A Guide for Councillors

Part 5

Delivering services

THESE BATHO PELE PRINCIPLES ARE IMPORTANT FOR SERVICE DELIVERY.

OKAY! SO THE IDP AND THE BUDGET DON ‛ T REALLY TELL US HOW SERVICES ARE TO BE DELIVERED. IF WE KNOW THAT, WE CAN SEE IF THEY MATCH THE PRINCIPLES OF BATHO PELE.

VALUE FOR MONEY

OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY

LET ‛ S FIRST UNDERSTAND THE SDBIP, HOW MUNICIPALITIES GO ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY AND HOW MUNICIPALITIES BUY GOODS AND SERVICES.

THESE PRINCIPLES GUIDE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AS COUNCILLORS.

5.1 Service delivery and budget implementation plan (SDBIP) The municipal vision and IDP are broad plans which provide the strategic direction to the medium-term budget. To assist with implementation and monitoring, these broad plans need to be broken down into plans for each department in the municipality and into quarterly plans with monthly budgets. These plans are called the service delivery and budget implementation plan (SDBIP). The SDBIP helps councillors monitor the council’s spending and if council is likely to meet its targets. Councillors get updated information on a quarterly and monthly basis. The following illustration shows how the targets in the IDP fl ow through to the SDBIP and performance agreements.

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The Role of Councillors in Municipal Finance Management