Council to provide greater opportunities for community participation

August 13, 2021Posted in: Community

Wingecarribee Shire Council’s Interim Administrator Mr Viv May has adopted an amended Code of Meeting Practice in a bid to ensure more accessible, effective and efficient meetings of Council. Adopted at Wednesday 28 July’s Extraordinary Meeting of Council, the amended code reflects Council’s commitment to improving transparency and openness and transitioning towards a paperless office....

Community members sought for Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee

May 31, 2021Posted in: Community

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Wingecarribee Shire Council is calling for applications from interested community members to join its Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee. Three appropriately qualified external members are required to join the independent committee which will provide advice and assurance to the General Manager and governing body of Council on a range of matters. Areas that the committee...

Council’s Community Satisfaction Survey results in

November 21, 2017Posted in: Other

The results are in from Council’s most recent community satisfaction survey and while the report contained some positive results, General Manager Ann Prendergast has called for further improvements. “Just over three quarters of all residents surveyed were somewhat satisfied with the overall performance of Council,” she said. “While this statistic is encouraging we’d much prefer...

Council awards funds to 55 community projects

July 19, 2016Posted in: Community

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Community service providers along with sporting, cultural and health support groups are some of the community groups set to benefit from Wingecarribee Shire Council’s latest round of community grants and donations. Fifty five local community projects totalling $122,776 were allocated funding as part of the 2016/17 Wingecarribee Community Assistance Scheme. Projects to receive funding include:...