SIP2 approved

Kiama Council’s April Meeting has endorsed the second Strategic Improvement Plan (SIP2) to guide its work over the next few months and beyond.

“The SIP2 is a newly constructed document that captures the actions we must take to meet the Performance Improvement Orders (PIO) issued to us by the State Government, in such a way that connects the strategic development to strategic execution,” says Mayor Neil Reilly.

“It is well written and forms a clear pathway to success.

“In fact, it is a strategy management schedule where each action will be reported in terms of stages of completion, risks, timeline and responsible officer.

“Nothing has been left to chance, and the document was developed in collaboration with staff, councillors and our State appointed adviser, Peter Tegart.”

All of the PIO requirements must be satisfied by the end of June, but some of the 74 actions will require ongoing work.

“The SIP is about addressing what needs to be fixed in this business in the areas of financial sustainability, organisational capability and governance,” says CEO Jane Stroud.

“Whilst we have a structural deficit that reappears and jeapordises the business, we cannot afford to take our foot off the pedal.

“We have to keep going with this work, because if we don’t we will find us continually in this cycle.”

SIP1, voluntarily adopted by Council in the first half of last year, had 63 items to