly busy and productive twelve months in working towards our
Corporate Plan goals. The scale, scope and diversity of subject matter addressed by Council during
the last 12 months speaks for itself.

In addition to the demands of “business-as-usual” Council has successfully dealt with the challenges
of ongoing disaster response and recovery for bushfires and the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
In my 30+ years of local government experience, there is no doubt that this has been one of the
most challenging 12 months any of us have experienced.

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 2020/21.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the General Committee Meeting dated
16 August 2021 providing a review of Council’s progress in the 2020/21 financial year towards
achieving the five key focus areas set out in Council’s Corporate Plan and thank Council staff for
their efforts in the last twelve months to progress so many significant projects and providing
outstanding service to our community.


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 2020/21 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.

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. An update was undertaken in 2018. We
have operated under that version of the Corporate Plan for the 2020/21 financial year.
The Corporate Plan sets out five key themes, namely:
1.    The Noosa Environment
2.    The Noosa Community

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