2016-08-09 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            9 AUGUST 2016


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Risk rating for licensed food premises      Developed a draft risk rating for           Complete review of risk rating to          In partnership with Queensland
                                              licensed food premises                        enable inspection frequency                  Health, determine a risk based
                                                                                            assessment                                   inspection process for food premises
                                            Investigating a risk based inspection
                                                                                          Further investigations of risk rating        inspections
                                              process for food premises to
                                                                                            systems at other councils                  Implement risk rating system in
                                              improve food safety outcomes
                                                                                                                                         2016/17 financial year
                                            Commenced assessment of various                                                          Progress development of mobility
                                              options to risk rate premises. Have                                                        capability
                                              met with Brisbane City Council(BCC)                                                      Progress implementation of risk
                                              staff to look at their EatSafe program                                                     based inspection process
                                            Commenced looking at mobility
                                              options for EHO staff to enable i.e.
                                              the use of portable electronic
                                              devices rather than paper. This will
                                              also enable electronic transfer of the
                                              inspections date from field to office.
Water monitoring                            Reviewed water monitoring process           N/A
                                              with Unity water when waterways
                                              contamination occurs from sewage
                                              spills
Service level review                        Progressing service level review in         Continuing the service level review        Compete service level review
                                              the public health area.                       process with time and motion study
                                              Benchmarking, process evaluation              work to commence over the next 6
                                              underway                                      weeks
Business as Usual activities                Ongoing public health water                 Working with Healthy Waterways on          Completion of annual licenced
                                              monitoring program for recreational           the water monitoring program for             premises inspection program
                                              beaches                                       next season                                Completion of food stall & market
                                            Monthly food hygiene training               Increasing promotion of the online           inspections
                                              provide to licensed food proprietors          food hygiene program to improve              Scoping and commencement of the
                                              and their staff.                              numbers of trained food handlers             previously licensed Environmentally
                                            Commenced after hours inspections           Employing a temp EHO to backfill             Relevant Activities (ERAs). The
                                              of food stalls and markets                    vacancy and assist with inspection           previous government removed the
                                            Food premises license renewals                and complaint workloads.                     licensing requirement for these
                                              process is underway                         Preparation of Branch Plan and               premises, so there will be a 3 month
                                            Continuing food premises inspection           Risk Assessments                             compliance investigation of these
                                              work which is behind target due to a                                                       premises to determine whether or
                                              staff resignation                                                                          not current work practices are
                                                                                                                                         environmentally safe.


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