Decision details

To seek approval for a proposed response to the Productivity in Local Government request received by the Minister for Local Government in April 2024.

That the response attached at Appendix 2 to the report be approved for return by the Chief Executive.

The Minister for Local Government wrote to all public services and local authorities in April 2024 (Appendix 1 to the report) regarding productivity in local government. The purpose of the request was to gather information to understand what is working well, to identify gaps and to consider what is needed to unlock further opportunities.

We have prepared a response to the request. It follows the format requested of four pages covering the four key questions:

1.  How you have transformed the way you design and deliver services to make better use of resources.

2.  How you plan to take advantage of technology and make better use of data to improve decision making, service design and use of resources.

3.  Your plans to reduce wasteful spend within your organisation and systems.

4.  The barriers preventing progress that the Government can help to reduce or remove.

The full draft response is at Appendix 2 to the report.

This item was considered by the Climate Transition, Corporate and Environmental Services Policy Advisory Committee who noted the response.

1.  That further changes be made to the response at Appendix 2 to the report.

2.  To not agree the response.

These options were not selected as there were no comments on the contents of the letter from the Climate Transition, Corporate and Environmental Services Policy Advisory Committee.