Council welcomes organisational review report

Councillors have welcomed the review from MartinJenkins and its recommendations that will help improve the management and governance of the Ka¯ piti Coast District Council, mayor K Gurunathan said.

“The independent review commissioned in 2019 was tasked with identifying where the council was performing well, and conversely, what needed to be improved. The review scope excluded individuals and instead focused on the organisation and governance.

“We encourage the public to read the full report available on the council website. The review identified that the council does a number of things well but that too often the achievements are not as well-known as they might be. However, the review also outlined a number of issues and made 29 recommendations covering areas where improvements can be made to lift the collective performance of council.”

The recommendations are broken into 10 themes:

■ Support council managers and staff in their decision-making, setting of priorities and managing workloads.

■ Ensure that the community understands why the council is planning and doing what it does.

■ Clarify and enable the respective roles between councillors, chief executive, council management and staff.

■ Foster a constructive relationship between councillors and council management and staff.

■ Leverage the opportunities that the community boards present.

■ Strengthen the partnership relationship with mana whenua.

■ Continue with fostering the values behind council’s Open for Business initiative to guide staff attitudes to service quality, but change the name.

■ Adopt a more strategic approach to workforce planning within the organisation (managers supported by organisational development).

■ Ensure the organization is resourced to support workforce planning and staff training and development.

■ Lift leaders’ and managers’ staff management skills where needed.

The full report and recommendations can be downloaded at https://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/your-council/ the-role-of-council/2019-independent-organisationalreview/