At the recent Local Government Managers Australia National Congress in Darwin, Local Government FOCUS invited delegates to nominate a staff member or team from their council who is excelling in their professional field by improving their council’s operations and enhancing services for their community.
Similar to previous years, we received a range of quality entries and would like to thank all delegates who submitted nominations.
From the entries received, six staff members and six teams have been selected.
Over the next six months, FOCUS will showcase the winners, with one team and one individual featured in each edition, commencing in our July edition.
The 2009 winners, followed by their nominator, are listed below.
Council teams
- Dorrigo Maintenance Team at Bellingen Shire Council
(NSW) – Mike Colreavy, General Manager - Library staff at Denmark Shire Council (WA) – Dale
Stewart, CEO - Indigenous Team at Brisbane City Council (Qld) – Robyn
Currie, Black Diamonds Program Manager - Infrastructure Team at Bass Coast Shire Council (Vic) – Allan Bawden, CEO
- Community Safety Team, Leichardt Council (NSW) –
Erla Ronan, Manager Community Development and Social Planning - Professional Services Team, CouncilBIZ (NT) – Vicki
Wright, General Manager Individual staff members - Evonne Ewins, Director Community Services at Devonport
City Council (Tas) – Alderman Grant Goodwin - Deon Schumann, Parks Technical Officer at Port Augusta
City Council (SA) – Councillors Alan Morris and Tony Mitchell - Lisa Dent, Manager Human Resources at Capel Shire
Council (WA) – Paul Sheedy, CEO - Greg Flynn, Principal Planner at Gosford City Council
(NSW) – Councillor Jim Macfadyen - Lisa Desmond, Director Organisational Services at Fraser
Coast Regional Council (Qld) – Andrew Brien, CEO - Natalie Traeger, Manager Corporate Services at Coorong
District Council (SA) – Tim Drew, CEO
