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

  • 2019 Chairing Smart City Portfolio committee meeting

    2019 Chairing Smart City Portfolio committee meeting

  • 2019 More investment, more local jobs

    2019 More investment, more local jobs

  • 2019 Supporting Children and Young Family

    2019 Supporting Children and Young Family

  • 2019 Truganina Dohertys Creek P-9 College start class

    2019 Truganina Dohertys Creek P-9 College start class

  • 2019 Building Blocks Program is a great community development initiative started by council. Both Walter and myself participated in this great program.

    2019 Building Blocks Program is a great community development initiative started by council. Both Walter and myself participated in this great program.

  • 2019 Discuss local community issues with local residents.

    2019 Discuss local community issues with local residents.

  • 2018 Target HQ complete. More jobs, better economy.

    2018 Target HQ complete. More jobs, better economy.

  • 2018 Avalon Airport International Terminal completed

    2018 Avalon Airport International Terminal completed

  • 2018 Sanctuary Lakes Christmas Carols. Thanks to all the organisers and volunteers.

    2018 Sanctuary Lakes Christmas Carols. Thanks to all the organisers and volunteers.

  • 2018 Sanctuary Lakes Christmas Carols. Thanks to all the organisers and volunteers.

    2018 Sanctuary Lakes Christmas Carols. Thanks to all the organisers and volunteers.

  • 2018 Supporting local community event

    2018 Supporting local community event

  • 2018 Speaking at Wyndham Tech School. I am a strong supporter for better education in the west.

    2018 Speaking at Wyndham Tech School. I am a strong supporter for better education in the west.

  • 2018 Supporting young entrepreneurs

    2018 Supporting young entrepreneurs

  • 2018, Wyndham chess tournaments

    2018, Wyndham chess tournaments

  • 2018, Truganina East Integrated Learning Centre construction start

    2018, Truganina East Integrated Learning Centre construction start

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