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Progress report: Local Government Hands-on Support Plan for 2008/2009 North West Province. Presented by: The Provincial Treasury and Department of Local Government and Housing to the Select Committee on Finance 24 October 2008 Cape Town. Presentation structure.
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Progress report: Local Government Hands-on Support Plan for 2008/2009North West Province Presented by: The Provincial Treasury and Department of Local Government and Housing to the Select Committee on Finance 24 October 2008 Cape Town
Presentation structure • Background on NW Local Government Support Plan • Issues Raised by SCOF • The Support Plan • Progress on Support & Intervention Required • Conclusion
Background on NW approach to Hands-on Support Plan • NW DLGH conducted in depth assessment of all 25 municipalities from October 2007 until March 2008 • The assessment was based on the 5 year LGSA and focus was on the 5 KPAs • Outcome of assessments revealed that 11 out of the 25 municipalities require more hands-on support than the rest of the municipalities • Support programme developed for all municipalities, but detailed hands-on support developed for the 11 priority municipalities
Background on NW approach to Hands-on Support Plan • The hands-on support plan for the priority municipalities includes support required from DLGH and other sector departments • The support plan was communicated with all the targeted municipalities, SALGA NW, sectot depts at the Provincial MRE forum and Dev planning forum • The DBSA is a key strategic partner on the implementation of the plan • The hands-on support plan is fully reflected in the DLGH’s APP and partly in other sector departments • Implementation of the plan started in the last quarter of the 2007/8 financial year
ISSUES Raised by SCOF • Municipalities budget • Compliance with MFMA • Spending and performance on conditional grants • IGR issues across the three spheres of government • Capacity constrains experienced by municipalities • Level and extend of service delivery • The alignment between the municipal IDPs and PGDS
The Support Plan Municipalities Identified by DDL&H • Mamusa LM • LekwaTeemane LM • Greater Taung LM • Molopo LM • Kgetleng LM • Moretele LM • Maquassi Hills LM • Ventersdorp LM • Tswaing LM • Ditsobotla LM • Ratlou LM Additional Municipalities identified by SCOF Rustenburg Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati DM Dr KennethKaunda DM Naledi LM
BUDGETS, EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS AND AFS OVERVIEW Municipal Budgets – Appropriations/Funding -Viability -Sustainability Debt Analysis – Provincial & National Depts. Grants Expenditure (MIG,FMG&MSIG) Status on Annual Reports & AFS MFMA Implementation & Challenges PT Support & Monitoring Systems Conclusion
TARGET MUNICS • The municipalities that were visited by SCOF on 21st to 23rd May 2008 are the following: • Dr. Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District • Naledi Local Municipality • Kagisano Local Municipality • Mamusa Local Municipality • Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality • City of Rustenburg Local Municipality • Moretele Local Municipality • Kgetleng Reveir Local Municipality • Ditsobotla Local Municipality • Tswaing Local Municipality • Dr. Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality • Maquassi Hills Local Municipality • Ventersdorp Local Municipality
Debt Analysis Report As per the legislative mandate the Department of finance and Department of Developmental Local Government and Housing has conducted sessions to establish the debts owed to individual municipalities by sector department (national or provincial) and entities Consultation sessions with municipalities’ where held during the month of July 2008 Note. The individual municipalities provided the Departments with the status reports on debts owed by sector departments at the time.
DEBT ANALYSIS • The PT analysed the debts owed by sector departments to municipalities and realised the following: • Dr. Keneth Kaunda districts is R19, 678,088.27 • Ngaka Modiri Molema district is R67, 111,339.05 • Bojanala district is R61, 725,695.10 • Dr. Ruth Mompati district is R9 840, 764.42 • The total debt owed by sector departments to municipalities in the Province amounts to R 158, 355,886.84. • The PT, DDLG & H has initiated forum that deals with municipal debts owed by sector departments to municipalities. • The Need to have a list (database) of contact persons in the sector departments for regular engagements experienced with municipal accounts. • The Sector Departments need to send proof of payments (with breakdown of which accounts are paid) to municipalities when payments are made or make arrangements to use a specific reference.
Recommend that: • Municipalities to have details of contact persons in the sector departments for regular engagements with municipal accounts. • Municipalities need to individually meet with each sector department to clarify issues of property ownership and occupants in order to have levies allocated to correct accounts that will in turn be sent to the right Departments. • The Provincial Treasury and Developmental Local Government and Housing should facilitate further engage between sector departments and municipalities to resolve the matter.
SPENDING & PERFOMANCE ON MIG (2) (a) The receiving officer of a Municipal Infrastructure Grant must, by 29 August 2008, submit a detailed infrastructure plan to the transferring national officer for the next financial year and the 2010/11 financial year. • (b) The infrastructure plan referred to in paragraph (a) must address those matters and be in a format determined by the transferring national officer with the concurrence of the National Treasury. • Different matters and formats may be determined for different kinds municipalities, which may be defined either in relation to the capacity of the municipalities or any appropriate manner
Annexure1: Municipalities – summary of financially unqualified (with no other matters), unqualified (with other matters), qualified audit opinions linked to audit findings and reasons for delay in completion of audit
