Overview - Parramatta City Council - NSW Government

Finding Your Way Round this Report
Overview
About this Report
Inside front cover
Finding Your Way Round this Report 03
Deliver by Program, Report by Program 04
Snapshot Performance by Measure by Program 05
Parramatta at a Glance 06
Proud Past, Promising Outlook 07
Getting to Know Council 08
Where You Can Find Us 09
Year in Review Calendar 10-11
Lord Mayor’s Message 12-13
General Manager’s Report 14-15
How Council Works 16-17
Representing the Community 18-19
How Council is Organised 20-21
Planning for Now, Planning for the Future 22-23
Our Roadmap to the Future 24-25
How we Measure, How we Improve our Service Delivery 26-29
How we Manage our Finances 30-32
How we Spend Special Rates 33
Achievements, Challenges, Outlook at a Glance 34-37
Evaluating this Report
Program Reporting
Principal Activities 38-39
City Leadership and Management Program 40-55
City Development Program 56-63
Roads, Paths, Access and Flood Mitigation Program 64-71
Regulatory Program 72-79
Environment Program 80-89
Community Care Program 90-101
Culture and Leisure Program 102-117
Financial Reports
Understanding these Accounts 118
General Purpose Financial Reports 121-180
Special Purpose Financial Reports 181-195
Local Government Act Reporting 196
Special Rates 197-198
Section 12 Reporting 199
Section 428 Reporting 200-210
Glossary of Terms 211-212
Index 213-214
Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA) Criteria 215
Evaluation of this Report 216
Acknowledgements 217
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Global Reporting Initiative Index
What’s required
Include a GRI index linking
GRI components to
information in the report.
Report on the organisation’s
profile, governance and
management systems.
Respond to each core
indicator by either a)
reporting on it or b)
explaining its omission.
Ensure that the report is
consistent with GRI reporting
principles.
Include a statement signed
by the Board or CEO
indicating that the report
was prepared in accordance
with the 2002 GRI Guidelines
and represents a balanced
and reasonable presentation
of the organisation’s
sustainability performance.
Where it is
This summary grid index, and the
detailed grid on page 215 of this
report, fulfill to the best of
Council’s ability the GRI reporting
requirements.
Profile pp 6-9, governance pp12-19,
management system pp20-25.
Corporate Measures pp30-33,
Financial Measures pp34-36,
Program Measures pp40-117.
Additional measures cited in the
Management Plan 2005/06-2008/09
and not included in this annual
report have already been reported in
Council’s four Quarterly Reviews,
available on Council’s website
(www.parracity.nsw.gov.au).
Please refer to page 215 of this
report for more detailed compliance
with GRI guidelines as encapsulated
by ARA criteria.
General Manager’s Report
page 14-15.
For detailed ARA criteria
p215
Finding Your Way Round the Report
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Parramatta City Council 2005/06 Annual Report