Annual Report 2009/2010 - Hawkesbury City Council - NSW ...

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Mayoral Message 2009 saw the start of major changes to the way in which Hawkesbury City Council approaches planning for the future provision of services and facilities for its community. Following extensive consultation with the community, Councillors and Council staff, which included workshops, surveys, displays, focus groups and a public exhibition and submission process, the Hawkesbury Community Strategic Plan was adopted by Council in October 2009. This Plan provides a picture of what the community would want the Hawkesbury to look like in 20 years from now. It outlines five visions which are supported with directions, strategies, goals and measures to assist Council and the community meet its objectives. Council is now working to adapt its planning, programming, budgeting and reporting processes in line with the Community Strategic Plan and guidelines provided by the NSW Division of Local Government. A community survey was also conducted in 2009, the results of which were very positive, indicating that the level of satisfaction with Council’s performance has increased since the last survey in 2007. The top five areas achieving the highest level of satisfaction (in order of ranking) were libraries, garbage services, Gallery/Museum, recycling services and child care centres. It is very valuable for Council to determine what the community sees as important issues for them as this provides input for future planning. According to the survey the top five priority areas for residents in order of importance are: road maintenance, healthy and sustainable waterways, improving services and infrastructure, lobbying State and Federal Government for funding and improved service levels and road safety. As a result of this survey, a Residents Panel will be established to assist in areas that need further community input as identified in the Community Strategic Plan or other areas of Council’s general operations. 2010 marked the beginning of celebrations for the bicentenary of Lachlan Macquarie's governorship of New South Wales and his naming of the five Macquarie towns, four of which are located in our local area. Hawkesbury residents have risen to the occasion and in conjunction with Council, business and community organisations have organised over 70 events to showcase the celebrations. We were all very saddened by the passing of Councillor (Dr) Rex Stubbs OAM, Council’s longest serving Councillor who passed away on Saturday, 24 April 2010 after battling ill health since late 2009. Councillor Stubbs OAM gave over 26 years of service to our community. He was awarded the title of Emeritus Mayor by the Local Government Association of New South Wales in recognition of his ten terms as Mayor of the City and one year as Deputy Mayor. For his many contributions and achievements he was awarded an OAM in 2001 in the General Division for service to Local Government and the Hawkesbury community. Councillor Stubbs OAM contributed to the Hawkesbury area on many levels, being active on many community committees and organisations, an author of local history, a great supporter of art and culture and a dedicated general practitioner. He will be greatly missed. The effective and successful management of the Local Government Area is not only a reflection of the efforts of the Councillors in formulating policy direction, combined with work of the staff to achieve operational goals, but also the efforts of the many Committees of Council comprising members of the community contributing expertise and knowledge in their respective areas. I thank them all for their contributions and commend this Annual Report to you. Councillor Bart Bassett Mayor of Hawkesbury
Table of Contents Annual Report 2009/2010............................................................................................................................. 1 Mayoral Message.......................................................................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Key Highlights and Achievements ............................................................................................................. 6 Hawkesbury’s Macquarie 2010 celebrations ............................................................................................. 8 Councillors.................................................................................................................................................... 9 Council's Vision.......................................................................................................................................... 10 Organisational Structure ........................................................................................................................... 11 Statutory Report - Local Government Act 1993 ...................................................................................... 12 Section 428 (2) (a) Financial Statements ............................................................................................. 12 Section 428 (2) (b) Performance in Terms of Principal Activities ..................................................... 12 Strategic Planning Process ....................................................................................................................... 12 General Manager .................................................................................................................................... 14 City Planning .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Infrastructure Services .......................................................................................................................... 35 Support Services.................................................................................................................................... 44 Business Activities ................................................................................................................................ 58 Section 428 (2) (c) State of the Environment Report .............................................................................. 60 Human Settlement ...................................................................................................................................... 60 Sewage Treatment Plants...................................................................................................................... 60 Onsite Sewage Management Facilities ................................................................................................ 63 Non-Aboriginal Heritage........................................................................................................................ 65 Aboriginal Heritage ................................................................................................................................ 66 Solid Waste ............................................................................................................................................. 67 Noise........................................................................................................................................................ 70 Council's Footprint..................................................................................................................................... 71 Council’s Energy Consumption............................................................................................................ 71 Greenhouse Gas Emissions ................................................................................................................. 73 Council’s Water Consumption.............................................................................................................. 75 Land ............................................................................................................................................................. 76 Salinity..................................................................................................................................................... 76 Chemical Contamination - Land ........................................................................................................... 77 Acid Sulfate Soils................................................................................................................................... 80 Regulatory Responses .......................................................................................................................... 81 Water Quality............................................................................................................................................... 83 Flood Plain Management....................................................................................................................... 83 River Health ............................................................................................................................................ 84 Storm Water ............................................................................................................................................ 86 2009/2010 Annual Report Page 3
Page 1 and 2: ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 2010 Macqua
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Page 7 and 8: Diagram Index Councillors 2009/2010
Page 9 and 10: Major Drainage Works Completed Red
Page 11 and 12: Councillors Mayoral Term September
Page 13 and 14: Organisational Structure 2009/2010
Page 15 and 16: Vision Strategic Plan Objectives (k
Page 17 and 18: General Manager's Office - Operatio
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Page 27 and 28: City Planning Division - Operationa
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Support Services Division - Operati
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Component 39 - Gallery Manager Cult
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Support Services Division - Operati
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Business Activities - Operational P
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Measures of Performance Measure 1.
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Onsite Sewage Management Facilities
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Non-Aboriginal Heritage Introductio
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Solid Waste Introduction Hawkesbury
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This graph represents the total ton
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Council's Footprint Council’s Ene
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Introducti
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Council’s Water Consumption Intro
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In the urban areas of Hawkesbury Ci
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Current Status and trends Pollution
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The ASS Manual developed by the Aci
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Council continually seeks to improv
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Measures of Performance Measure 1.
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Biodiversity Introduction The Hawke
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Outcome 1 Outcome 2 Response to the
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Current status and trends During th
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Section 428 (2) (d) Condition of Pu
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Hawkesbury City Council Sealed Road
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Windsor Sewerage Scheme The sewerag
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Section 428 (2) (e) Summary of Lega
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Section 428 (2) (f) Mayoral and Cou
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Parks and Recreation Name of Contra
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Section 428 (2) (i) Bush Fire Hazar
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Performance Management and Salary A
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Community/Neighbourhood Centres, Ha
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Section 428 (2) (p) Controlling Int
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Reduced priced micro chipping days
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and exploring exchange options) wit
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Name of Conference Date and Place C
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As part of this process Hawkesbury
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Council's Performance in relation t
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC OBJE
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ENVIRONMENT STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE Inv
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• Sewerage Services • Hawkesbur
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Freedom of Information Contact Arra
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Access to Information New Regime Th
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• Records of approvals granted, a
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Part D Formal Consultations - numbe
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Part L Details of Internal review R
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Report on Special Variation (Infras
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