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Vision: Weskus the caring centre for innovation and excellence
Mission: Promote drivers of change, by leading well-co-ordinated and innovative initiatives to achieve sustainable and integrated development of West Coast.
Objectives:
Care for the social well-being, safety & health of all our communities
Promote regional economic growth and tourism
Co-ordinate and Promote the development of bulk and essential services and transport infrastructure
Foster sound relationships with all stakeholders, especially local Municipalities
Maintain Financial Viability and Good Governance
District Service Delivery Focus:
The functions assigned to District municipalities as per section 84 of the Municipal Structures Act will be taken into account during the next review and/or amendment cycle, however, particular emphasis will be placed of the below external focus areas
District service delivery focus
Focus Area 1 - Water Management-Storage of water
Description
Facilitating Underground Water Storage to ensure sustainable water provision.
Linkage to restoring the social fabric theme
The absence of water to households and/or business will be detrimental. Appropriate storage facilities are to be built to ensure water security and allay fear by business to retrench. In the event of increased unemployment, the economy and sustainability of all partaking in the value chain will have lasting consequences and increased crimes.
Focus Area 2 - Waste Management
Description
Providing regional landfill site for Cederberg and Matzikama Municipality.
Linkage to restoring the social fabric theme
The appropriate management and rehabilitation of a landfill site is crucial. This will further allow for the value chain to be derived from waste materials.
Waste management is deemed to be an environmental crisis and through this, the opportunities to better households and educating the citizens on waste streams will likely have a reduction in waste to landfill and perhaps a secondary economy to be established.
Focus Area 3 - ICT Connectivity
Description
Providing satisfactory connectivity to the West Coast District area by means of satellite technology.
Linkage to restoring the social fabric theme
There is a high dependency on connectivity and the need for uninterrupted business processes or account management. Whilst the incumbents at the main office have the benefit to access the municipal suit of programs etc. the outside offices experience challenges which add to the inefficient manner in which certain processes are been dealt with. The first priority will be to give equal access to the outside offices to the suit of products and secondly to allow for areas connectivity from our municipal owned network.
Focus Area 4 - Fire Fighting
Description
Relook the correct operating model in line with legislation.
Linkage to restoring the social fabric theme
Rendering and efficient and effective service to the residents is essential without duplicating servicing costs. The value to be derived can be captured through community interventions / partnerships and by allowing education, training and possible employment opportunities in much needed areas which is isolated from main towns.
Focus Area 5 - System assistance including mSCOA (financial & non-financial)
Description
Negotiating to provide service on behalf of B-municipalities where experiencing system and/or capacity problems.
Linkage to restoring the social fabric theme
mSCOA has been a challenging implementation program/project yet allowed for closer collaboration and the possibilities to be of assistance and thus reducing implementation costs (which is to be subsidized by the account holders) to the respective partnering local municipalities. In essence, the value spend need to triple in value towards stakeholders.
Focus Area 6 - Energy – facilitation of green energy
Description
Reduce carbon and optimise infrastructure. Considering energy generation for own consumption towards the IRR plan.
Linkage to restoring the social fabric theme
The costs of conventional energy generation and the increases thereof is not sustainable. The focus on green energy which will give benefit to the property owner as well as that of the municipal owned network will be of great benefit for a longer and sustained period.
The opportunities through possible reduction of costs and deriving value through implementation can only be of benefit to the broader citizen base.
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