2019-08-15 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                            15 AUGUST 2019


7                        ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS

1                        YEAR IN REVIEW – 2018-19
Document i nformati on




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 2018/19 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.

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 2018/19.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer to the Ordinary Meeting dated 15 August
2019 providing a review of Council’s progress in the 2018/19 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 2018/19 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.
Councillors will also recall that we undertook an update of the Corporate Plan in 2018. We have
operated under that version of the Corporate Plan for the 2018/19 financial year.
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 as well as the priorities in
the 2018/19 Operational Plan.
                                                                                       Page 20 of 35