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5. THE OPERATIONAL PLAN
Allocating responsibilities
As explained in Section 4-Delivery Program, Council will need to allocate responsibilities for the
various activities in the Operational Plan.
As the detail gets more specific, so the allocation of responsibility should be more specific. It is not
sufficient to nominate directors or executive managers as being responsible for Operational Plan
activities. At Operational Plan level, the allocation of responsibilities should extend to Manager, or
even Team Leader level, depending on the activities to be undertaken.
Operational Plan responsibilities should be linked to the staff performance system, so that they
become an intrinsic part of a staff member’s regular performance review with his or her supervisor/s
(see the diagram in Section 4-Delivery Program).
5.2 Community Comment
Local Government Act
The draft plan must be publicly exhibited for at least 28 days and public submissions considered before
the final plan is adopted.
The exhibition must be accompanied by maps showing where the various rates will apply within the
local government area.
The Operational Plan must be publicly exhibited to enable the community to provide comments to
Council on the proposed rates, fees and charges for the next financial year. There is a requirement
to provide maps showing where various rates will apply in a local government area to make it clear
to the community what the proposed rates for their property will be.
Where councils have chosen to do all four Operational Plans in advance, it is important that they
explain to the community that the latter three operational plans are draft plans and may be subject
to change.
Council will still need to exhibit each Operational Plan annually because it contains proposed rates,
fees and charges for the year.
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