2018-02-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   6 FEBRUARY 2018




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             6 FEBRUARY 2018

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       1. INTRODUCTION - The Chair (Dick Barnes)

       | am pleased to present our Annual Report for Fiscal 2016/17 to the Noosa Shire Council (Council) and
       hence to the community in general.
       The audited accounts and Auditors Report were separately forwarded to Council shortly after the AGM in
       December. The headlines of these are covered in this report.
       In general, the majority of this year was spent in consolidation specifically delivering the projects agreed in
       the first grant round of 2015 and developing the future strategy.
       Towards the end of the year, the Chair, Campbell Corfe, resigned due to pressures from his other
       commitments. The Directors would like to take this opportunity to thank Campbell for his great
       contribution to NBRF.

       With the support of Council and the NBRF Directors, | was appointed Chair in May/June just at the end of
       the financial year.
       We were able to hold a number of Board workshops taking stock of where we had got to. It was agreed
       that the time had come for increased activity following the year of largely consolidation.
       During these workshops, a list of 15 “Back to Basics” activities were identified to achieve this. This was
       increased by 2 at the first review with Council in August!
       The full list of 17 is given for reference in attachment 1.
       Given this process occurred late in the fiscal year, the top 4 critical ones were tackled at this time and are
       discussed below. The remainder are discussed in the half yearly review for 2017/18 reflecting when they
       were actioned.

       As a result of these Board initiatives, | am pleased to say that a lot of good things are now happening for
       NBRF and hence the community.
       | would like to take this opportunity to thank the Council and the NBRF Directors for the great support and
       encouragement they have given me in fulfilling this role.
       | would now like to cover the key financial points and then the specific activities of 2016/17.
       Dick Barnes
       Chair

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