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

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  • 2019 Support local community sports event

    2019 Support local community sports event

  • 2019 Support local community sports event

    2019 Support local community sports event

  • 2019 Support local community sports event

    2019 Support local community sports event

  • 2019 Support local residents' campaign for new bus routes

    2019 Support local residents' campaign for new bus routes

  • 2019 Great to see local park opened to the residents

    2019 Great to see local park opened to the residents

  • 2019 Williams Landing sports pavilion officially opened

    2019 Williams Landing sports pavilion officially opened

  • 2019 Support local WynBus project. Thanks to our passionate local residents.

    2019 Support local WynBus project. Thanks to our passionate local residents.

  • 2019 Supporting local business event

    2019 Supporting local business event

  • 2019 Wyndham chess tournament

    2019 Wyndham chess tournament

  • 2019 Wyndham's first-ever Smart City Strategy won award

    2019 Wyndham's first-ever Smart City Strategy won award

  • 2019 Woolworths Fresh Distribution Centre start construction

    2019 Woolworths Fresh Distribution Centre start construction

  • 2019 Supporting local community on Williams Landing school issue

    2019 Supporting local community on Williams Landing school issue

  • 2019 Wyndham started testing Smart BBQ in parks

    2019 Wyndham started testing Smart BBQ in parks

  • 2019 Supporting local sports clubs

    2019 Supporting local sports clubs

  • 2019 State government announced Hoppers Crossing Level crossing will be removed by 2022

    2019 State government announced Hoppers Crossing Level crossing will be removed by 2022

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