Comparative Information on New South Wales Local Government Councils 1998/1999

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The material contained in this publication is based upon information drawn from a variety of sources. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication, the Division of Local Government expressly disclaims any liability to any person in respect of anything done or not done as a result of the contents of the publication or the data provided.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Id	Section Title	Page
FOREWORD		3
SECTION 1	SUMMARY OF RESULTS	4
1.1	Significant Aspects	4
1.2	Summary of NSW Results for 1998/99	9
SECTION 2	INTRODUCTION	11
2.1	Accountability to the Community	11
2.2	Data Collection	11
2.3	Suggestions	11
2.4	Electronic Version of this Publication	11
SECTION 3	ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE	12
3.1	Profile of Councils	12
3.2	Classification of Councils	12
3.3	Making Comparisons	12
3.4	Charts and Tables	12
3.5	Explanations	13
SECTION 4	KEY PERFORMANCE INFORMATION - 1996/97, 1997/98 and 1998/99	14
4.1	Financial and Corporate	14
4.2	Library Services	27
4.3	Domestic Waste Management and Recycling Services	31
4.4	Sewerage Services	38
4.5	Water Supply Services	42
4.6	Planning and Development Services	46
4.7	Environmental Management and Health Services	54
4.8	Recreation and Leisure Services	56
4.9	Community Services	58
	APPENDICES	60
APPENDIX 1	Key Performance Indicators - 1996/97, 1997/98 and 1998/99, Tables	60
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	(a) FINANCIAL &CORPORATE
	Average Rate per Residential Assessment	62
	Sources of Total Revenue	66
	Current Ratio	74
	Debt Service Ratio	78
	Outstanding Rates, Charges and Fees	82
	Percentage Movement in Rates & Annual Charges Revenue from Previous Year	86
	Percentage Movement in User Charges & Fees Revenue from Previous Year	90
	Number of Equivalent Full Time Staff	94
	(b) LIBRARY SERVICES
	Operating Expenses per Capita	98
	Issues per Capita	102
	(c) DOMESTIC WASTE &RECYCLING SERVICES
	Average Charge for Domestic Waste Management Services per Residentail Property	106
	Costs per Service for Domestic Waste Collection	110
	Recyclables - Kilograms per Capita per Annum (KCA)	114
	Domestic Waste - Kilograms per Capita per Annum (KCA)	118
	(e) SEWERAGE SERVICES
	Sewerage Average Account ($ per connection)	122
	Sewerage Operating Costs ($ per connection)	126
	(f) WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
	Water Average Account ($ per connection)	130
	Water Operating Costs ($ per connection)	134
	(g) PLANNING &DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
	Number of Development Applications (DAs) Determined	138
	Mean Time in Calendar Days for DAs	142
	Median Time in Calendar Days for DAs	146
	Legal Expenses to Total Planning and Development Costs	150
	(h) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT & HEALTH SERVICES
	Environmental Management & Health Expenses per Capita	154
	(i) RECREATION & LEISURE SERVICES
	Net Recreation & Leisure Expenses per Capita	158
	(j) COMMUNITY SERVICES
	Community Services Expenses per Capita	162
APPENDIX 2	List of New South Wales Local Government Councils	166
APPENDIX 3	Profile of Councils	168
APPENDIX 4	Australian Local Government Classification System	174
APPENDIX 5	Groupings of Councils for 1998/99 Comparative Performance	175

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The source data used to compile the Key Performance Indicators in the 1998/99 publication of Comparative Information on NSW Councils is available. For example, the Average Rate per Residential Assessment for each council is calculated by dividing the Total Residential Rates Revenue for that council by the Number of Rateable Residential Properties in that council area. This source data is available for each Key Performance Indicator.

Right-click here to download the data. The data is contained in an Excel 97 workbook. It is presented in 3 sheets labelled "1998-99 DATA", "1997-98 DATA", and "1996-97 DATA" respectively. Within each sheet, data is arranged with one row for each performance indicator (ie. including component items used to calculate the indicator where applicable). The data is sorted in alphabetical order by council name.