Council has noted the City of Greater Geelong’s Annual Report for the 2022-23 financial year.
The report provides a detailed overview of the organisation’s work to achieve the strategic priorities of Council’s four-year Our Community Plan 2021-25 and performance against the annual budget.
The City’s $174.2 million investment into capital works projects such as new and upgraded buildings, swimming pools, parks, roads, footpaths and drainage is highlighted in the report.
The report showcases important strides being made towards ongoing environmental sustainability such as the rollout of energy efficient LED streetlights (14,000 residential streetlights replaced and 130 new lights installed) and reductions in operational carbon emissions (down 29 per cent).
The Annual Report provides not only details of Council’s strategic highlights, but also a snapshot of the varied work done by staff on a day-to-day basis to serve our growing community. During the last financial year, the City:
- Accepted 1.8 million visits to our leisure facilities;
- Repaired 6,068 potholes on sealed roads;
- Registered 44,079 dogs and cats;
- Hosted 16,000 attendees at youth programs;
- Issued $1.337 million worth of works permits;
- Attracted 11,740 unique visitors to our free public Wi-Fi service;
- Managed 400 playground spaces;
- Answered 162,826 calls made to Customer Service;
- Served 46,420 visitors at Customer Service Centres; and
- Hosted 97,788 people on our online Have Your Say platform.
