Decision details

It is resolved that:

(A)      Council note the submissions received from the community, and staff responses, on the exhibited suite of the Integrated planning and reporting documents as shown at Attachment C to the subject report;

(B)      Council note the proposed changes to the documents, including fees and charges, as incorporated within the operational plan and resourcing strategy, and set out in Attachment D to the subject report;

(C)      Council adopt the Operational Plan 2026/27, as shown at Attachment A to the subject report;

(D)      Council adopt the long term financial plan, asset management planning documents consisting of the asset management strategy (including the asset management policy) and the community asset management plan, community engagement strategy and community participation plan, and the information and technology strategy within the Resourcing Strategy 2026, as shown at Attachment A to the subject Information Relevant To memorandum;

(E)      Council endorse the people strategy (workforce management strategy) within the Resourcing Strategy 2026, as shown at Attachment A to the subject Information Relevant To memorandum;

(F)      Council adopt the draft operating and capital budgets and future years' forward estimates as reflected in the operational plan 2026/27 and resourcing strategy 2026 including:

(i)         Operating income of $776.4 million, operating expenditure before depreciation of $671.1 million for an operating result of $105.3 million, and a net result of $95.7 million after allowing for interest, depreciation and capital contributions;

(ii)        Capital works expenditure of $265.2 million and a capital works contingency of $8.0 million;

(iii)      Plant and assets net expenditure of $18.0 million;

(iv)      Capital works (technology and digital services) of $25.5 million; and

(v)       the updated Net property divestments of $115.6 million;

(G)      Council note a change in the Cash Flow Forecast in financial year 2026/27, including a change in the total cash balance at the beginning of the period from $801M in the Draft Operational Plan exhibited to $639M in the attached final Operational Plan and an associated change in property divestments figures. This is due to the delayed settlement of the 2018 Fig and Wattle property divestment from financial year 2025/26 to financial year 2026/27;

(H)      Council adopt the rates, domestic waste management charges, stormwater charges and user fees and charges included within the Operational Plan 2026/27; and

(I)        authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to make minor amendments for clarity or correction of drafting errors, and to finalise design, artwork and accessible formats for publication prior to publication.

The motion was carried on the following show of hands –

Ayes (9)          The Chair (the Lord Mayor), Councillors Arkins, Ellsmore, Gannon, Kok, Maxwell, Miller, Thompson and Worling

Noes (1)          Councillor Weldon*.

Carried.

*Note – Councillor Weldon abstained from voting on this matter. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 10.4 of the Code of Meeting Practice, Councillor Weldon is taken to have voted against the motion.

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