Annual Report 2018-19

Message from the
CEO
Welcome to the 2018/19 Annual Report.
As we all know, annual reports can be quite bland as
they contain quite a lot of statutory and corporate type
information and, of course, not forgetting a set of audited
financial statements. As such, they are not generally
interesting reading for most people but I would urge you
to take the time to review this annual report because it is
one that we are very proud of.

As well as demonstrating the necessary compliance and
provision of statutory information, more importantly it
highlights what has been achieved in the last 12 months.      “.. put in place a
In particular, the section on “The Year in Review”
highlights our progress towards achieving our long-term
                                                              process to preserve
goals is a great read.
                                                              2,400 hectares of
In his introduction, Mayor Tony Wellington has
highlighted some of his favourite projects and outcomes       land”
of the last 12 months. Even a quick read of our “Top 10       Similarly, the Noosa Heads Boardwalk opened to
achievements” will give you a good understanding of the       widespread community acclaim with people amazed at
range of things that have been achieved in the 2018/19        the quality and “Noosa style” of the construction. That’s
financial year.                                               not surprising given that careful planning and design
When we start major projects winning awards is not            took place over a number of years to make sure we got
something that is on our mind but it is certainly nice        this perfect.
when it happens. There is something very satisfying           Working closely with an excellent contractor with some
when you get recognition from industry experts about          construction parameters requiring 1 mm tolerances, the
the quality of your projects and we have had some             new boardwalk opened just in time for the 2018 triathlon
welcome recognition recently.                                 weekend. It has gone on to win a national landscaping
The ground breaking Yurol/Ringtail Conservation               award for Council and two master builder awards for our
Project has won both a Queensland Local Government            contractor Hutchinson Builders.
Managers Award for Excellence in Collaboration and            For those that have walked the boardwalk, particularly
has then gone on to win a National Local Government           on sunset, it is a classic Noosa project that has the ‘wow’
Professionals Award for Excellence in Collaboration for       factor because it blends in with nature and is a great
the best project of its type in Australia.                    example of our Noosa Design Principles.
This long-term conservation project bought together           These are just two of the amazing projects which are
five different parties to collaboratively work towards        highlighted in this annual report.
a regional scale conservation project to create koala
corridors and put in place a process to preserve 2,400        Given that we are now five years into our journey
ha of land for the Noosa conservation estate.                 following de-amalgamation, it is also really pleasing to
                                                              report that sound financial management over that period
                                                              has enabled our Council to make an extra $10,000,000



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