It is resolved that:
(A)
Council note
the submissions received from the community on the exhibited suite of the 2021
Integrated Planning and Reporting documents as included in Attachment A to the
subject report;
(B)
Council adopt
the suite of the draft 2021 Integrated Planning and Reporting documents as
endorsed by Council on 17 May 2021, and as amended, including the Operational
Plan 2021/22 as shown at Attachment B to the subject report;
(C)
Council adopt
the draft Operating and Capital Budget, and future years' forward estimates,
reflected in the Operational Plan 2021/22 and Resourcing Strategy 2021, subject
to amendments in Attachment B to the subject report;
(D)
Council note
that the 2021/22 budgets include:
(i)
Operating
income of $624.5M, operating expenditure before depreciation of $514.5M for an
Operating Result of $110.0M, and a Net Operating Surplus of $27.3M after allowing
for interest income, depreciation and capital contributions;
(ii)
Capital Works
expenditure of $236.3M; including a capital contingency of $8.0M;
(iii)
Plant and
Assets net expenditure of $9.2M;
(iv)
Information/Technology/Digital
Capital Works of $18.3M; and
(v)
Net Property
Acquisitions of $131.9M;
(E)
Council adopt
the proposed Rating structure and policies, Domestic Waste Management Charges,
Stormwater Charges and User Fees and Charges reflected in the Operational Plan
2021/22, endorsed by Council on 17 May 2021, as set out in the body of the
subject report;
(F)
authority be
delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to approve the 2021 Resourcing
Strategy as exhibited, including relevant amendments to the Long Term Financial
Plan; and
(G)
authority be
delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to approve any minor editorial
corrections prior to publication and authorise the relevant staff to implement
any such corrections.
Carried unanimously.
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