Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council

Waverley Council
Meeting Our Statutory Requirements
Human Resource Activities undertaken by Council during 2005/2006 (continued)
Data and Statistics
To improve Council’s EEO data systems and quality of data held to permit accurate, complete and
timely reports to enable action to be taken to further Council’s progress in EEO matters.
Future EEO Activities
Some of the issues to be addressed in the future include:
Developing an approach to meet the needs of mature age workers;
Workforce planning to address skill shortages, which may also identify potential areas for employment
for target group members;
A review of Induction to ensure new employees, including target group members, are supported in
their introduction to working for Council.
o. External Bodies Exercising Council Functions.
Nil
p. Controlling Interests in Companies
Nil
q. Partnerships, Co-Operatives and Joint Ventures.
Council is part of Premsure – a joint insurance body with Manly and Woollahra Councils which is
responsible for managing claims for professional indemnity, public liability and councillors and officers
insurance (Directors and Officers Insurance) from the time when Premsure self insured or bulk
purchased these insurances. At various times in the past, South Sydney, Wollongong and Randwick
Councils were also part of Premsure and so claims from those Councils are also managed from time
to time by the group.
Council is a member of Jobfutures Ltd, a national network of not-for-profit community organisations
and Councils. Council’s Waverley Works, as a member of Jobfutures, provides employment and
training services for the unemployed and disadvantaged through a Job Network contract with the
Department of Employment, Work Relations (DEWR).
The Waverley/Woollahra Process Plant, a waste disposal facility jointly owned and managed by
Waverley and Woollahra councils, was closed in 1996/97. A joint management committee of the two
Councils still exists and meets as required to manage the dormant facility.
Council is also a member of the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) and
the Sydney Coastal Councils.
SSROC is an association of eleven local councils in the southern area of Sydney. SSROC provides a
forum for the councils to deal with issues they have in common, particularly those that cross
boundaries. Key issues under consideration include planning, environment, transport, community
development, sustainability and local government management.
The Sydney Coastal Councils includes councils located on Sydney’s coastline and aims to promote
co-ordination on issues relating to the urban coastal environment and waterways.
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