Central Desert Regional Council 2016-17 Annual Report

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CDRC ANNUAL REPORT 2016–17

OUR SERVICES THE RANGE OF SERVICES OFFERED BY COUNCIL IN OUR NINE SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRES IS LISTED BELOW.

Service Delivery Summary ANMATJERE

ATITJERE

Population

477

224

154

Workforce

47

18

17

Distance from Alice Springs

ENGAWALA LAJAMANU

LARAMBA

NYIRRIPI

WILLOWRA

YUELAMU YUENDUMU

239

606

236

301

220

759

25

25

10

29

24

72

192

240

181

1298

203

454

337

280

290

Municipal Services

Essential Services (power, water and sewerage)

Airstrips

Animal Control

Outstations

Centrelink

Community Safety Patrol

Aged and Disability

Early Childhood

School Nutrition

Youth Sport and Recreation

Libraries

CDP

Waste Management

Post Office Agency

Family Mediation

Builder-trainer program

A

t present Council has a shortage of housing in many of its communities, including housing to accommodate CDP staff. As such, some staff are required to travel from Alice Springs on a weekly basis. With thanks to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, this issue is about to be alleviated slightly in two of Council’s nine communities. Council’s builder-trainer has been working with CDP participants in Willowra to assemble a three-bedroom flatpack house which is now complete. This initiative means fewer Council staff on the roads between communities, reduced operating costs, increased face-to-face contact time with job seekers and has facilitated on-the-job training for six CDP participants. A win-win scenario all round.

Kitchen and living space in the new CDP staff housing facility at Willowra.

A second house is being constructed in Ti Tree with seven job seekers. Unfortunately, a third builder-trainer house did not proceed due to a lack of suitable serviced lots and water in target communities.

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