2016-08-09 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    9 AUGUST 2016




Facebook posts have also been used to effectively engage with the community. Seventeen
different posts have been posted from November through to June 2016, these have ranged from
what can and can’t be recycled, school posts and ideas on how to ‘up-cycle’. These posts have
reached over 19,754 people.




3.    PEOPLE
WMS has recently appointed Chris Jordan to the position of Waste Management Officer. The
position is initially for two years and will be utilised to assist the WMS across both collections and
disposals. Chris will also be heavily involved in the roll out of the new contract and the
introduction of the mandated green waste collection service.
Ian Florence continues to act in the Manager position while Wayne Schafer remains working on
the contract tender process. From early September Geoff Atherfold (Coordinator Environmental
Health) will assist in the Waste Coordinator role as WMS officers assess the tenders for the
waste contracts.

Other staff numbers and positions remain constant.


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