Council approves structural review to drive efficiencies
Date published: 26 April 2016
The Townsville City Council’s management structure will be reviewed to achieve efficiencies and a sharper focus on front line services, Mayor Cr Jenny Hill said today.
Today’s first full meeting of the new council authorised the council to work through the Local Government Association of Queensland to engage consultants to conduct the review.
Cr Hill said the review was in line with her commitment to find budget savings and operational efficiencies, and keep rates low.
“We need to ensure that the council is running a tight ship at a time when our community is facing financial hardship,” Cr Hill said.
“Getting the fundamentals right is the key to delivering good, efficient services to our community and that starts with making sure front line services come first.
“This will be the first full review of the council’s top and middle management structure since the initial restructure that occurred after amalgamation just over eight years ago.
“The management structure across the organisation will be put under the microscope to determine where operational efficiencies and savings can be achieved.
“A review of this nature needs to be based on independent expert advice and for that reason the council will engage appropriate consultants with the oversight of the LGAQ.”
Today’s council resolution authorises council to utilise the LGAQ to seek three tenders for the organisational review.
