Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
(1) notes and welcomes the proactive and innovative initiatives of the executive mayor of Ekurhuleni Metro Council, Mr Mondli Gungubele -
(a) firstly, to introduce Service Delivery Fridays, which involves his executive in visiting local communities regularly to identify their service delivery problems and assist them in solving them and/or bringing them to the attention of the various departments which will then respond to them through planning, budgeting and implementation; and
(b) secondly, to commit himself to an "executive mayor's contract with the residents of Ekurhuleni", following performance contracts that he signed with all 10 members of his mayoral committee during September;
2) further notes his announcement that members of the senior management team will likewise be signing performance contracts with the city manager soon; 3) applauds the mayor on his principled leadership whereby he commits himself and his executive, as well as his management team, to specific and time-bound outcomes to improve service delivery and the lives of the people of Ekurhuleni, in that these contracts will highlight key projects against which he invites the residents to evaluate him and his team at the end of the financial year in June 2012; and
4) calls on all other mayors to commit themselves and their executives as well as their administrations to improving service delivery and creating a better life for all their residents.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.