Annual Report 2015-16

Overseas travel
Official Travel undertaken during the period is outlined in the table below.

Table 8 – Official Overseas Travel


Position          Date    of    Destination     Purpose of travel                              Cost    to
                  Travel                                                                       Council
Director     of   2   –  11     New Zealand     Attendance at SOLGM Conference (New            Nil.
Planning and      November                      Zealand Society of Local Government
Infrastructure,   2015                          Managers) as part of Local Government
Martin                                          Managers Australia (LGMA) Management
Drydale                                         Exchange Program

Chief             3-5           New Zealand     Invited to present to SOLGM Conference         Nil.
Executive         February                      (New Zealand Society of Local Government
Officer, Brett    2016                          Managers) (cost covered by SOLGM NZ –
de Chastel                                      South Island)

Councillor,       12-15 June    New Zealand     Represent Noosa Council as a delegate for      Nil.
Frank Wilkie      2016                          the Tourism and Events Queensland/Visit
                                                Sunshine      Coast    Regional     Tourism
                                                Delegation. The purpose of the trip was to
                                                undertake    marketing     and   experience
                                                development activities to help industry
                                                achieve growth in visitor numbers and
                                                expenditure for the Sunshine Coast region by
                                                learning from Tourism New Zealand’s world
                                                renowned successful tourism campaign
                                                ‘100% Pure New Zealand’.



Executive remuneration
Under the LG Act, the annual report of a local government must state the total remuneration
packages that were payable during the reporting period to its senior management, and the number
of employees in senior management who are being paid each of the total remuneration packages.

The senior management of a local government consists of the chief executive officer and all senior
executive employees of the local government. A senior executive employee is an employee who
reports directly to the chief executive officer and whose position would ordinarily be considered to
be a senior position in the corporate structure.

The total of remuneration packages payable to senior management during the period was
$1,046,015. The annual package bands for Council’s senior management team are outlined in
table 9 below.

Table 9 – Executive Remuneration

Package Band                          Number of senior
                                      management employees

$100,000 - $200,000                   3

$200,001 - $300,000                   2



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