MUNICIPALITY - BETTYS BAY
Municipalities in Kleinmond

Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for Innovation for the Pearly Beach Eluxolweni Waste Water Treatment Works, which was constructed on a rehabilitated landfill site. Working for Water ABET project received an award from Environmental Services for achieved one hundred percent pass rate. The Auditor-General awarded Overstrand a Certificate of Achievement for its clean audit report at the end of the 2013/14 fiscal year. A study revealed that eight of the 10 best-performing municipalities are in the Western Cape, with Overstrand in first and Stellenbosch in second place. The Department of Water Affairs awarded Blue Drop status to five of Overstrand’s water treatment works and Green Drop status to four of its waste water treatment works. The department also recognised the Franskraal water treatment works as the best small plant in the country. Grotto is the beach with the longest uninterrupted Blue Flag status in the country. In recognition of exceptional and excellent contributions to the active promotion, development and implementation of trenchless technology in southern Africa, Overstrand received the Joop van Wamelen Award of Excellence Expenditure and assets: providing financial services to management and council in respect of the salary budget process, the payroll, creditors' administration and financial administration of council's capital assets, the capital assets register, the insurance policy and external borrowing. Income: ensuring the levying of service charges and property rates as well as collecting all income owing to the municipality. Budget and accounting: providing financial services to council, management and various external bodies in respect of year-end and in-year financial reporting, financial management, the operational and capital budget, managing cash flow and investments and implementing the Municipal Finance Management Act. must ensure that council meetings are conducted in accordance with the rules and orders of the council. The area is demarcated into thirteen wards, each with a directly elected councillor. Provision is made for the representation of organisations as well as individuals. Ward committees play an important role in the drafting and reviewing of the Integrated Development Plan and the identification of budget needs. The Municipal Manager as head of the administration is responsible and accountable for tasks and functions as provided for in, but not limited to the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, No. The Internal Audit section reports administratively to the Municipal Manager as the accounting officer. He is the link between the council and the administration, of which he is the head. He has to account for the municipality's income and expenditure, assets and other obligations such as proper adherence to all legislation applicable to municipalities. Subject to the municipal council’s policy directions he ensures that an economically viable, effective, efficient and accountable administration is established and developed, that the IDP comes to fruition, that municipal services are delivered in a sustainable and balanced fashion, that a personnel corps is appointed, managed, developed and disciplined and that sound labour relations are maintained.