The KwaDukuza Municipality council chambers saw full council present in anticipation of the Budget Draft plan on Friday 18 March 2011.
Chief Financial Officer, Shamir Rajcoomar, keeping to his trademark got council going with his hysterical yet insightful jokes.
His detailed presentation included slides consisting of a wide array of graphs of every type showing year on year exponential growth.
The CFO’s introduction touched on the resilience of the KDM Finance department’s ability in handling the recession brought on by the global economic meltdown.
“Change is the only thing that is constant. The future will change and we must anticipate the change and plan for it otherwise failing to plan is planning to fail,” exclaimed Rajcoomar.
The graphs indicating total income, cash and investments and asset procurement indicated a very high exponential rate in terms of growth year on year since 2005. The prowess of these indicators left no doubts about KDM’s momentum going forward.
“By 2030, KwaDukuza shall be a vibrant city,” said an optimistic Rajcoomar.
The Budget Process Overview outlined KDM’s revenue and expenditure plans for the next three years in that it explained how funds will be spent ensuring delivery of sustainable services to the community, demonstrating KDM’s responsibility for the monies it receives and attempting to build a better life for all the people within KDM’s jurisdiction.
The Budget Driver segment saw the CFO highlight the following points keeping in line with the National Budget Review 2010 as it related to local government directives:
• Inculcate a performance culture, where people are held responsible for their actions, and
• Tackle corruption especially in the tender system.
“I advise council to take into account our suggestion of introducing new software that eliminates human intervention in terms of tender selection,” said a serious Rajcoomar.
“The draft budget is going back to the community. It belongs to the people,” said council chair, Councillor Baboo Singh before concluding the meeting.
The public are strongly advised to go to their respective councillors and see the actual draft or visit the KDM website to view or print the draft and participate in dialogue.
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