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

  • 2018, Young Scientist of Wyndham Contest

    2018, Young Scientist of Wyndham Contest

  • 2018, GovHack Wyndham

    2018, GovHack Wyndham

  • 2018, Wyndham Learning Festival

    2018, Wyndham Learning Festival

  • 2018, More investment, more local jobs

    2018, More investment, more local jobs

  • 2018, Supporting Western United for a new A-League license

    2018, Supporting Western United for a new A-League license

  • 2018, Chairing Smart City Portfolio committee meeting

    2018, Chairing Smart City Portfolio committee meeting

  • 2018, Support Avalon to become Victoria's second International Airport.

    2018, Support Avalon to become Victoria's second International Airport.

  • 2018, Williams Landing sports pavilion construction start

    2018, Williams Landing sports pavilion construction start

  • 2017 Wyndham Learning City Portfolio Meeting

    2017 Wyndham Learning City Portfolio Meeting

  • Dec 2017, it's great the state government announced the Growing Suburbs Fund. We still need more investment in infrastructure to catch up with the fast growing population.

    Dec 2017, it's great the state government announced the Growing Suburbs Fund. We still need more investment in infrastructure to catch up with the fast growing population.

  • Nov 2017, supporting I Love Kinder campaign to fight for more funding to our kindergarten services.

    Nov 2017, supporting I Love Kinder campaign to fight for more funding to our kindergarten services.

  • Nov 2017, supporting small local businesses

    Nov 2017, supporting small local businesses

  • Sep 2017, team Wyndham working hard on weekend.

    Sep 2017, team Wyndham working hard on weekend.

  • Aug 2017, participate in community tree planting event.

    Aug 2017, participate in community tree planting event.

  • July 2017, for the first time GovHack event was officially hosted by council.

    July 2017, for the first time GovHack event was officially hosted by council.

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