Section 17A service reviews – what we have learned…
October 2016
In August we passed the 12 month countdown for when the first round of Section 17A service delivery reviews are required to be completed under the Local Government Act…how on track are you?
Closed landfill provisions – will you be setting aside the right amount?
October 2016
As part of their long term budgeting processes, councils decide how much money to put aside for the monitoring and maintenance of their closed landfills. This money is accounted for as a provision in ...
An opportunity for regional strategic plans
September 2016
Regional collaboration and partnering with the state are foundational platforms of the NSW Government’s proposal to establish Joint Organisations (JO). The Background Paper: Joint Organisations Toward...
Automating council improvement plans and service reviews
September 2016
Morrison Low is pleased to announce the release of its new electronic process to capture service improvements and seamlessly model these improvements against Councils’ Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP) ...
It may be shovel ready, but is your project funding ready?
September 2016
It is common for councils to have a list of capital projects which they are unable to fund only from their own budget, and for which external funding is vital for their achievement. These projects ar...
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...
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...