Comparative Information on New South Wales Local Government Councils 1996/1997

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Id	Section Title	Page
FOREWORD	by the Minister for Local Government	3
SECTION 1	SUMMARY OF RESULTS	5
1.1	Significant Aspects	5
1.2	NSW Results for 1996/97	5
SECTION 2	INTRODUCTION	11
2.1	Accountability To The Community	11
2.2	Independent Pricing And Regulatory Tribunal	11
2.3	Suggestions	12
SECTION 3	ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE	13
3.1	Data Collection	13
3.2	Classification of Councils	13
3.3	Making Comparisons	13
3.4	Charts and Tables	14
3.5	Explanations	14
SECTION 4	KEY PERFORMANCE INFORMATION - 1994/95, 1995/96 & 1996/97	15
4.1	Financial & Corporate	15
4.2	Library Services	22
4.3	Domestic Waste Management & Recycling Services	25
4.4	Sewerage Services	30
4.5	Water Supply Services	33
4.6	Planning & Regulatory Services	36
4.7	Environmental Management & Health Services	53
4.8	Recreation & Leisure Services	54
4.9	Community Services	55
APPENDICES
Section Id	Section Title	Page
APPENDIX 1	KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS - Tables for 1994/95, 1995/96 and 1996/97	57
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	(a) FINANCIAL & CORPORATE
	Average Rate per Residential Assessment	58
	Sources of Total Revenue	62
	Current Ratio	70
	Debt Service Ratio	74
	Number of Equivalent Full Time Staff	78
	(b) LIBRARY SERVICES
	Operating Expenses per Capita	82
	Issues per Capita	86
	(c) DOMESTIC WASTE & RECYCLING SERVICES
	Average Charge for Domestic Waste Management Services per Residentail Property	90
	Costs per Service for Domestic Waste Collection	94
	Recyclables - Kilograms per Capita per Annum (KCA)	98
	Domestic Waste - Kilograms per Capita per Annum (KCA)	102
	(e) SEWERAGE SERVICES
	Sewerage Average Account ($ per connection)	106
	Sewerage Operating Costs ($ per connection)	110
	(f) WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
	Water Average Account ($ per connection)	114
	Water Operating Costs ($ per connection)	118
	(g) PLANNING & REGULATORY SERVICES
	Number of Building Applications (BAs) Determined	122
	Number of Development Applications (DAs) Determined	126
	Mean Time in Calendar Days for DAs	130
	Mean Time in Calendar Days for BAs	134
	Median Time in Calendar Days for DAs	138
	Median Time in Calendar Days for BAs	142
	Legal Expenses to Total Planning & Regulatory Costs	146
	(h) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT & HEALTH SERVICES
	Environmental Management & Health Expenses per Capita	150
	(i) RECREATION & LEISURE SERVICES
	Net Recreation & Leisure Expenses per Capita	154
	(j) COMMUNITY SERVICES
	Community Services Expenses per Capita	158
APPENDIX 2	PROFILE OF COUNCILS	163
APPENDIX 3	AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLASIFICATION SYSTEM	169
APPENDIX 4	GROUPING OF COUNCILS FOR 1996/97 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE	171

CAUTION: questions and definitions of some questions do change from time to time. Councils can and do make alterations to their data that appears in the following years publications. Therefore, CAUTION must be exercised with any comparative analysis.