General News
5 December, 2022
Progress noted on plan
The Central Goldfields Shire Council has noted an update on the more than 130 actions listed in its 2022-23 Action Plan, with a number of items listed as not currently progressing. At last month’s ordinary meeting of council, councillors moved to...
The Central Goldfields Shire Council has noted an update on the more than 130 actions listed in its 2022-23 Action Plan, with a number of items listed as not currently progressing.
At last month’s ordinary meeting of council, councillors moved to note a progress report on the 2022-23 Action Plan, which details the progress of all the organisation’s current 132 projects.
According to the report tabled to council, there are 132 actions identified in the plan with 17 actions focused on advocacy, while 115 are new and ongoing activities.
The report states 95 of these projects are currently in progress, with six completed, 30 not due to start and one not progressing.
Actions not due to start include the implementation of council’s Disability Action Plan, which is due to commence soon, according to the report, as well as implementing major upgrades to the Maryborough Heritage Outdoor Pool Complex and reviewing and updating the councillor code of conduct and transparency policy, which are expected to be underway soon.
The report outlines support of the Maryborough Volunteer Resource Centre to strengthen volunteering within the municipality is not progressing, but notes council’s coordinator events and volunteer development attends regular committee meetings.
In moving the motion to note the report, councillor Chris Meddows-Taylor said the document highlighted the breadth of services council supports and delivers.
“There is a wise saying that in business, stick to the knitting — if only that were possible for local government, it would make life a lot easier,” he said.
“This is not possible however because we have over 40 service areas and something like 130 actions that come from those service areas.
“We have those because we provide services for our community, services that are needed, wanted and expected.
“What this report shows is the progress that we make — there are 132 items we are actually progressing and our staff work incredibly hard to provide these services to the community.
“This is a fantastic achievement that reflects so well on the CEO and staff and quite frankly, without doing these actions, council activities would be meaningless.”
Among the items listed as complete are applying for funding to assist moving events into a low waste outcome, seeking funding to plan the Bristol Hill Urban Bike Park and the continuation of upgrades to Phillips Gardens.
Speaking during the meeting, councillor Liesbeth Long said the scope of projects being undertaken by council showed the effort staff put in.
“I’m always in awe of how many projects we have going at once and I get a real buzz out of seeing them start to ultimately get green lights,” she said.