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CITY OF PERTH INDEX

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COUNCILMINUTES - 761 - 13 JUNE 2000330/00 REVIEW <strong>OF</strong> CHILD CARE FEES - CITIPLACE CHILDCARE CENTREBACKGROUND:PerthSUBURB/LOCATION:DA/BA REFERENCE:FILE REFERENCE: P1009591/3RESPONSIBLE DIRECTOR:Garry Dunne, Director Service UnitsDATE: 22 May 2000The City of Perth has a long and highly regarded involvement in the provision of quality child careservices aimed at accommodating visitors to the city and people working in the city.The City of Perth sponsors the Citiplace Long Day Care Centre and the Citiplace Occasional CareCentre located in the City Station Complex on the Corner of Wellington and Barrack Streets.Citiplace Child Care facility was opened in June 1989.The Centres are licensed under the State Government Community Service (Child Care) Regulations1998 to provide a total of 71 child care places. The Citiplace Long Day Centre provides 38 placesfor children of parents or carers who are working or studying. The Citiplace Occasional CareCentre provides 33 occasional care places for those people visiting the city for shopping or otherpurposes.The Council at its meeting held on 12 May 1998 adopted a report with recommendations ofapplications of competitive neutrality principles in relation to National Competition Policy and theimplication of those principles on the City’s child care facilities. Relevant recommendations were:(vii) applies full cost pricing reflecting the Citiplace Child Care Centre’s net competitiveadvantage of $57,029 to its long day care and occasional care fees phased in over threeyears effective as of 1 July 1998;(viii) reviews the Citiplace child care service’s net competitive advantage annually andadjust pricing accordingly.POLICY/LEGISLATION/STRATEGIC PLAN:Community Services (Child Care) Regulations 1988Commonwealth of Australia Child Care Act 1972National Competition Policy Reform (WA) Act 1996City of Perth Strategic Plan 1998-2002Social and Cultural DevelopmentM:\CON992000\MN000613.DOC

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