2016-08-09 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      9 AUGUST 2016


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                     RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                        CURRENT PRIORITIES                       THE NEXT QUARTER
Directors Office
Rufous St Precinct Development           MCU application for a development        Detailed design for the Rufous St      Develop application for National
                                           permit and reconfiguration of a lot        civil works and the upgrade to           Stronger Regions Fund
                                           lodged April 30.                           Rufous Lane
                                         Public notification period for
                                           submissions with regard to the
                                           Rufous St MCU application opened
                                           June 10 closed July 1.
                                         Council approved the MCU
                                           application with conditions on July
                                           21.

Cooroy Memorial Hall                     Ongoing liaison with Cooroy RSL          Resolve land tenure issues at          Continue negotiations with RSL and
                                           and Cooroy Community Memorial              Cooroy Memorial Hall and Cooroy          CCMHAG to resolve land tenure
                                           Hall Action Group                          RSL Club.                                issues.
                                         Attended Public meeting called by
                                           CCMHAG on 22 July



Libraries & Galleries
Finalise Library Service Review          Libraries Service Review                 Top level structure being              Recruitment for Digital Services
                                           considered by Council and                  implemented. Recruitment                 Library Assistant
                                           finalised June 16 2016                     underway for temporary role of         Internal EOI’s for vacant Library
                                         Reviewed current staffing model            Branch Services Coordinator.             Assistant position
                                           and determined future needs                                                       Application of transferred budget
                                         New organisational structure                                                        to Collections area
                                           developed
Review levels of service for branch      Reviewed library branch opening         New library opening hours              Impact of new opening hours to be
and mobile libraries                       hours – Noosaville & Cooroy               implemented from 11 July 2016            considered
                                         Reviewed mobile library stops.         Cessation of Noosa Civic mobile        Implementation of new trial NDSHS
                                           Opportunity to provide service to         library stop                            stop
                                           Noosa District State High School       Planning for trial of new NDSHS
                                           (NDSHS) junior campus to                 stop
                                           increase membership and
                                           engagement with young adult
                                           demographic.

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