The New South Wales Local Government Excellence Awards were held on Thursday April 23 with over 300 attendees present to celebrate a night of professional recognition.
Local Government Professionals Australia NSW hosted the event with guests including the Hon. Paul Toole as well as the new Chief Executive from the Office of Local Government, Marcia Doheny and her colleagues, Steve Orr the Deputy Chief Executive and Corin Moffat the Manager of Innovation and Development.
The night also recognised LGMA members who had reached the milestone of over 50 years individual membership with the association, including a personal award presentation and recognition for Keith Davis, a member for 55 years.
NSW winners are now finalists in the running for the Australian Local Government Excellence Awards to be announced on May 1 at the LGMA National Congress in Darwin.
Broken Hill, who was the winner of Excellence in Leadership and Management, will be short-listed as a finalist in the Australian Local Government Excellence Awards under the category of Innovative Management Initiatives.
Lismore City Council, the winner of Partnership for Growth, will also attend the national awards in the Community Partnerships and Collaboration category.
The two NSW winners of the Next Gen Emerging Leader awards, Adama Kamara from Auburn City Council and Ben Ellison-Kubecka from Bankstown, will be vying for the Emerging Leader of the Year award.
Local Government Professionals Australia, NSW also undertook the Rural and Australasian Management Challenges this year and presented the winners with their awards at the dinner.
Winner of the Australasian Management Challenge in NSW, Marrickville Council, will go on to represent NSW in the final of the Australasian Management Challenge to be held in Melbourne on June 25 and 26 2015.
The full award winners are listed below.
Excellence In Age-Friendly Communities
Winner:
Bankstown City Council – Bankstown Community Restaurant
Excellence In Asset Management
Winner:
Lake Macquarie City Council – Asset Management is for Everyone: Whole-Of-Organisation Asset Custodianship
Excellence In Community Services
Highly Commended:
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council – 7 Big Ideas – Disability Strategy 2014 – 2018
Winner:
Marrickville Council – Marrickville South Fitness and Breakfast Club
Excellence In Diversity
Highly Commended:
Narrandera Shire Council – Wiradjuri Honour Wall
Winner:
Auburn City Council – Refugee Camp In My Neighbourhood
Excellence In Environmental Leadership And Sustainability Sponsored By Lg Super
Highly Commended:
Lismore City Council – The Dirty Dozen: 12 Rules For Your Recycling Bin
Tweed Shire Council – Supporting Private Land Conservation In The Tweed
Winner For Population Under 15 000:
Snowy River Shire Council – Snowy River Shire Green Team
Winner For Population Over 15 000:
Liverpool City Council – Liverpool Community Recycling Centre
Excellence In Leadership And Management
Winner:
Broken Hill City Council – Creating A Sustainable Change For Broken Hill
Excellence In Local Economic Contribution
Highly Commended:
Liverpool City Council – Building Our New City/Transformation Through Economic Development
Winner For Population Under 15 000:
Narrandera Shire Council – Nsw Local Government Aboriginal Network Conference
Winner For Population Over 15 000:
Bankstown City Council – Business Advisory Service
Excellence In Workforce Management
Highly Commended:
Port Stephens Council – Apprentice, Trainee And Cadet Strategy
Winner:
Warringah Council – Traineeship Academy
Next Gen Emerging Leader Sponsored By Sr Law
Auburn City Council: Adama Kamara, Community Projects Officer
Bankstown City Council: Ben Ellison-Kubecka, Coordinator Leisure And Aquatic Centres
Partnerships For Growth Sponsored By Pricewaterhousecoopers
Highly Commended:
Lake Macquarie City Council – Expanding Our Reach Through Partnerships
Winner
Lismore City Council – The Lismore Health Precinct Partnership – A Model In Best Practice
Special Project Initiative Sponsored By Civica
Highly Commended:
Waverley Council – Z2a Project – Abw Initiative
Wyong Shire Council – Community Enterprise Project
Winner For Population Under 15 000:
Lachlan Shire Council
Winner For Population Over 15 000:
Yass Valley Council – Yass Dam Upgrade
Rural Management Challenge
Winner:
Wollongong City Council
Australasian Management Challenge
Third Place:
Tweed Shire Council
Second Place:
Bankstown City Council
Winner:
Marrickville Council
