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CONTENTS<br />
A message from the Mayor .0 4<br />
A message from the CEO .0 6<br />
INTRODUCTION .0 8<br />
Welcome to the <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2014</strong>/<strong>15</strong> .0 9<br />
How to read our <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> .0 9<br />
Our Purpose .10<br />
OUR CITY .12<br />
City Profile .13<br />
History .13<br />
Key Features .13<br />
Demographic Population .14<br />
Growth and Development .14<br />
THE YEAR IN REVIEW .1 6<br />
Financial Health Overview .17<br />
Operating Revenue .17<br />
Operating Expenses .19<br />
Result from Operations .20<br />
Capital Expenditure .21<br />
Actual Performance against Original Budget .24<br />
Financial Position .25<br />
Financial Ratios .26<br />
Looking ahead – Planning for 20<strong>15</strong>/16 .28<br />
Service Delivery Overview .2 9<br />
External Awards received by the<br />
City during <strong>2014</strong>/<strong>15</strong> .3 0<br />
GOVERNANCE .3 1<br />
Democratic Governance .32<br />
Our Councillors and Council Wards .32<br />
Council Elections .3 4<br />
The Role of the Mayor and Councillors .3 4<br />
Elected Member Conduct .3 4<br />
Ethics .3 4<br />
Compliance .3 5<br />
Council Meetings .3 5<br />
Disbanded Committees and Working Groups .3 9<br />
Chief Executive Officer and Delegations .3 9<br />
Citizenship Ceremonies .3 9<br />
Connecting with our Community .3 9<br />
Inwards Investment – Grants .4 6<br />
Volunteers .4 6<br />
Corporate Governance .47<br />
Asset Management .4 8<br />
Enterprise Risk Management .4 8<br />
Audit and Risk Committee .5 0<br />
Internal Audit .51<br />
External Audit .51<br />
Significant Audit Issue .51<br />
Contracts and Purchasing .52<br />
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) .52<br />
OUR ORGANISATION .5 4<br />
Our Executive Leadership Team .5 4<br />
Our Employees .5 7<br />
Salaried Employees .5 7<br />
Staff Profile .5 7<br />
Awards and Recognition .6 0<br />
OUR PERFORMANCE .61<br />
Integrated Planning Framework .6 2<br />
Strategic Community Plan .6 4<br />
Pillars and Strategic Objectives .6 5<br />
Measuring the Strategic Community Plan .6 6<br />
Community Satisfaction against the<br />
City’s four Pillars .6 6<br />
Corporate Business Plan .6 9<br />
Major Capital Projects .70<br />
Our plans for the next 12 months: .8 0<br />
Operational Actions Performance .81<br />
Pillar: Environment .8 2<br />
Pillar: Social .91<br />
Pillar: Economy .107<br />
Pillar: Civic Leadership .117<br />
ADDITIONAL STATUTORY INFORMATION .13 2<br />
Land Transactions (Major, Other, Exempt) .132<br />
Compliance with State Records Act .13 4<br />
Freedom of Information (FOI) .13 4<br />
National Competition Policy .13 4<br />
Local Laws and Council Policies .13 5<br />
Disability Access and Inclusion Plan .13 6<br />
Wanneroo Library and Cultural<br />
Centre Gift Fund .13 6<br />
Deductible Gift register .13 6<br />
Public Interest Disclosures Act 2009 .13 6<br />
FINANCIAL REPORT .13 7
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