Council-under-administration’s Fraud and Corruption Control Framework was out of date, an internal audit found in August 2023. It also found: • Council had not performed any Fraud and Corruption Risk Assessments recently. • No responsibility had been assigned for coordinating the performance of Fraud and Corruption Risk Assessments. • Awareness of fraud and corruption … [Read more...] about 63 matters of corruption in five years
Risky business – gaps and inconsistencies found
An external consultant has reviewed Council-under-administration’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework - ERMF. It found the ERMF has a number of gaps and is not embedded at an enterprise-wide level across Council. This has created inconsistencies in the management of risks across the organisation. The findings included: # A disconnect between Council’s documented … [Read more...] about Risky business – gaps and inconsistencies found
First in complaints – five years in a row
Council-under-administration was top of the pops as the most complained about council to the NSW Ombudsman again. That makes it five years in a row. With 121 in total, the complaints were a rate of 35 per 100,000 residents last financial year. It was better than the previous year when 158 complaints made it a rate of 48 per 100,000. The Ombudsman said the most … [Read more...] about First in complaints – five years in a row
Revealed: Staff injury hours over five years
Staff injuries that resulted in lost work time are this year half what they were for the first quarter of the financial year last year. There were 10 employee injuries at Council-under-administration from July 1 - September 24 this year that resulted in 863 work hours lost. This equated to an average of more than 2 weeks off work before each worker returned to suitable … [Read more...] about Revealed: Staff injury hours over five years
New 60-room motel and facelift for the Elly
A redevelopment proposal for the Elanora Hotel at East Gosford has been submitted to Central Coast Council. The proposal involves demolition of the existing motel behind the pub to be replaced with a new three storey 60 room motel facing Brougham St as the screenshot below shows. The pub would be extended and refurbished, the bottle shop renewed and a new two level parking … [Read more...] about New 60-room motel and facelift for the Elly
