1. Myths,Reality &OpportunitiesTony BrunChief Executive Officer, City of Greater GeraldtonExecutive & Engineer with a focus onSustainability, Infrastructure, Planning andCommunities@tonybrun

2. Dealing with the reality and not myths.Facts facilitate thedelivery of visions and creation of a lasting legacy. 3. Myth:The City is overlydependant on rates 4. Myth:The City is notfocused on its assets 5. Reality:Were addressing the problem Depreciation vs Asset Renewal Expenditure16,000,000Renewal Expend - Total14,000,000Depreciation12,000,000Renewal Expend - Cash10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,0000 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 6. Myth:The Citys rates aredouble equivalentlocal governments 7. Myth:The Citys spent allthe additional rateson operations 8. Myth:The City staff hasdoubled sinceamalgamation in2007 9. Reality:the increase hasnt been dramatic 10. and staffing is below industry1200standard ratios Staff vs Rates Collected1000 800 600 400City of Greater Geraldton 200 0 0 20,000,000 40,000,000 60,000,000 80,000,000100,000,000 120,000,000 11. ..and this one1200 Staff vs Operating Budget1000 800 600 400City of Greater Geraldton 200 0 0 50,000,000 100,000,000150,000,000200,000,000 12. Myth(S):The CEO has:-- the highest pay in WA- got a $70k bonus- wages linked to rates 13. Reality:The CEO has:-- Salary guided by the WA Salaries & Allowancetribunal with - Greater Geraldton as Band 1- Entitled to a Salary Package range of $273,043 to$376,327- Actual package is $279,180 (or the bottom 15thpercentile of the allowable range) - It is noted that 28% of the CEOs in WA LocalGovernment receive over the Salaries & AllowanceTribunals maximum recommended range. 14. Reality in Delivery 15. International Exposure to 500 million global viewers Estimated 20 Million marketing exposure value Recognition with global cities as partners Alignment with high value global corporate leaders $50k investment plus $200k grants 16. Activating City Centrevibrancy - New locationand modern GeraldtonLibrary including WIFIlounge for tourists andvisiting business Improving Security -Investing and delivering$1M CCTV Network Connecting thecommunity - Soon to beopened Digital Hub 17. $3.2 millioninvestmentImprovedmulti-userfacilitiesdeveloped inconjunctionwith thegroundmanagementcommittee. 18. $3 million expansion ofterminal and new securityfacilitiesGrant funding from State andCommonwealth GovernmentExperienced a 29% increasein traffic since deregulation. 19. Projects underway 20. $4.5m investmentMajor transformationof intersection withtraffic signalisationGrant fundedthrough Royalties forRegion, BlackSpotfunds. 21. - $13.83 m investment- $11.2m in grants- 4 elements- Eastern Breakwater- Sound Shell- Restoring Railway Station- Merry go Round Precinct 22. $28m investment$23m in grantsRoad construction- Verita Road- Columbus St extension- Ackland-Abraham LinkPower, Water & Sewer trunkWill facilitate over $500mworth of development overthe next decade. 23. AIRPORT TECHNOLOGY PARK Proposed City Operations Depot SiteOpportunity fortechnology andresource sector trainingdevelopmentsProposed Potential air servicesHotel/Motel site and international standard pilot trainingPlanning for parallel2,700m runway capableof taking A380 Airbus 24. And finallythe Opportunities 25. Emerging giant?.....Shale GasEstimated 50 trillion cubic feet in north PerthbasinIn Gladstone equivalent reserves have leadto over $100 billion ofinvestment at theirPortThis may provide apotential alternatesource of investmentand development atOakajee Industry Park 26. NBN ConnectedGeraldton POI will serviceapproximately 25% of Australianlandmass. It covers Australiasprincipal resources centres anda vast array of indigenous andremote communities. 27. Leveraging off TechnologyOnly Australian city selected in 2012USD400,000 in-kind grantGlobal leaders team in Geraldton now!Digital Local Government, Digital Hubsand Digital Economy successful inreceiving $1.2 million grant 28. Walkaway WindfarmCreating acarbon neutralresources andindustry regionGreenough River Solar 29. Centre of theUniverseSKA will offeropportunitiesforconstruction, maintenance, operations & research 30. Connecting the worldCity of Greater Geraldtons policy to the WA and Australian Government tocreate an international logistics hub now aligned and supporting the PortsLinkframework by WA Government. 31. Further InformationSpecific reports can be found on theCity of Greater Geraldton www.cgg.wa.gov.auGeraldton Opportunitieswww.geraldtonopportunities.com.au2029 websitewww.2029andbeyond.com.au CivicEvolution www.2029.civicevolution.orgFacebookReinhard Mohn Videowww.linkedin.com/groups/Geraldtons-video-Reinhard-Mohn-Prize- 2718371.S.4404586Big Ideas Festival and OPEN YOUR EYES Festival 2011 http://vimeo.com/29234808