2023-02-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             13 FEBRUARY 2023


In undertaking the stepped approach to the functional realignment, below are the organisational
structure functions to be realigned:
1.   Mayor and Councillors are included in the functional organisation chart demonstrating the
     link to the Chief Executive Officer.
2.   Office of Mayor, Councillors and CEO is created delivering the following functions:
     -     Executive / Councillor Co-ordination and Support – New role.
     -     People and Culture, Workplace Health and Safety, Payroll.
     -     Media, Marketing, Communication and Community Engagement.
     -     Director Executive Services role is realigned to Executive Officer Internal Audit and
           Corporate Performance.
     -     Governance.
FTE Change from 33 to 34
3.   Corporate Directorate:
     -     All functions remain with the exception of property and permitting that will be split.
     -     The split will define more clearly the commercial business services function within the
           Council and deliver a higher level of focus on strategic property, holiday parks and
           future strategic development and partnership options for the Council.
     -     The business improvement FTE currently within the structure will be recruited to.
FTE Change from 44.2 to 46
4.   Community Directorate:
     -     The current customer service function within Executive Services will move to the
           Community Directorate and be renamed Customer Experience. There will be specific
           project work undertaken to de-centralise face to face customer services. It is envisaged
           that future Council services will be delivered at Council’s community facilities.
           Increasing engagement with the community, while also enhancing service delivery in
           the Hinterland and Eastern Beaches.
     -     Community Facilities will be renamed to Sport and Active Lifestyles.
     -     Community Development will be renamed to Community Connection.
     -     Libraries and Galleries will be renamed to Arts and Culture.
     -     Disaster Recovery as a function will be recognised in the structure.
FTE Change 128.4 to 104
5.   Regulation and Compliance Directorate (split directorate):
     -     Development Assessment will remain.
     -     Building and Plumbing service will remain.
     -     Environmental Health and Vector will realign from the Community Directorate.
     -     Local Laws will realign from the Community Directorate.
     -     Property will realign from the Corporate Directorate with the exception of Commercial
           Businesses.
FTE Change 60
6.   Infrastructure Directorate
     -     All functions remain with the exception of Waste / Resource Recovery realigning from
           the Community Directorate.
FTE Change 126.7 to 141




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