PENINSULA LIVING JANUARY 2019
Northern Beaches Council
to double its executives
Councillor says it's costing ratepayers millions
A behind-closed-doors decision at a recent Northern Beaches Council meeting has resulted in an organisational restructure that increases the new CEO Ray Brownlee's deputies from three to six, costing ratepayers over $2 million a year.
Mayor Michael Regan says the more defined roles will help the council better meet Its structural goals, telling Peninsula Living, "We believe the new structure will better position Council to deliver the services and infrastructure that our community expects in a more timely and efficient way.
"Under the new organisational structure for Council, there will be six business units: Planning and Place, Community and Belonging, Corporate and Legal, Workforce and Technology, Transport and Assets, as well as Environment and Sustainability.
"While these organisational structural changes are important for the delivery of services and infrastructure to our community, they will have little to no Impact on most existing positions within Council, so will be able to be delivered within the current 2018/19 operations."
Independent Northern Beaches councillor Vincent De Luca OAM was the only councillor to vote against the increase in executive positions.
He says, "Our council now has a CEO who is paid more than most heads of state government departments, ministers, district court judges and magistrates.
To now double the next layer of bureaucracy to six directors with each on a salary range of $300,000 to nearly $400,000 is completely out of step with community expectations.
People in Pittwater are crying out that their services have been cut and Infrastructure neglected.
"This money for additional executives could have been spent on more footpaths, sportfields renewals, better roads, community services, infrastructure and rate reductions."
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MANLY DAILY 1 DECEMBER 2018
MANAGERS RE-APPLY FOR JOBS
MANLY DAILY, Saturday, December 1, 2018 Page 05
NORTHERN Beaches Council's three general managers will have to re-apply for their positions following a decision to change the organisation's staffing structure.
The changes mean the council's new chief executive officer, Ray Brownlee, will have the number of his deputies doubled from three to six.
It follows a confidential briefing at Tuesday's council meeting in which a majority of councillors voted for a new organisation structure "funded by recruitment savings".
The vote followed a motion passed in February to review council's senior management structure.
Mayor Michael Regan said it was a legislative requirement of all new councils.
The council has three general managers: Ben Taylor, David Kerr and Helen Lever.
The six Director positions will be recruited through a competitive process.
The change was criticised by Cr Vincent De Luca as a waste of ratepayer's money.
He said the average salary for each director would be in the $300,000 range — money that could be spent in infrastructure.
But Cr Regan said it would help the council better meet its strategic goals.
"Efficiencies continue to be made and we are on track to deliver and exceed the savings promised by our merger," Cr Regan said.
NORTHERN Beaches Council's three general managers will have to re-apply for their positions following a decision to change the organisation's staffing structure.
The changes mean the council's new chief executive officer, Ray Brownlee, will have the number of his deputies doubled from three to six.
It follows a confidential briefing at Tuesday's council meeting in which a majority of councillors voted for a new organisation structure "funded by recruitment savings".
The vote followed a motion passed in February to review council's senior management structure.
Mayor Michael Regan said it was a legislative requirement of all new councils.
The council has three general managers: Ben Taylor, David Kerr and Helen Lever.
The six Director positions will be recruited through a competitive process.
The change was criticised by Cr Vincent De Luca as a waste of ratepayer's money.
He said the average salary for each director would be in the $300,000 range — money that could be spent in infrastructure.
But Cr Regan said it would help the council better meet its strategic goals.
"Efficiencies continue to be made and we are on track to deliver and exceed the savings promised by our merger," Cr Regan said.
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John Engel Didn’t take long. The whole idea of merging the three councils was to cut costs. Won’t be long before it starts to balls things up like Warringah and Manly councils did.
Bill Bird What for. What will that achieve.
Dave Murray So much for the 'scale and capacity' argument. Why couldn't the three councils have remained independant and shared a few resources to save a few $? Once the state government sweeteners run out we will be back where we started except Pittwater has lost is autonomy.
Julie Hegarty Dave Murray 100% correct!! All that we feared and worse!!
Jeffrey Quinn We need Pittwater Council back
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