annual report - City of Bayswater

Competitive Neutrality
(under the CPA)
Competitive neutrality addresses
potential advantages or
disadvantages that public
enterprises may have compared
with businesses operating in the
private sector.
The City of Bayswater has declared
the following services which fall
within the definition of the CPA to
open market competition (open
tendering):
1. The provision of waste
collection services including
recycling and green waste
has been contracted to
Cleanaway and is subject to
continuous review.
2. The management of the
Morley Sport and Recreation
Centre and the Alma Venville
Recreation Centre is contracted
to YMCA.
3. Private contractors have been
appointed to manage the
Embleton Public Golf Course
and the Maylands Peninsula
Public Golf Course.
4. The management of the
residential aged care facilities
such as the City of Bayswater
Hostel, Carramar Hostel,
the independent living units,
Salisbury Retreat and Noranda
Retreat facilities are all
managed by Uniting Church
Homes under a contract
which was subject to a
tender process.
Compliance with the
State Records Act 2000
Records Services manages the
records of the City, in keeping with
legal requirements. During 2008‐09
more than 82,800 incoming
and outgoing documents were
recorded, representing an increase
of more than 22 percent on the
previous year.
The City of Bayswater
Recordkeeping Plan was approved
on 30 August 2004 and is to be
reviewed by 30 August 2009.
All new City employees undertake
a compulsory induction training
session for the City’s document
management system. The induction
addresses employee responsibilities
in regard to their compliance with
the Recordkeeping Plan, policy and
procedures. After the initial induction
training in the City’s document
management system, follow up
training sessions are conducted to
ensure the City’s staff understand
their record keeping responsibilities
and are abiding by procedures
and policy.
Register of minor breaches
The City of Bayswater is required
to maintain a register of complaints
of minor breaches, consistent
with Section 5.121 of the Local
Government Act (as amended),
and to disclose those complaints in
the Annual Report. There were no
complaints received in 2008-09.
Disclosure of annual
salaries
Legislative amendments included
the insertion of regulation 19B
into the Local Government
(Administration) Regulations 1986.
Regulation 19B requires that the
Annual Report of a local government
for a financial year is to contain
information on the number of
employees of the local government
entitled to an annual salary of
$100,000 or more and the number
of employees with an annual salary
entitlement that falls within each
band of $10,000 over $100,000.
Salary range
2008-09 number of employees
$100,000 - $109,000 -
$110,000 - $119,999 -
$120,000 - $129,000 3
$130,000 - $139,999 1
$140,000 - $149,999 -
$150,000 - $159,999 1
$160,000 - $169,999 -
$170,000 - $179,999 -
$180,000 - $189,999 -
Autumn River Festival
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