Introduction Council’s Resourcing Strategy has been prepared to support the delivery of Maitland +10, our Community Strategic Plan, through identifying the financial, workforce, and asset management needs and capacity of Council.
MAITLAND +10 Maitland +10 is our community’s strategic plan. This plan captures our community’s vision for the future of our local government area with a ten year outlook. Informed by extensive community engagement, the plan identifies a number of goals and strategies for reaching the community’s vision. It acknowledges that a number of different groups play a role in achieving these goals including the State and Federal Governments, businesses, community groups and individual citizens.
DELIVERY PROGRAM / OPERATIONAL PLAN Council’s role in supporting the achievement of the goals within Maitland +10 is identified within its Delivery Program. The Delivery Program details the services we provide and the outcomes we are aiming to achieve over the next four years. The Delivery Program is underpinned by annual Operational Plans that list the actions we will take within a given financial year to progress toward achieving each outcome. The Operational Plan includes a budget, capital works program, fees and charges and rating structure.
Resourcing Strategy Resourcing Strategy clearly articulates how council will implement and resource the vision contained within the community strategic plan. The three elements of the Resourcing Strategy are:
LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLAN We project our financial resources over a ten year period within a Long Term Financial Plan. This plan is reviewed and updated annually within our Delivery Program and details our projected income and expenditure, our planning assumptions and the factors that are most likely to impact service delivery. It considers our asset management, workforce and technology needs and our goals for delivering Maitland +10, and is one of the ways we monitor our performance to achieve financial sustainability
ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGY In line with our financial projections, we forecast our asset management needs over a ten year period through the development of an Asset Management Strategy. This strategy supports Council’s adopted Asset Management Policy, projects long term asset maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement costs, and guides the development of Asset Management Plans that focus on individual asset types, such as roads, buildings and recreational spaces.
WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT PLAN To support the delivery of our organisational objectives now and into the future, the Workforce Management Plan guides the integration and alignment of our human resources to ensure we have the right people in the right place at the right time. It identifies the challenges facing the organisation in shaping our future workforce and opportunities to support the achievement of our goals through our workforce.
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