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Notice is hereby given under Roads Act 1993 Number 33 Part 9 Division 4 for temporary disruption/road closure to traffic along the following road...
PROPOSED YANCO SOLAR FARM **Community Information Session** A proposal has been put forward to develop a commercial scale solar farm located roug...
Jackie commenced as General Manager of Leeton Shire Council in August 2015. Jackie came to the Riverina from Tamworth where she held the position of Director Planning and Community Services.
Her formal qualifications are in natural resource management (BSc Forestry/Conservation) and a Masters in Environmental Education.
Prior to moving to Australia from NZ in 2012, Jackie was herself a councillor for 8 years with Invercargill City Council, including serving as Deputy Mayor in her final term. She considers this to have been an excellent opportunity to understand the important interface played by a GM between the elected Council and the administration staff.
Jackie is strongly focussed on results and making sure these are communicated openly both internally with staff/councillors and externally with Leeton Shire residents. She works very closely with Council's Communications, Corporate Planning and Economic Development staff.
Jackie and her husband, Graeme, love living in Leeton and are impressed by the area's agricultural prowess - from primary production through to value adding manufacturing industries. They have two adult children who visit from time to time.
The Director of Corporate and Community is responsible for the following functions:
Financial Services, Human Resources, Information Technology, Records, Customer Service/Administration, Community Development, Culture, Library, Economic Development, Governance, Purchasing, Property, WHS, Integrated Planning and Reporting. Craig is also responsible for ensuring compliance with the Office of Local Government requirements in respect of Financial Reports, Annual Reports, Development of Policies and Codes as well as functions under the Local Government Act 1993.
Craig has worked in both the private and public sectors and has over 20 years’ experience working in local government across a wide variety of roles within Corporate and Community divisions of Councils. He was the Manager of Finance at Griffith City Council early on in his career before moving on to a more senior role as Corporate Services Director for Cessnock Council. Craig was most recently the Manager of Governance and Council Support at Woollahra Municipal Council in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.
Craig brings with him extensive experience in financial management, corporate planning, governance, business improvement, customer service, risk management and commercial operations.
He is a fully qualified Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) and also holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from the University of Tasmania.
Chris Watson commence in the role of Interim Director Environment and Engineering in late June 2018.
Chris knows local government in NSW inside out and is a very experienced senior executive, having held directorships since 1980 and the position of General Manager at Rockdale City Council from 2002 until when he retired in 2011 to run his own consultancy business.
Chris’ leadership roles also extended to being president of the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA) and IPWEA NSW- roles that often saw him engaging with regional and rural Councils whose innovation he has always admired given the financial constraints we often face compared to Councils with large ratepayer bases. Chris is obviously passionate about LG as he continues as Chairman of Trustees for the Municipal Engineering Foundation.
As we enter a busy season of capital works programs and potential discussions with community about service levels and possible SRVs, Chris’ knowledge and skills about asset management planning and contracting will be extremely beneficial to Council.
As a previous GM Chris has also lived and breathed organisation culture and successfully rolled out business excellence and continuous improvement programmes at Rockdale.
Chris is looking forward to supporting Council, Senior Management and the whole Environment and Engineering team.
