A MESSAGE FROM THE ACTING GENERAL MANAGER LAURA BLACK
Laura Black, Acting General Manager
This Operational Plan 2022/2023 (Plan) is the first in a series of three that aims to meet the strategies developed by the 2021 elected Council, as identified in the 2022/2025 Delivery Program. This year also signals the commencement of our journey to meet the standards of the new Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework for Operational Plans. Our Plan is an annual plan from 1 July. It has been publicly exhibited prior to adoption and details the activities and actions that will be delivered or commenced before 30 June 2023. We have allocated responsibilities and budget for projects, programs and actions, identified what services will be reviewed, set measures that we will report against every six months and included a Capital Works Program valued at $105M and a Statement of Revenue Policy. In addition, we have identified how the projects, programs and actions link to the Delivery Program and Themes of the Community Strategic Plan. On page 14, you will find a guide on how to read our Plan.
The bushfire, storm and flood natural disasters and health pandemic of the past three years have seen local government in receipt of record grant allocations from the State and Federal Governments, and Clarence Valley Council is one of those recipients. 2022/2023 sees us deliver grant funded projects to a value of $67.5K on top of the general, water and sewer, holiday park and waste funded activities. Our Plan covers both the recurrent activities that occur every year, such as managing corporate governance arrangements, compliance activities, maintenance programs as well as special non-recurrent projects, such as delivering a particular construction project. We also aim to engage community in decision-making by facilitating a number of Advisory Committees to the Council, including the Access, Climate Change and Floodplain Risk Management; Coast and Estuary; and Sports advisory committees. In 2022/2023, we will establish several new committees, including the Economic Development and Tourism; Community and Culture; Biodiversity; and Aboriginal Advisory Committees. Over the next 12 months, major construction projects will be delivered, including completion of stage 1 of the Grafton Waterfront and stages 1 and 2 of the Ulmarra Riverside and Village Precinct, a new RFS facility at Ewingar, upgrade of parts of the Clarence Way, a large number of high-priority pedestrian footpaths from the Pedestrian and Access Mobility Plan (PAMP), community hall upgrades under the Black Summer Grant program and the construction of Cell 4 at the Grafton Regional Landfill. We will commence construction of 32 bridges under the Fixing Country Bridges program.
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