On 29 September Auckland Council's governing body adopted the group 2015/16 Annual Report.
During the last financial year, Auckland’s population grew by approximately 40,000. Many of the staff increases are in areas that respond to that growth, or make the council more efficient.
The construction boom means the council needs more people to process building and resource consents, plan for development and manage major infrastructure projects.
Consequently, the council increased frontline services, such as building and resource consents and licensing and compliance services, by 55 FTEs. However, through a reduction in back office staff, the net increase was 14.
Other increases included:
- in-housing of services at Watercare and Auckland Transport (29 FTEs)
- major initiatives including the World Master Games (16 FTEs) and AT Metro (10 FTEs)
- the government-required SuperGold card changes and the increase to 90 per cent of customers using HOP cards (26 FTEs)
- improved services and statutory requirements including new compliance with Health and Safety legislation requirements (11 FTEs)
- increasing revenue-generating activities at Regional Facilities Auckland (16 FTEs).
More information about the 2015/16 Annual Report can be found on OurAuckland or the Auckland Council website.
