ANNUAL REPORT 2007-2008 CITY OF GREATER GEELONG

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CITY OF GREATER GEELONG ANNUAL REPORT 2007-2008 Josh Clark Manifold Heights Primary School Age: 11 ‘Geelong is the best place to live because you can always go to the You Yangs for a good old BBQ.’ 39
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The main purpose of engaging the community is to improve our services and ensure that the priorities of residents translate into Council’s strategies and decision making. By engaging our community we are providing them with the opportunity to provide feedback on issues that are important to them. Fundamental principles of effective engagement are that we listen to what we are told, we use what we have been told as part of our decision making processes, we give feedback to participants and provide evidence on how the results of the engagement have been used. Why Consult? Effective consultation provides benefits for the Council, our communities and our other stakeholders. It helps us to: > Understand the varying needs of our community and stakeholders. > Improve our planning processes. > Better prioritise and deliver services in a more efficient manner, which address the changing needs of the community. > Become aware of problems and issues early, giving us a chance to put things right before they escalate. > Foster working partnerships between our community, stakeholders and Council. > Symbolise our commitment to being open and accountable. > Strengthen our communities by supporting and encouraging active participation in decision making. For this to work in an effective manner it requires full commitment from the Council, the community and stakeholders consulted with. How have we improved? The City of Greater Geelong has undertaken significant steps to strengthen our capacity to undertake effective community consultation. We now have in place a well structured consultation framework, policy and procedure, and a new in-house purpose built consultation database. This has provided us with the foundation for our community engagement process, however we realise there are areas we can improve on. Our focus for this improvement includes: > Advocating a consistent approach to consultation throughout the organisation. > Reducing duplication and tackling consultation overload. > Engaging the hard-to-reach groups within the community. > Utilising our internet technology. > Where feasible, coordinating our consultations with other agencies and stakeholders who are seeking similar outcomes. Consulting our staff Staff are also given the opportunity to give feedback on topics that are important to them, and at the same time providing suggestions that will improve the organisations efficiency. Staff have been consulted in the last 12 months on topics such as the Staff Rewards and Recognition Program, Performance Management, Dataworks (Document Management System), Occupational Health and Safety and CONSULT (Council’s in-house consultation database). In 2009 the third Employee Opinion Survey will be held seeking staff perceptions in a number of areas including Communications, Recognition and Morale and other employment issues. The action plan from the 2006 Employee Opinion Survey continues to be implemented across the organisation with employee health and wellbeing a key focus. 40
Page 1 and 2: ANNUAL REPORT 2007-2008 CITY OF GRE
Page 3 and 4: THE YEAR’S HIGHLIGHTS Satyam Tech
Page 5 and 6: OVERVIEW Welcome to the City of Gre
Page 7 and 8: OUR HISTORY - FROM JILLONG TO GEELO
Page 9 and 10: THEN NOW Eastern Beach 6
Page 11 and 12: approaches to address key issues an
Page 13 and 14: Emily Benstead South Geelong Primar
Page 15 and 16: MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF
Page 17 and 18: Port Phillip Bay Victoria Corio Bay
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Page 23 and 24: PLANNING AND REPORTING FRAMEWORK Ho
Page 25 and 26: THE YEAR IN REVIEW At Council we pr
Page 27 and 28: The City of Greater Geelong commits
Page 29 and 30: CUSTOMER SERVICE COMMITMENTS AND AC
Page 31 and 32: Requests for Service In addition to
Page 33 and 34: COUNCIL FUNDING PRIORITIES Council
Page 35 and 36: SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR 20
Page 37 and 38: Loans Council took out a loan of $3
Page 39 and 40: Victorian Local Government Indicato
Page 41: BEST VALUE Council’s Best Value P
Page 45 and 46: Consultation events 2007-2008 Depar
Page 47 and 48: Department Project Project Objectiv
Page 49 and 50: OUR PEOPLE The knowledge, skills, i
Page 51 and 52: VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS The City of G
Page 53 and 54: DIVISIONAL OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Page 55 and 56: Development Sustainability Kate Sul
Page 57 and 58: Community Services Irene McGinnigle
Page 59 and 60: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Staff are
Page 61 and 62: STAFF PROFILE As at June 30, 2008 t
Page 63 and 64: EMPLOYEE EXCELLENCE AWARDS This pro
Page 65 and 66: OUR VOLUNTEERS Volunteering is inte
Page 67 and 68: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE To enhance com
Page 69 and 70: INTERNAL AUDIT The internal audit f
Page 71 and 72: Minutes of meetings of special comm
Page 73 and 74: COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEES
Page 75 and 76: THE PILLARS: HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVE
Page 77 and 78: HEALTH AND WELLBEING Objective To h
Page 79 and 80: Health and Wellbeing - Outcomes Out
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Page 83 and 84: Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, Eastern
Page 85 and 86: Delivering on our Commitments: 2007
Page 87 and 88: Implementing the Local Action Plan
Page 89 and 90: Delivering on our Commitments: 2007
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TRANSPORTATION Objective To enhance
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Future Directions Main construction
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Delivering on our Commitments: 2007
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ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE Objective
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS Objective To pro
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THEME 1: DEMOCRACY Objective To pro
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Delivering on our Commitments: 2007
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Challenges The objective to provide
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UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCIAL REPORT
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