2020-11-16 GC Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Council Annual Report 2019-20

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       2019 - 20 Annual Report




                                                                                                  Contents
                                                                                                  Introduction....................................................................................................................................... 5
                                                                                                     Welcome........................................................................................................................................ 6
                                                                                                     Our Shire......................................................................................................................................... 6
                                                                                                     Noosa at a glance.......................................................................................................................... 7
                                                                                                     Message from the Mayor...............................................................................................................8
                                                                                                     Message from the Chief Executive Officer.................................................................................10
                                                                                                     Councillors.................................................................................................................................... 12
                                                                                                     Our Council.................................................................................................................................. 13
                                                                                                  Year in Review................................................................................................................................. 15
                                                                                                     Top 10 Highlights......................................................................................................................... 17
                                                                                                     Corporate Plan - Theme 1: The Noosa Environment................................................................. 18
                                                                                                     Corporate Plan - Theme 2: The Noosa Community..................................................................20
                                                                                                     Corporate Plan - Theme 3: The Noosa Economy...................................................................... 23
                                                                                                     Corporate Plan - Theme 4: Long-term planning for Noosa Shire............................................ 26
                                                                                                     Corporate Plan – Theme 5: Excellence as a Council.................................................................28
                                                                                                     Challenges and Opportunities.................................................................................................... 31
                                                                                                  Reportable Disclosures................................................................................................................... 33
                                                                                                     Information relating to Councillors............................................................................................. 34
                                                                                                         Remuneration........................................................................................................................... 34
                                                                                                         Councillors’ Expenses and Facilities....................................................................................... 36
                                                                                                         Councillor Meeting Attendance.............................................................................................. 37
Acknowledgements
                                                                                                         Councillor Conduct.................................................................................................................. 38
Noosa Shire Council acknowledges the Traditional Owners of this region, the Kabi Kabi People,
                                                                                                     Executive Remuneration.............................................................................................................. 39
and pays respect to Elders past and present, and the broader Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander community of Noosa Shire.                                                                   Commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment.....................................................................40
Noosa Shire Council thanks all contributors and stakeholders involved in the development of          Administrative Action Complaints..............................................................................................40
this Report.
                                                                                                     Privacy Complaints...................................................................................................................... 41
Copyright
                                                                                                     Human Rights Complaints........................................................................................................... 41
© Noosa Shire Council 2020.
                                                                                                     Resolutions................................................................................................................................... 42
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However, copyright protects this publication. Noosa Shire Council has no objection to this           Access to Information.................................................................................................................. 42
material being reproduced, made available online or electronically but only if it is recognised      Council Registers......................................................................................................................... 43
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