Nkomazi Local Municipality 20 - Co-operative Governance and ...

12. KPA 3: INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFORMATIONStrategic objective:Improved staff skills and developmentStrengthen integrated planning and accellerated implementationEstablished institutional management in centralised centreEstablished and functional municipali policies and systems as required by lawIncreased appropriate utilization of technologyContinuous institutional risk management12.1. Information Technology [IT]The Nkomazi local Municipality has a unit thet deals with information technology. The Municipality has developed an IT policy andwent to council for approval in 2009. [See annexure 27]Composition of staffThe IT unit has got a shortage of staff members, according to the 2006 approved organogram, the unit is made up to have four skilledstaff members, for the reason that the municipality does not have enough budget to fill all the vacant positions, only one person havebeen appointed and one on contract.Co-function of the unitThe unit make certain that proper communication channels are available in the Municipality and softwares like anti-virus and otherprogrammes that are necessary in the institution for its lucrative progress toward service delivery are kept well-run.12.2. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREThe current Organigram was approved in 2006 with 5 Departments and 950 posts. This Organigram is under review and should beapproved before the end of the current financial year 2011/2012. Furthermore Council implemented the TASK system since 1 July2010 one of very few councils in Mpumalanga.Figure 20_ Summary of organogram [see complete organigram as annexure 10]NKLM Integrated Development Plan 2012_2013 76