Paul Sparks

The Waverley Council area is located in the inner eastern suburbs of Sydney. Waverley Council covers nine square kilometers along Sydney's eastern suburbs of Bronte, Tamarama and Bondi, north to Dover Heights and Rose Bay, west to Queens Park, Bondi Junction and Charing Cross, and south to Bronte. Waverley has a population in excess of 75,000 people with a very high population density including many high profile tourist locations including Bondi beach which is one of the most visited tourist destinations in Australia. In the past two years Waverley was part of the eastern suburbs council amalgamations plan of the NSW state government however in late 2017 this plan was abandoned by the Liberal government and Waverley will remain a stand-a-lone council for the foreseeable future.  

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Position:      Executive Manager, Department – Clean and Attractive

August 2015 - December 2018:

This position was responsible for the operations of the city services within Waverley including;

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• Domestics and Commercial Waste recovery,

• Parks and Gardens management,

• Tree and Arboreal services,

• Beach and Coastal services,

• Civil Construction,

• Assets and Road Maintenance,

• Public Place cleaning,

• Graffiti removal,

• Cemeteries,

• Mechanical Workshops,

• Stores and Logistics.  

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During most of my tenure at Waverley most of my focus has been on the amalgamation process with strategic planning work with my counterparts in the Woollahra and Randwick councils preparing the city services of a one council delivery model.   

 

My department of Clean and Attractive has a  full time in-house staffing level  of +250 with an annual operational budget in excess of $36m OpEx and also covers an extensive annual Capex budget also. 

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This department accounts for over one third of councils’ total employees and is the largest single budget area within council.