On the right course
September 2016
Auckland Council has resolved a series of inter-connected issues by working with consultants Morrison Low to create a set of stormwater project identification guidelines. The guidance document was dev...
Review of Official Information Act Processes and Management
July 2016
Morrison Low was recently commissioned to undertake a review of a large government agency’s Official Information Act (OIA) processes and management. This high profile agency was concerned to understa...
Is the Library brand really as strong as it needs to be….?
Community
July 2016
Is the library brand really as strong as it needs to be to survive and to thrive?I put this to a room of librarians a few weeks ago in a slightly more challenging way and thankfully they didn’t throw ...
Roads Benchmarking Program for 2016/17 Kicks Off
June 2016
The Yardstick Roads Benchmarking Program for 2016/17 is now open for new and existing members, with the 2015/16 results showing a significant variation in costs between metropolitan and rural councils...
Webinar on Council Mergers
June 2016
In NSW we are ‘half merged’. Some councils are now into the second month of the operation of their new organisations, others still face uncertainty about their future and still others are unaffected. ...
New Asset Ratio - Not Helpful
June 2016
There have been some significant changes in infrastructure reporting this year, with an updated Special Schedule 7 (SS7). The changes include the introduction of a new ratio – ‘cost to bring assets to...
Project Management Frameworks in Local Government
June 2016
The recent round of mergers in NSW has again reinforced the importance of adopting a project management approach to time bound, complex, multidisciplinary projects. Morrison Low has assisted a number ...
Breaking News
June 2016
Morrison Low was recently commissioned by the New Zealand Transport Agency to complete a review of Wellington City Council’s Urban Cycleways Programme. The review drew on national and international be...
What does effective collaboration really look like?
June 2016
In short, if it feels easy then it’s probably not collaborationCollaboration is part of a continuum of inter-organisational networking. The continuum includes other approaches such as coordination and...
New Joint CCO for the Waikato Sub-Region
June 2016
Section 17A analysis and the probable direction of the proposed legislative amendments to the Local Government Act 2002 give a focus to joint working arrangements and CCOs. We were interested to refle...