The Orange Property Market is Open for inspection this weekend
Welcome.
I attended the Orange City Council meeting at Bowen Public School Hall on Tuesday 18th February, and the Future City Strategy presentation beforehand.
In my columns – How to get the Best Out of Our Councils – I have lamented the fact that it seems that our three local councils do not seem to undertake Community or Customer Satisfaction Surveys, so I thought I would give some examples of the useful information that can be gained.
Most of us would be aware of the damage that falling trees or tree limbs can do. We’ve all seen a fallen tree or tree branch at one time or another during our lives, just last week I was driving down Woodward Street and saw a branch fall from a tree just missing a passing car
Over recent months through this column, I have received quite a lot of feedback. It seems that people have enjoyed what I have had to say while also discovering some of the inner workings of Council.
It is important for me to remember how different Australian local government is from local government in England and Wales, because of the differences in autonomy, however, I still believe that NSW councils can demonstrate better leadership and gain more community trust than at present to get closer to realising their potential. We saw how important local councils were to local communities when forced amalgamations were proposed.
A Council’s Resourcing Strategy is an important element of its Integrated Planning and Reporting framework as a long-term strategy to achieve the objectives established by the Community Strategic Plan for which Council is responsible.
In last week’s column I said that I would write about how Councils should be accountable to their communities through their Integrated Planning and Reporting framework.
Council Annual Reports have recently been published. They contain a wealth of information, and I will write a few columns about what they tell us about our councils as part of the series – How to Get the Best Out of Our Councils.
David Waddell became Orange City Council’s Chief Executive Officer in September 2019 and I asked him if he would set out his vision for Orange City, which he was pleased to do.
Council Annual Reports have recently been published. They contain wealth of information, and I will write a few columns about what they tell us about our councils as part of the series – How to Get the Best Out of Our Councils.
2019 is going out with a bang at Peter Fisher with some recent listings selling for amazing prices after only being on the market for a day or two
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about What is Good Governance? I advise on good governance in my business and it has become good practice to evaluate the performance of a Board at least every two years.
