19:22 Mon 27 Oct 2008				REF:KSAYJPN1

TO:	Parents & Rate-payers		cc	NSW Government
						Australian Councils

Hi - Two issues in this email  

A     Council Electricity price hikes  
B     Volunteers recorded as 7 Budget Activities  

A 	COUNCIL ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKES  

"Pittwater Council is one of 34 NSW councils that have raised strong
objections to a proposed 67% increase in street lighting pricing by 
EnergyAustralia"  
Pittwater Council  

34 Councils will complain and EnergyAustralia will probably agree  
to a reduced 40% increase as the Federal or State Government will    
"come to the rescue" with some sort of Grant for Public Safety  

This appears to be option 4 (Voucher Model) of the "Inventing the  
Australian Model of Government"  

If the Street lights will be increased then the cost of Electricity 
for Sporting Fields will be increased.  

Hence is is this why Councils are increasing the Lux Standards because  
10% administration costs over $ 50 is much more than 10% of $5 ? 
  
B 	VOLUNTEERS AND COUNCIL BUDGETS  

Cr Vincent DE LUCA OAM kindly sent me this reply from Warringah  
Council about Volunteer Credits    

 Subject: NSW Residents working together  
> Dear Paul  
>    
> Thank you for your email of 25 September 2008.  
>    
> Upon receipt of your concerns, I referred the matter to Council 
> officers for advice.  
>    
> Mr John Warburton, Warringah Council's Director of Corporate Services 
> has responded as follows:  
>    
> "Warringah has high levels of volunteerism in local sports, community 
> and environment groups. This is already part of the local economy. Of  
> course, even more volunteers would be good.  
>    
> There is no feasible way that volunteer time could be offset against  
> financial products such as CDOs."  
>    
> I trust this information is of assistance for you.  
>    
> Cr Vincent De Luca OAM  
> Warringah Councillor for "A" Ward  

However if that is the case why are the Councils recording Volunteer time 
as an Income and Expenditure Activity  ?

Here is a link to the Mosman 2008/2009 Draft Estimates Budget Activity 
Summary and the current balances as at 30 Jun 2008  

The Mosman Council Budget records 7 Volunteer Activity Numbers in 12 
Council Programs  
                           
COUNCIL PROGRAMS  
A 	Council, Community & Communication  
B 	Resources & Asset Management  
C 	Urban Planning  
D 	Built Environment  
E 	Environmental Management & Health  
F 	Parks & recreation  
G	 Community Safety  
Page 	Activity No 		Description 		Income 	Expenditure  
11    	70202 		Volunteers    		  	0 		0    

H 	Community Services  
Page 	Activity No 		Description 		Income 	Expenditure  
11   	 80202 		Volunteers      		0 	57,846  

I 	Library & Information  
Page 	Activity No 		Description 		Income 	Expenditure  
13   	 90708 		Volunteers     	 		0 	 2,450  

J 	Cultural Development & Services  
Page 	Activity No 		Description 		Income 	Expenditure  
13   	100508 		Vols-Recruit,Support,Ack	0 	 2,675  

14 	100608 		Vols & Friends, Membership	0 	20,337  
14 	100708 		Vols-Recruit,Support,Ack 	0 		0  
14 	100821 		Vols-Recruit,Support,Ack 	0 		0  

Has your Council set up a Budget Activity Summary that records Volunteer 
Income & Expenditure ?  

If Councils have set up Volunteer Activity Budgets then let's record them 
as Local Community Assets      

NEXT STEPS  

We will prepare an on-line questionnaire so you can let us know what
you think about:

1 	Council Street light price hikes  

2 	Council Activity Budgets for Volunteers  

3 	A Local Community Volunteer Asset register  

In the meantime please email me your thoughts on these issues  

regards  



Paul JENKINS  				
Chair  
KIDS SAFE-AT-SPORT NETWORK [KSAS-Au]

E: paul.jenkins@ksas-au.net

T: {61} (2) 9953-7412