Councillor goals coming to fruition - Efficiency Savings

Im proud to announce tonight at our council meeting agenda item 7.4 Yarra Ranges Council Quarterly Finance report. One of the promises I was elected on was to reduce waste and ask for efficiency savings. Below is a number of efficiency saving that council officers have done and commend their hard work and look forward to more in the future!

• Road Maintenance contract savings
• Election fine income
• Savings on loan interest
• Internal Audit re-tender
• Fuel Savings through more efficient rostering (aged & disability)

• Decrease in Executive Assistants (CEO to zero, Planning & S&ED down by 1.5 EFT)

• Council - reduction of 2.5 EFT in councillor support (from 6.0 EFT's to 3.5)
• Liaison with People & Culture providers to negotiate better rates

• Youth Services - restructure - reduced of Band 7 posts
• S&ED Admin - reduction in 1.3 EFT Band Admin Staff

• Competitive tendering of construction projects seeking best value
• Competitive quotation of projects utilising annual supply tendered rates
• Centralisation of the leasing and licensing functions

Olinda Pool Update #5

The Engineers report has been submitted and will be reported to council very soon, along with the plans for a community consultation. I know many of you in Olinda have been frustrated by the lack of "urgency" but please let me assure you officers have been working on this as a priority. To the point officers were on the phone every 2nd day to the engineers to get that report!

I will be interested in seeing what the report says. Can I please ask all of you to look towards the future and consider what "else" you would like to see at this pool. I understand the history of this pool and I am fully aware of what has and hasn't been done to this pool to where it is today.

The consultation process which has always been planned within the aquatic strategy and now is the time to start.

I will try to keep you informed about what is happening as soon as I do!

Warby Mountain Bike Study!