"The role of the Burdekin Shire Council is to strive to make the Burdekin district the best rural community in Australia in which to live."
Values
How we achieve our mission is as important as the mission itself. Fundamental to success for the Council are these basic values.
- Commitment to the Organisation
- a commitment by Councillors, management and employees to achieving the objectives of the Council.
- Openness, Honesty and Trust
- to provide an organisational culture that expects openness, honesty and trust and engenders these principles in its work with the community.
- Best Practice, Productivity, Innovation and Continual Learning
- a commitment to ongoing development of skills and knowledge of Councillors, management and employees to deliver outcomes underpinned by continuous improvement, best practice and innovation.
- Teamwork
- to recognise the importance of maintaining a stable work environment in which Councillors, management and employees work constructively together in a spirit of teamwork, trust and loyalty.
- Customer Focus
- to recognise and value the importance of our customers and to deliver excellence in services provided to both our external and internal customers.
- Community Awareness and Wellbeing
- to respond to the realistic and prioritised needs of the community and to embrace the principles of community wellbeing linked to ecological sustainable development and regard resource management as resource stewardship for the future, to help build an integrated, accessible community.
- Fairness, Equity and Ethical Behaviour
- to recognise that fairness, equity and ethical behaviour should underpin all decisions made by Council, management and employees in dealings with internal and external customers and is based on respect for others.
- Valuing People
- to recognise our ratepayers, citizens and employees as our greatest asset and to value their contribution and commitment to the Burdekin Shire.