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
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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
Psst – wanna buy a house?
Council-under-administration has put 42 ratepayers’ properties on the market in an attempt to recoup five years’ or more in unpaid rates. The list includes 23 properties in the North; and 19 in the South and they will be auctioned on different days. The 23 properties in the former Wyong local government area, include at Dooralong, Gwandalan, Long Jetty, Bateau Bay. The … [Read more...] about Psst – wanna buy a house?
How your rates are going to calculated
IPART has made major changes to the methodology to apply from the rate peg for the 2024-25 financial year.And it has recommended the NSW Government commission an independent review of the financial model for councils in NSW.The new method for setting the rate peg is simpler than the old method. See screenshot at the bottom of the story.It goes from a two year lag on actual … [Read more...] about How your rates are going to calculated
