Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council

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Waverley Council Meeting Our Statutory Requirements Freedom of Information (continued) Primarily requests for information related to property matters and information around potential public liability matters. Internal reviews were requested in relation to five FOI matters dealt with by Waverley Council during this period. The applicant for the five matters also complained to the State Records Office in relation to records keeping practices in relation to these five matters. Fees received for FOI applications totalled $ $1530 compared with $718 received in the previous year. FOI requests are generally processed within 21 days, except when the information is difficult to locate, or where third party consultation is necessary. Our average processing time for applications in 2005/2006 was 18. 4 days. Our average processing time was adversely impacted by a small number of applications that took up to 40 days to finalise. Impact of FOI on Council’s Activities. Access to information in local government under Freedom of Information is made complex because of the interaction between Section 12 of the Local Government Act, the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act and the FOI Act. As far as possible we use the provisions of the model Privacy Management Plan developed by the Department of Local Government to guide decisions about access to personal information. 2004/2005 has seen a continued substantial reduction in the number of requests to obtain copies of objections to development applications because of revised notification letters and procedures. There is an increasing trend to use FOI to obtain information for court matters or to obtain copies of complaints. Council has a general policy of not providing copies of complaints. Amounts of Rates and Charges Written Off During the Year (Local Government [Rates and Regulations] 1993) An amount of $760,798.81 was written off as rates and charges during 2005/2006. This included mandatory rebates of $658,020.74 (Section 575) and general rates and charges abandonment of $3,952.09 (Section 595). In addition, a further abandonment of $8,825.98 was made in 2005/2006 in accordance with a Council resolution of 8 September 1998. Our debt recovery policy includes issuing Rate and Instalment Notices in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Act. A Reminder Notice will be directed on any account with an unpaid balance after the final day for payment of the quarterly rate instalment. If the account, other than one held by an eligible pensioner, is still not finalised after the issue of the Reminder Notice a Notice of Overdue Account is sent. Accounts with an unpaid balance, where no mutually agreed arrangement has been negotiated, are referred to the Council’s debt recovery agency. The debt recovery agency issues a Notice of Legal Action and if the account remains unpaid a Statement of Liquidated Claim is sought. For the 2005/2006 financial year, Council spent $21,355.30 on legal and professional costs associated with debt recovery of rates and charges. Annual Report 2005//2006 115
116 Waverley Council Meeting Our Statutory Requirements Compliance with and effect of planning agreements in force as at 30 June 2006 Land subject of agreement 12/9-11 Flood Street, BONDI 4/26-30 Ocean Street, BONDI 9/26-30 Ocean Street, BONDI 8/30-34 Penkivil Street, BONDI Development to which the agreement applies Bed/ Car DA 814/2003 1br 1cp DA 988/2002 1br 1cp DA 988/2002 2br 1cp DA 576/2002 2br 1cp Provision made by the developer under the agreement Annual Report 2005//2006 Dispute resolution mechanisms Agreement compliance mechanisms Lease Rate Term p/w Perp N/A Consistent with the Environmental Planning and Acquisition Perp N/A Assessment Act 1979 and Land and Environment Acquisition 4 years $100 Court Lease Perp N/A Acquisition Approval authority for agreement Waverley Council These agreements are in addition to contributions under section 94 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act. Protected Disclosures No protected disclosures were received in 2005/2006. Privacy and Personal Information Management Council adopted a revised Privacy Management Plan in November 2002. This replaced the previous Plan adopted in June 2000. The Plan is currently under review. It is anticipated an undated Privacy Management Plan will be presented to Council in 2006/2007 for adoption. Gift registers information staff - 2005/2006 Both the number and value of gifts recorded in 2005/2006 increased from 2004/2005. In 2005/2006 136 gifts are recorded with an assessed value of $2,773.60 compared to 106 gifts with an assessed value of $2,565.95 in 2004/2005 – a 28% increase in gifts recorded with an overall 8% increase in the value of gifts. However, it should be noted that 2004/2005 represented a significant reduction from gifts reported in 2003/2004, where a total of 171 gifts with a value of $4,161 were reported. While the number and value of gifts reported in 2005/2006 increased they are still less than that recorded in 2003/2004. The value of donations to the Charitable Trust remains low, this was an issued raised in 2004/2005 by the Director, Corporate and Technical Services who indicated that the level of donation to the Trust restricted the ability of the Trust to hold regular staff raffles as a fund raising for the Trust. Number of gifts registered 106 Cumulative value ($) $2,565.95 Donation to Charitable trust ($) $250
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