Speech 10 - "A Vision moves to a Reality (2003)

 

A VISION MOVES TO A REALITY

(Speech written and delivered by Warren Maloney, as Mayor, on Thursday, 28th July 2003 to the newly appointed Hepburn Shire Rates Review Committee in the Daylesford Council Chamber)

 



THE Hepburn shire council has a vision. it has encapsulated its vision into 7 objectives –

 

1.      Develop collaborative, consultative communication processes, and Empower community leadership and partnerships, and

 

2.      Recognise the diversity of our communities and their aspirations; and

 

3.   Protect, improve, and enhance the natural and built environment; and

 

4.   Manage Council finances and resources to allow for positive change and development consistent with responsible governance; and

 

5.   Engage in a continuous professional development process to assist Councillors and Staff as Community Leaders; and

 

6.      Plan, Provide, Enable, Source, and Advocate on the range of services for the benefit of our Community; and

 

7.   Encourage sympathetic and sustainable economic development.

 

THE VISION ENCAPSULATED IN THESE 7 OBJECTIVES IS REALLY QUITE SIMPLE…………

 “TO ASSIST EACH OF THE 37 VILLAGES & TOWNS TO BE A COMMUNITY – A COMMUNITY THAT UNDERSTANDS ITS STRENGTHS, WORKS TOGETHER TO HANDLE ITS PROBLEMS, REFLECTS ITS SUSTAINABILITY AND WELCOMES ITS LONG-TERM VISION”

 

IT IS, I BELIEVE, PART OF WHAT WE ALL WANT AS WE LOOK OUTSIDE OUR FRONT GATES – WE WANT TO BE PART OF A VIBRANT, RESOURCEFUL, CARING, AND CHALLENGING COMMUNITY.

 

NEARLY ALL THE 37 LOCATIONS HAVE AT TIMES HAD SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS OF THE POLICY. THEY MAY HAVE BEEN OR are now STRONG, RESOURCEFUL, AND ECONOMICALLY REWARDING. BUT

·         NOT ALL OF THEM SOUGHT TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT LONG TERM VISIONS.

·          NOT ALL OF THEM SOUGHT TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES BY TRAINING AND EMPOWERING ON-GOING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

·          NOT ALL OF THEM WELCOMED CHANGE SO THAT THEY COULD ASSESS AND INTEGRATE CHANGE INTO THEIR SUSTAINABILITY.

 

WHERE DOES the rate REVIEW SIT WITH THIS POLICY?

 

is it not one of the means by which we CAN?

·         strengthen our communities

·         ensure their cultural diversity

·         ensure their economic sustainability

·         assist their environmental protection

·         stengthen their safety nets so that the aged, the disabled and the struggling families can be part of the community

 

DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE?

 

 

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