Delivering our Annual Plan

Each year AlburyCity develops an annual plan that highlights the projects and initiatives that we will focus on for the coming financial year. The plan includes how we are going to spend the money we receive from rates and other income sources, the major projects that are earmarked for delivery, and the fees and charges our community will pay for using Council services.

We call this our Operational Plan, or more simply describe it as our annual Budget.

The Budget runs for the financial year July–June, and each quarter a report is produced to keep Councillors and our community up to date on how we are going in delivering the items in the Budget.

At our recent Council meeting I was pleased to be able to report that at the end of the last quarter (October – December) we are very close to being on-track in delivering the items in our Budget this financial year. This is particularly pleasing as Council, like many other organisations in our community, have continued to deliver our services during a challenging period… primarily due to COVID.

The storms that have impacted our region during January and February have also affected our work schedules, with many of our crews having to change focus assisting with storm clean-ups, ensuring community safety, assessing our assets, and looking at future storm mitigation measures.

You, our community, are key to helping us develop the Budget each year. In the coming months we’ll let you know when we have a draft for next financial year, and will ask you to share your thoughts with us. It’s not just this annual check-in that helps build our Budget, we’re listening to our community right throughout the year. Your input helps us focus on the things that are important to you, and ensures we are delivering the needs of our community.

If you would like to see how we’re tracking against our Budget please see below this message. If at any time you would like to share your thoughts please send us an email info@alburycity.nsw.gov.au, call our friendly Customer Service team on 1300 133 391, or contact us through our website alburycity.nsw.gov.au/contact/online.

I look forward to keeping you in the loop on how we are going in delivering the actions within our Budget, and look forward to your continued feedback.

Frank Zaknich

AlburyCity CEO

Council Meeting 3 March, 2022

Purpose of Report

This report presents the AlburyCity 2021/22 Operational Plan progress for the period ended 31 December 2021.

Background

In accordance with the Local Government Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework, Council develops a Four-Year Delivery Program which details the principal activities to be undertaken by AlburyCity to implement the strategies established by the Community Strategic Plan ‘Albury 2030’.

The Local Government Act 1993 requires that progress is reported to Council with respect to the principal activities detailed in its Delivery Program at least every six months.

AlburyCity’s Operational Plan forms year one of its Four Year Delivery Program. AlburyCity’s practice is to report progress to Council on a quarterly basis.

AlburyCity’s target is to deliver 100% of its Operational Plan during the 2021/22 financial year in line with our Service Excellence Corporate Success Pillar.

Issues

Operational Plan
The AlburyCity Operational Plan Quarterly Progress Report (refer Attachment 1) details that overall progress of 49% had been achieved by the end of December 2021.

As indicated by the graph below, Operational Plan progress for each of the Albury 2030 themes reflect a positive result against the quarter target of 50%.