It is resolved that:
(A)
Council endorse the suite of Integrated Planning
and Reporting documents for public exhibition for a period of 28 days,
including:
(i)
the draft Delivery Program 2022 - 2026 as shown
at Attachment A to the subject report;
(ii)
the draft Operational Plan 2022/23 as shown at
Attachment B to the subject report; and
(iii)
the draft Resourcing Strategy 2022 as shown at
Attachment C to the subject report;
(B)
Council endorse the draft Operating and Capital Budget, and future
years’ forward estimates, as reflected in the Operational Plan 2022/2023 and
draft Resourcing Strategy (2022) including:
(i)
Operating income of $651.1M, operating
expenditure before depreciation of $530.1M for an Operating Result of $121.0M,
and a Net Surplus of $77.1M after allowing for interest, depreciation and
capital contributions;
(ii)
Capital Works expenditure of $202.1M and a
capital works contingency of $10.0M;
(iii)
Plant and Assets net expenditure of $19.9M
including Information Technology Capital Works of $7.0M; and
(iv)
Net Property Acquisitions of $147.8M;
(C)
Council note that the main financial schedules
presented as part of the Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP), included in the
Resourcing Strategy, assume that the Independent Pricing and Regulatory
Tribunal (IPART) will grant the City a permanent general rates increase of 2.5
per cent for 2022/23 and future years;
(D)
Council note that the additional financial
schedules presented in the Long Term Financial Plan include an alternate
scenario showing the impact of an temporary one year increase of 2.5 per cent
just for 2022/23, and a further alternate scenario showing the impact of no
increase above the 1.4 per cent increase initially determined by the
Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) for 2022/23;
(E)
Council note that all fees associated with
footway dining are proposed to be set at zero dollars for the 2022/23 financial
year;
(F)
authority be delegated to the Chief Executive
Officer to extend the temporary provisions of the Outdoor Dining Guidelines,
noting a full update to the Outdoor Dining Policy, Outdoor Dining Guidelines
and Display of Goods on the Footway Local Approvals Policy will be reported for
public exhibition;
(G)
authority be delegated to the Chief Executive
Officer to extend existing footway approvals to cover the notification and
assessment period where the operator has lodged a new footway application prior
to 30 June 2022;
(H)
Council endorse Domestic Waste Management
Charges, Stormwater Charges and User Fees and Charges discussed within the
subject report and included within the draft Operational Plan 2022/23;
(I)
authority be delegated to the Chief Executive
Officer to approve any minor editorial corrections prior to publication for
public exhibition and authorise the relevant staff to implement any such
corrections;
(J)
Council note that:
(i)
the City is providing a $5.7 million expanded
renovation of the Pyrmont Community Centre that was initially costed at $3.03
million but subsequently expanded at the request of the Pyrmont Community,
which is anticipated to take approximately 18 months to complete;
(ii)
City staff will continue to work in consultation
with the community to ensure that current programs and activities delivered at
Pyrmont Community Centre, with the exception of the Pyrmont Outside School
Hours Care (OSHC) service, can be accommodated at Maybanke and Ultimo Community
Centres during the upgrade;
(iii)
City staff who currently work at Pyrmont
Community Centre, including the Pyrmont Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)
service, will be temporarily relocated to Maybanke and Ultimo Community
Centres, as well as other community centres where required during the
renovation period. No staff will be stood down. The City has an ongoing
commitment to continue to provide high quality programming and services from
the significantly improved space when it reopens;
(iv)
Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) services can
only be provided at a site approved to operate under the Education and Care
Services National Regulations and therefore, the Pyrmont Outside School Hours
Care (OSHC) service must relocate to the Ultimo Outside School Hours Care
(OSHC) service at Ultimo Community Centre, or families may choose to use the
on-site Outside School Hours Care Service (OSHC) at Ultimo Primary School for
the duration of the upgrade;
(v)
the City will consider providing a bus from
Pyrmont to Ultimo Community Centre on an as needs basis to cater for members of
the community who find it difficult to access the centre by walking or using
public transport, noting that bus and light rail services are available from
John Street Square, approximately 90 metres, or a one-minute walk, from Pyrmont
Community Centre;
(vi)
during the Pyrmont Community Centre temporary
closure, the City will continue to monitor community service needs in the area,
work to address any additional requirements, and will consider hiring
additional spaces in Pyrmont if available and necessary;
(vii)
such hire would be through contingency funding,
as it has not been included in the draft 2022/23 budget; and
(viii)
should such hire go beyond what would be
considered reasonable for contingency funding, a report to Council will be
required.
Carried unanimously.
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