Council Efficiency & Innovation

Wyndham Smart City, Improving Council Efficiency & Productivity
  • Improve Council's productivity by adopting new & high technology.
  • Improve Council's communication with the community.
  • Better budget spending transparency. Better explanation and presentation of the budget allocation through easy to understand reports.

During the 2016-2020 council term:

  • Initiated one of the first Smart City portfolios in local government in Australia
  • Adopted Wyndham's first-ever award-winning Smart City Strategy
  • Smart City project WynLens won the 2017 National Award for Excellence in Local Government.
  • Other Smart City projects, eg: IoT Network, Smart Parks, Smart Bins, Smart Car Parking, Smart Sports Field Planning, Monitoring & Management, Transport Data Analytics
  • Citizen dashboards: Capital Works Dashboard, Tree Plant Dashboard, myWyndham Services Dashboard, Report an Issue Web App
  • Started building a more efficient councillor request dashboard
  • IT & ERP System Upgrade: $6m invested in the technology to improve productivity and to support our organisation to be flexible & responsible in times of uncertainty to ensure that services continue to be delivered uninterrupted in 2020/21 alone
  • Lighting the West: To date, the Council has invested $8.4 million in this program, with the Federal Government contributing $1.5 million. Over the 2019/20 financial year, Council upgraded 1500 streetlights across the municipality. The program will see:
    • Council reducing greenhouse gas output by 2,600 tonnes annually.
    • Saving Council approximately $13 million over 20 years.
    • Improving community safety
  • First time Council officially supported GovHack event at Wyndham in 2017
  • The first-ever Wynnovation started in 2018 and had the first-ever pitch competition in early 2020
  • Started the Large Scale Solar project
  • Motion adopted to improve land use around train stations
  • Established Small Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship Fund
  • Innovate to Excelerate Business Growth Program at Wyndham

Photo Gallery

  • 2020 Ordinary meeting in council chamber with social distance

    2020 Ordinary meeting in council chamber with social distance

  • 2020 Avalon Airport had the first direct flight from Bali

    2020 Avalon Airport had the first direct flight from Bali

  • 2020 Discussing local community issues with local residents

    2020 Discussing local community issues with local residents

  • 2020 Point Cook skate park expansion complete

    2020 Point Cook skate park expansion complete

  • 2020 Council wrote to Minister for Education regarding Williams Landing school

    2020 Council wrote to Minister for Education regarding Williams Landing school

  • 2020 We need more canopy trees to increase our canopy covering

    2020 We need more canopy trees to increase our canopy covering

  • 2020 Council had its first-ever outdoor ordinary council meeting due to COVID-19

    2020 Council had its first-ever outdoor ordinary council meeting due to COVID-19

  • 2020 Support local community event

    2020 Support local community event

  • 2020 Support local community event

    2020 Support local community event

  • 2020 Thanks to our local firefighters for their great contribution for fighting the bush fire late last year

    2020 Thanks to our local firefighters for their great contribution for fighting the bush fire late last year

  • 2020 Learning City portfolio meeting

    2020 Learning City portfolio meeting

  • 2020 Future Focused Economy portfolio meeting

    2020 Future Focused Economy portfolio meeting

  • 2020 Australian Day citizenship ceremony

    2020 Australian Day citizenship ceremony

  • 2019 Support youth development program

    2019 Support youth development program

  • 2019 Support Western United FC

    2019 Support Western United FC

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