Volume 1 is split into five sections:
Section 1: Our city
This section includes an overview of the city’s history, our population, economy, location, and our environment.
Section 2: Our leaders and strategic direction
This section outlines our Strategic Direction - our vision, our strategic outcomes, and the role Council plays, along with an introduction of our Mayor, Councillors, and Executive Team.
Section 3: Summary of our year
This section includes summaries of our performance, including some challenges and highlights of the 2022/23 year, and an overview of our core business.
Section 4: Our performance in detail
This section is our Statement of Service Performance and describes in detail how we performed in each of the Council’s seven strategic activity areas and our Council-controlled organisations. Each activity area includes an overview of the activities from the year, and a summary of financial information and performance measures.
Section 5: Our Council and organisation
This section describes the Council’s democratic and corporate governance arrangements and presents information relating to our elected members, committees, groups and business units, organisational structure and staff.