What is the Operational Plan?

    This Operational Plan outlines details of the services, facilities and infrastructure Council will provide to meet community priorities into the future and how much will be spent on these resources. This plan links directly to the 2011-2013 Delivery Program, Resourcing Strategy and Wingecarribee 2031+ our future our choice and should not be read in isolation.

    What services does Wingecarribee Shire Council provide?

    Direct services provided to the community:

    • Community Planning & Development
    • Library Services
    • Children’s Services
    • Community Facilities
    • Parks & Open Space Maintenance & Improvement
    • Community Regulation
    • Constructions & Maintenance of Infrastructure
    • Infrastructure Design & Support
    • Community & Corporate Buildings
    • Strategic Planning
    • Environmental Management
    • Water Management
    • Waste Management
    • Economic Development
    • Tourism
    • Entrepreneurial Business

    Services that support service delivery to the community:

    • Corporate Governance & Support
    • Corporate Strategy & Improvement
    • Financial Services
    • Organisational Development
    • Information Services
    • Community Engagement & Customer Services
    • Asset Management
    • Depot Administration & Fleet Management

    What assets does Council own and manage?

    Council has a significant number of assets under its care and control to provide safe and efficient services for the community within the shire. Council maintains, rehabilitates and upgrades $1.2billion worth of assets on behalf of the community.

    The Council provides?and manages the following built facilities and infrastructure:

    • Cemeteries (including fencing, pathways and garden beds)
    • Public Halls and Community Centres
    • Buildings for Rural Fire Service and Emergency Services, Fire Trails
    • Buildings for Libraries
    • Depots and Administration Buildings
    • Pools, parks and reserves, sportsgrounds, playing courts, skate parks, walking track and lookouts
    • Visitor Information Centre
    • Street furniture, litter bins, community notice boards, garden beds, public toilets
    • Guardrails, signs, marked crossings, round-a-bouts, pedestrian refuges
    • Roads (sealed and unsealed), footpaths, bridges, carparks, bus shelters
    • Kerb & gutter, pipes, pits, open channels, stormwater quality improvement devices
    • Resource Recovery management facility and equipment
    • Southern Regional Livestock Exchange
    • Water pumping stations, mains, treatments plants
    • Sewer pumping station, mains treatment plants

    How much is the Council planning to spend in 2012-2013 and where does it come from?

    In 2012/13 Council plans to spend $119 million on service delivery. This will be funded by:

    • Rates: $31.1 million
    • Annual Charges: $19.1 million
    • Use Charges & Fees: $19.9 million
    • Interest Received: $1.8 million
    • Grants: $8.8 million
    • Contributions $20.3 million
    • Other Operating Revenues: $924,178
    • Reserves: $2.6 million
    • Loan Funds: $15.5 million