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)
Whole of organisation
- Decrease in Executive Assistants (CEO to zero, Planning & S&ED down by 1.5 EFT)
Corporate Services
- 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
Social and Economic Development
- Youth Services - restructure - reduced of Band 7 posts
- S&ED Admin - reduction in 1.3 EFT Band Admin Staff
Environment and Engineering
- Competitive tendering of construction projects seeking best value
- Competitive quotation of projects utilising annual supply tendered rates
- Centralisation of the leasing and licensing functions
And there is a lot more planned which all of us are eager to see!
ReplyDelete"One of the promises I was elected on was to reduce waste and ask for efficiency savings". "And there is a lot more planned which all of us are eager to see!
Like closing down the Olinda Pool for its community... interesting!