THE fate of Guyra Shire Council now rests with an independent panel, after the deadline for lodging their “Fit for the Future” submissions passed on June 30.
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Guyra Shire Council has submitted a Rural Council proposal to be ‘Fit For the Future".
The process required councils across NSW to demonstrate how they can become stronger and more effective, delivering services to the community in the most sustainable and efficient way into the future.
All proposals will be uploaded to IPART’s website. The Tribunal invites comments from ratepayers and other stakeholders for the next four weeks, until Friday, July 31.
IPART will deliver its assessment of each proposal to the Minister for Local Government by 16 October, 2015.
IPART Chairman, Dr Peter Boxall, said the Tribunal would consider any relevant issues raised during the public submission period when making its decisions about each council’s status as ‘fit’ or ‘not fit’ according to the review criteria.
“IPART’s assessment methodology is publicly available and is the result of extensive consultation with local government and the community and our own expertise in this field,” he said.
“We will be following a transparent process based on our published methodology as we assess each proposal against the Fit for the Future criteria.”
Dr Boxall said IPART’s experience, analytical capabilities and consultative processes meant the Tribunal was well placed to undertake the assessments of whether the councils are fit, not fit or deemed not fit.
A copy of the assessment methodology and information about IPART’s approach and timetable and Fit for the Future Fact Sheet are available at www.ipart.nsw.gov.au .
