13 Audit Committee (advisory committee of Council under section 139 of the Act whose role is to oversee the integrity of a Council's financial reporting, processes to manage risks to the Council's operations and for compliance with applicable legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements) Established in accordance with section 139 of the Act Date of establishment: OR Not established in accordance with section 139 of the Act Reason for not establishing: 14 Internal audit (independent accounting professionals engaged by the Council to provide analyses and recommendations aimed at improving Council's governance, risk and management controls) Engaged Date of engagement: OR Not engaged Reasons for not engaging internal audit: 15 Performance reporting framework (a set of indicators measuring financial and nonfinancial performance, including the performance indicators referred to in section 131 of the Act) Framework Date of operation: OR No framework Reason for no framework: 16 Council Plan reporting (report reviewing the performance of the Council against the Council Plan, including the results in relation to the strategic indicators, for the first six months of the financial year) Report Date of report: OR No report Reason for no report:
Column 1 Column 2 Governance and Management Items Assessment (select relevant box) 17 Financial reporting (quarterly statements to Council under section 138 of the Act comparing budgeted revenue and expenditure with actual revenue and expenditure) Statements presented to Council in accordance with section 138(1) of the Act Dates statements presented: OR No statements presented to Council in accordance with section 138(1) of the Act Reason for not presenting statements: 18 Risk reporting (six-monthly reports of strategic risks to Council's operations, their likelihood and consequences of occurring and risk minimisation strategies) Reports Date of reports: OR No reports Reason for no reports: 19 Performance reporting (sixmonthly reports of indicators measuring results against financial and performance, including the performance indicators referred to in section 131 of the Act) Reports Date of reports: OR No reports Reason for no reports:
(a) Transparency (Council decisions made at an ordinary or special meeting in an open and transparent manner) Council resolutions made at meetings closed to the public (percentage of Council resolutions made at an ordinary or special meeting closed to the public section 89(2) of the Act) (b) Consultation and engagement (Council decisions made and implemented with community input) Satisfaction with community consultation and engagement (community satisfaction rating out of 100 with the consultation and engagement efforts of Council) (c) Attendance (Councillors represent the views of their constituents and allow decisions to take place by attending meetings) Councillor attendance at Council meetings (percentage of attendance at ordinary and special Council meetings by Councillors)
Indicator Measure (a) Participation (businesses actively participate in Council funded business development activities) Participation in business development activities (percentage of businesses with an ABN in the municipality that participate in at least one Council business development activity) (b) Service Standard (business development activities are delivered as planned) Delivery of planned Council business development activities (percentage of planned Council business development activities that are delivered) (c) Service cost (economic development activities are delivered in a cost-efficient way) Cost of economic development service (direct cost to Council in providing economic development services per business with an ABN in the municipality)
Cost of kerbside recyclables bin collection service (direct cost of the kerbside recyclables collection service per kerbside recyclables collection bin) Indicator Measure (d) Waste diversion (the amount of waste diverted from landfill is maximised) Kerbside collection waste diverted from landfill (percentage of garbage, recyclables and green organics collected from kerbside bins that is diverted from landfill)
(a) Service standard (pool facilities are inspected by a qualified officer) Health inspections of pool facilities (the number of environmental health officer inspections carried out per pool facility) Reportable safety incidents at pool facilities (number of WorkSafe reportable pool safety incidents) (b) Service cost (the provision of pool facilities is undertaken in a cost-efficient manner) Cost of indoor pool facilities (the direct cost to Council less any income received of providing indoor pool facilities per visit) Cost of outdoor pool facilities (the direct cost to Council less any income received of providing outdoor pool facilities per visit) (c) Utilisation are safe, accessible and well utilised) Utilisation of pool facilities (the number of visits to pool facilities per head of municipal population)
10 Home and Community Care Indicator Measure (a) Timeliness (HACC services are provided to eligible clients in a timely manner) Time taken to commence the HACC service (the average number of days it has taken for a new client to commence the HACC service) (b) Service Standard (HACC services are provided in accordance with the Community Common Care Standards) Compliance with Community Care Common Standards (percentage of Community Care Common Standards expected outcomes met)
Indicator Measure Satisfaction (Councils make and implement decisions in the best interests of the community) Satisfaction with Council decisions (community satisfaction rating out of 100 with how Council has performed in making decisions in the interest of the community) 2 Statutory Planning Indicator Measure Decision making (planning application processing and decisions are consistent with the local planning scheme) Council planning decisions upheld at VCAT (percentage of planning application decisions subject to review by VCAT and that were upheld in favour of the Council)
3 Economic Development Indicator Measure Economic activity (economic development activities support stimulation of local economic activity) Change in number of businesses (percentage change in the number of businesses with an ABN in the municipality) 4 Indicator Measure Satisfaction (the sealed local road network is maintained and renewed to ensure that it is safe and efficient) Satisfaction with sealed local roads (community satisfaction rating out of 100 with how Council has performed on the condition of sealed local roads)
5 Libraries Indicator Measure Participation (print and digital based resources are free, accessible and well utilised) Active library members (percentage of the municipal population that are active library members) 6 Waste Collection Indicator Measure Waste diversion (the amount of waste diverted from landfill is maximised) Kerbside collection waste diverted from landfill (percentage of garbage, recyclables and green organics collected from kerbside bins that is diverted from landfill) 7 Pool Facilities Indicator Measure
(a) and borrowings (the level of interest bearing loans and borrowings is appropriate to the size and nature of Council's activities) Loans and borrowings compared to rates (interest bearing loans and borrowings as a percentage of rate revenue) Loans and borrowings repayments compared to rates (interest and principal repayments on interest bearing loans and borrowings as a percentage of rate revenue) (b) Indebtedness (the of long term liabilities is appropriate to the size and nature of a Council's activities) Non-current liabilities compared to own source revenue (non-current liabilities as a percentage of own-source revenue) (c) renewal (assets are renewed as planned) Asset renewal compared to depreciation (asset renewal expenditure as a percentage of depreciation)