Corporate Reports

Council follows the reporting requirements of the Local Government Act 1993 and the NSW Department of Local Government's guidelines to make sure that the community is well informed of the decisions it makes and of the activities it undertakes on their behalf.  Council appreciates the importance of being transparent and accountable for the expenditure of ratepayers funds in the Hawkesbury area.

There are a series of documents which will be produced over the next few years as part of the proposed amendments to the Local Government Act 1993 which introduces a new Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework.  In simplistic terms the plans show what is to be organised and developed for the future and the reports are an account of what has happened in the past.

While Council currently produces annually the Management Plan, Social Plan and Annual Report, it is in the process of adopting a 20 year Community Strategic Plan.  The documents for the future are likely to be as follows:

• A Community Strategic Plan together with a community engagement strategy
• A Resourcing Strategy that includes long term financial planning, workforce planning and asset management planning
• A Delivery Program which identifies detailed strategies and actions to achieve objectives of the HCSP that Council can implement
• An Operation Plan that will spell out the detailed actions in the Delivery Program to be implemented each year include a statement of revenue policy and a detailed annual budget
• Annual Report:
• outlining achievement against the Delivery program
• a State of the Environment Report
• audited financial statements, and
• an end of term report by outgoing council

For further information about Corporate Reports please email council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au or contact the Strategic Planning Coordinator on 02 4560 4544.