As an organisation, Blacktown City Council has:
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A current annual budget of $227 million
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Total assets of over $2 billion
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Over 1000 employees
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Ranked first amongst local government entities in the BRW Top 1000 for 2002
Blacktown City Council is debt free.
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Councils today play a critical role in the social, economic and environmental success of the local community. Community demands continue to grow in depth and breadth but the expectation is also that they will be satisfied with existing financial resources.
In order to achieve this, Blacktown City Council has recognised the need to have a strong and well structured Management Plan with a clear short and long term focus on the varied needs of the many stakeholders vying for Council’s human and financial resources.
Given the number of challenges at Blacktown, we need clearly defined strategies to deal with them. Management Planning is all about identifying challenges and then taking actions to address them. It is used to identify what we want to achieve and to ensure that all of our actions are contributing to this end. The Management Plan translates the strategy of Council into actions; it ensures that everyone has a framework within which to operate.
In development and planning, Blacktown City Council is in the forefront in the consideration and determination of development applications. In 2002/03, 4601 development applications were processed at a median time of 26 calendar days.For several years, Blacktown City Council has led all NSW Local Government areas in industrial land take-up reflecting strong performance in strategic planning to cater for long-term needs.
Blacktown City is one of only three local government organisations to make it onto the BRW’s Top 1000 Biggest Organisations within Australia - proof of the Council’s commitment to sound financial management.