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1 HEADLINE Senior Staff Gail Connolly General Manager David Tuxford Director Community & Culture Jenny Ware General Counsel Laurie OConnor Director Assets & Infrastructure Meryl Bishop Director Environment & Planning Rita Vella

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HEADLINE

Gail Connolly General Manager David Tuxford Director Community & Culture Jenny Ware General Counsel Laurie O’Connor Director Assets & Infrastructure Meryl Bishop Director Environment & Planning Rita Vella Coordinator Strategic Planning Craig Edmondson Economic Development Officer

Senior Staff

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Georges River Council

Proclaimed 12th May 2016 Population 153,500 Area 38 km2

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Financial

Cash & Investment Balances Debt Hurstville City $74m $2.6m Kogarah City $54m

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Economic Statistics

Gross Regional Product $7.34bn Employment 63,500 Employed 65% Full Time Businesses 15,600

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Employment Sectors

Health Care & Social Assistance 11% Retail 10% Professional, Scientific & Technical Services 9 % Transport, Postal & Warehousing 7 % Financial & Insurance 7 %

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Merging Organisations

Harmonising Services Building Organisation

Openness
Transparency
Equity
Consistency
Consultation & Participation
Integrity

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Merging Organisations

Translated to

IHAP
Delegation
Internal Auditor
Audit Risk & Improvement Committee
Performance Reporting
Planning Policies
Confidential Reports
Governance Policies
Consultation

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IHAP

Legislation passed by Parliament yesterday

Mandated Metropolitan Councils and Wollongong

Panels

3 Independent / Expert Members approved by Minister
1 Community Member chosen by Council
Chair chosen by Minister
2 Independent Experts chosen by Council (not Councillors)

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Roles

Council

Focus on plans, policies
Small proposals

IHAP

Development from $5m up to $30m
Risky, Council or Sensitive Applications
Conflict of Interest
Over 10 objections
DA with Voluntary Planning Agreement
10% Departure from Standards

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Government Assistance with Merger

Stronger Communities Fund $10m Implementation Fund $10m

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Stronger Communities Fund

$1m allocated to 27 Community Organisations
Maximum Grant $50,000
Generated $3m value

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Stronger Communities Fund

$9m for Council Projects Focus on

Amenities buildings
Environmental Projects – Gannons Park

Stormwater Harvesting & Irrigation

Customer Service Centres
Economic Development/ Centres & Place

Making

Aquatic Facilities

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Stronger Communities Fund

Centres and Place Making

Upgrade Kogarah Library & Service Centre
Events and Festive Decorations
Wi-Fi in centres
Car Parking Strategy
Master Plan for Beverly Hills
Centre Beatification
Place Making Strategy for all centres

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Merger Benefits

Capacity – 2017/18 Capital Projects $50m

Continuation of Forest Road upgrade
Community Grants $147,000to $400,000
Pensioner Rates Kogarah
Customer Service – Kogarah & Hurstville Libraries
Graffiti Removal Service
Colocation of Administration & Technical Staff – Hurstville
Colocation of Blue Collar Staff underway
Governance Policies
Major facilities back to Council

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Working with Business

Agreement with St George Business Chamber
Economic Development Committee
Economic Development Strategy
Easy to do Business
Apprentices

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Challenges

Development Applications
Service Harmonisation

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Incoming Council

Election 9th September 2017 15 Councillors 5 Wards 3 Councillors per Ward Mayoral election 25th September 2017