Central Coast Council has been named a finalist in eight categories of the 2022 NSW Local Government Excellence Awards, with winners to be announced on May 26.
The Awards celebrate outstanding achievements across local government that promote innovation and improvement within the community.
Chief Executive Officer, David Farmer, said he was delighted Council has been recognised amongst best practice in local government.
“The recognition as award finalists is validation of the commitment we have had in building a new Corporate Affairs Directorate focused on improving systems and processes to deliver better service for our ratepayers and residents and driving economic initiatives to enable regional growth,” Farmer said.
“To be showcased as a top council in NSW and have our projects recognised at a state level is a wonderful achievement.”
Council Administrator, Rik Hart, congratulated staff on their “fantastic efforts”, in what has been a difficult operating environment.
“These nominations are testament to staff resilience, skills and their commitment to the community … to continue to deliver services and projects at such high standards,” he said.
“Council will continue to innovate in a financially responsible, sustainable and strategic manner as we progress the organisation’s recovery.”
The 2022 NSW Local Government Awards will be held on Thursday, May 26 at The Fullerton Hotel in Sydney.
Council has been named a finalist in the following categories:
- I&T for its Property and Rating Consolidation Project in the Partnerships and Collaboration category;
- Procurement for its role in the Hunter and Central Coast Councils Power Purchase Agreement, in the Partnerships and Collaboration category;
- Plant and Fleet for its Fleet and Driver Management Transformation project in the Innovative Leadership category;
- Tourism for its Love Central Coast project in the Special Project Initiative category;
- Economic Development and Property for the Terrigal Boardwalk in the Asset and Infrastructure over $1.5M category;
- Economic Development for the Central Coast Economic Development Strategy in the Supporting Local Enterprise category;
- Economic Development for the Central Coast Economic Recovery and Resilience Framework in the Special Project Initiative category; and
- Environment and Planning for the Little Tern Conservation Project 2021 in the Environmental Leadership category.
Source:
Media release, May 3
Central Coast Council
This has to be a joke…
They must surely have won way more than that after all the spending they have done.