Planning, Governance and Capital Projects

Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council needed to modernize the way they developed, tracked, and reported on their Local Government plans.

Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council

Location

56 Sawmill Rd, Yarrabah QLD 4871

1,681Km (1,044 Mi) from the QLD Statecapital city of Brisbane.

Population

Approximatley 2,600 residents

Land Coverage

158.8 SQ KM

About

This is the journey of Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council and how they have revolutionized the way they plan and report. Read how using our Local Government Framework© combined with Cascade Strategy software and our Training and Development Program for department managers, addresses integrated planning and reporting, governance, risk, and compliance.

Yarrabah Shire lies to the East of Cairns and by road is placed approx. 60kilometresfrom Cairns CBD. The coastline runs east from False Cape around Mission Bay, pastCape Grafton and Kings Point and then south to Palmer Point.

The Challenge

Local Government Planning encompasses a multitude of planning documents. When managed through Word, Excel, or aged softawre systems the key challenges are in:

Overlapping plans
Duplication of data entry
Structure and alignment
The ability to keep actions current and progress updated
A role-based system that can adapt to key personnel changes that is common in a regional setting.

Products we implemented

Local Government Framework©

Our Framework provides a structure and set of principles and practices to assist municipalities/councils to better appreciate the high performance as a dynamic system: high-performance governance, high-performance organisation and high-performance groups and individuals.

Cascade Strategy

Cascade Strategy software is an ideal product for Local Government when combined with our Local Government Framework©. It provides a structure and set of principles and practices to assist agencies to better appreciate the high performance as a dynamic system from one central database location.

Training & Development

Our monthly training program with managers helps develop their planning & reporting skills. This assists with engagement, reduces anxiety and ensures planning and reporting is complete and accurate.

Key Results & Deliverables

Cascade Strategy software is an ideal software product for Local Government when combined with our Local Government Framework©.

Key functionality includes multiple plans, unlimited planning levels, plan linkages, single planning page for managers, strategy model, planning templates and update templates, with ease of integration.

Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council have been able to implement integrated planning & reporting for: strategic plans, operational plans, service levels, capital projects, project management and governance plans.

We deliver a monthly training program with managers to help develop their planning & reporting skills. This assists with engagement, reduces anxiety and ensures planning and reporting is complete and accurate.

Plans listed in Cascase:

Yarrabah Council Operations Plan
Works & Infrastructure including Capital Projects
Project Manager Reports to track the status of significant projects in
drinking water, sewerage, waste management & recycling and animal
management plan
HR Department Plan
Audit findings, internal and external

Departments:

Works & infrastructure
Community Services
Corporate Services
HR Risk & Regulations, Policy and Governance

The Pathyway ahead

GovernmentFrameworks.com looks forward to continuing their association with Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council, implementing for executive and managers further areas of our Local Government Framework for a comprehensive Corporate Performance Management (CPM) Solution.

GovernmentFrameworks.com is an LG specialist implementation partner for Cascade Strategy who have developed a seamlessly integrated suite of tools for running your entire council. From strategic planning to performance management, Cascade includes all the tools you need to build an empowered, cohesive, andefficient organization with srategy at its heart. In 2018, Cascade signed up its 1,000th paying company, representing over 25,000 users across more than 60 different countries.

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