Taking elected members

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• Taking elected members
• and
• senior managers
• with
• us

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Difficult issues last time

• For new councillors it was too soon to make long
  term decisions.
• much to learn, steep learning curve

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Difficult issues last time contd

• For councillors and staff, thinking about levels
  of service instead of outputs/inputs
• meant focus on results, not busy-ness

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Difficult issues last time contd

• For councillors
• linking levels of funding to levels of service.
• means no rates change without service change
• means no election year bribes

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Difficult issues last time contd

• For councillors contd
• committing for 3 years without tinkering.
• changing from one-year budget mind-set
• year 2 and 3 budgets are firm commitments
• future changes only for unforeseen issues
• thinking about the LTCCP while still dealing with
  the Annual Plan.
• confusion
• information overload

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What worked well

• Frequent repeating what already told.
• Frequent reminding where at in process.
• - looking back, looking forward
• Reinforcing LGA requirements good practice, not
  just something extra to do.

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What worked really well

• Project manager with eye on ball, hand on tiller.
• Soft peddling on LTCCP until Annual Plan
  substantially out of way.
• A person to help write stuff in consistent, plain
  language (customer focused).

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What also worked really well

• Council committees for Groups of Activities
• ?Air / Energy ?Land / Waste
• ?Pests ? Coasts / Navigation Safety
• ?Water ?Democratic Process
• ?Regional land transport / Public Passenger
  transport
• ?Hazards / Emergency Management

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What also worked really well

• Benefits of committees
• new councillors up to speed quicker
• better understanding of levels of service and
  levels of funding
• better knowledge of output/input busy-ness
• A useful forum for discussion on trade-offs,
  priorities.

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This worked really well too

• A person assigned to Groups of Activities.
• ?Air ?Democratic Process
• ?Energy ?Navigation Safety
• ?Pests / Land ? Coasts
• ?Waste ? Emergency Management
• ?Water ?Hazards
• ?Regional land transport / Public Passenger
  Trans.

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This worked really well too

• Benefits of assigning a person
• a consistent process across organisation
• better liaison with senior managers
• better liaison with councillors
• more consistent input from managers