Council News #105 - July 30 2016

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Council News Issue No: 105

WAGGA WAGGA CITY COUNCIL

FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 30 JULY 2016

Weekly information from us to you New medical specialists on the way   Story inside

PARTNERSHIP: Signing a new three-year Heads of Agreement between the Riverina Medical Specialist Recruitment & Retention Committee and the City of Wagga Wagga are Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Rod Kendall, Committee Chair Nick Stephenson and Calvary Chief Executive Officer Robin Haberecht.

‘Community and collaboration’

New structure focused on accountability and service delivery “Working as one for the community” is the central theme behind the City of Wagga Wagga’s new organisational structure. The new structure will take effect on 3 October, with the five current Directorates and General Manager’s section removed

and four new Sectors created – Governance, Community, Financial and Commercial. “Services, facilities and projects that have a social benefit fall under the Community Sector, while the Commercial Sector is about taking a more business-like approach to our operations,” General Manager Alan Eldridge said. “The Governance Sector will ensure organisational accountability and the Financial Sector is to integrate financial

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accountability and planning across the organisation. “This is a more collaborative approach than the traditional Directorate model, is less bureaucratic and makes accountability and planning a priority across Council.” Following its adoption at the July Ordinary Council meeting on Monday evening, staff have been informed of how the new structure will work and any impact on their role.

Twenty positions have been effected by the change, five of which were already vacant. There will be a total reduction of 10 full time equivalent (FTE) positions overall, with options for impacted staff including redundancy, suitable redeployment and applying for newly created positions. “Change is always challenging, but this change is necessary and is focused on how we operate as an organisation and serve our community,” Mr Eldridge said.

“The impact on frontline staff has been minimal, so service delivery will not be affected. “The past year has been a challenging period for Council and we’re now moving forward. “Once the structure is operational, we will start looking more closely at our processes to further improve how we deliver services.”

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