Vision 2020 Update August 2019

#7 Risk Management At the core of modern approaches to successful risk management is the need to define and understand an organisation’s “risk appetite”; how much risk the council is willing to take in its operations. Interim Administrator Greg Chemello said council should have no appetite for any risk when it came to the safety of the Ipswich community or council staff. “Council should ensure that its workforce is provided with the equipment, procedures and skills needed to undertake their work for the Ipswich community safely,” he said. At the opposite end of the spectrum, council should have a reasonable appetite for risk when it comes to the supporting of event grants to community groups. “We should always be prepared for some of these events to be successful and others not so successful, so our risk appetite would be higher in this area than it would be when assessing potential safety risks.” Ipswichfirst.com.au/mission-to-make-ipswich-city- council-an-ideal-model-of-local-government #10 Fraud and Corruption Control Fraud and corruption within local government – and Ipswich City Council in particular – has certainly grabbed the headlines in the last 18 to 24 months. It was behind the decision of the State Government to remove Ipswich councillors and introduce Interim Administrator Greg Chemello last year to get council back on track before the next elections in March 2020. One of the 18 transformational projects is focused on the review of fraud and corruption, decision-making and integrity within council, which is certainly crucial to restore public confidence in Ipswich City Council and the new elected officials. This project is closely aligned with another, "review and implement the risk management framework", and will include a review of the draft amended Fraud and Corruption Plan circulated in May 2018. Ipswichfirst.com.au/taking-steps-to-protect-council- from-fraud-and-corruption

#13 Return to Elected Representation While each and every project is significant, individually and collectively, the return of councillors to Ipswich City Council is perhaps one of the most important upcoming events. This project is focused on the city's return to elected representation and how it applies to council and potential councillors moving forward. An education campaign targeting the community on the role of a councillor, and indeed a council, will be undertaken, and a program created to support potential and elected representatives which will include comprehensive pre-election briefings, a full training and induction program for successful candidates, a new support framework for councillors, and a toolkit that will address all potential issues and situations a new councillor may face. It is expected the field of candidates could be quite large next March given this will be a rare opportunity for people to seek to represent the interests of Ipswich residents with the benefit of a raft of reformed local governance policies and procedures in place. Ipswichfirst.com.au/future-ipswich-councillors-will- face-new-induction-regime

Business Transformation Project 13 team

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