2020-05-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     12 MAY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES              RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                                    except for implementing the                 Implement the annual inspection               inspected in the 2018/19 financial
                                    licensing of public swimming pools.           program of licensed premises where            period.
                                  191 Food Businesses were                      possible and in the ongoing impact          Complete annual food business
                                    inspected this quarter: 98 had minor          of COVID-19.                                  license inspections.
                                    non compliances
                                  10 Improvement Notices issued
                                    under the Food Act
                                  316 CRM`s were received and
                                    processed: Vector control 49;
                                    Cemeteries 51; Health 216.
                                  5 Businesses with Environmental
                                    Authorities were inspected: 2 non-
                                    compliant (corrective action in place)
                                  10 visitor parks and 1 temporary
                                    accommodation site inspected.

Vector Control (Mosquitoes)       Completed aerial control of mosquito        Continue regular aerial mosquito            Monitor salt marsh breeding areas
                                    borne diseases in salt marsh areas            control in salt marsh areas at each           following rainfall and spring tidal
                                    during the heavy wet weather after            peak tide or coinciding with heavy            activity.
                                    Christmas and into the new year               rainfall events.                            Conduct regular aerial treatment
                                  Wet conditions and king tides have          Limited fogging to be implemented             program for the salt marsh breeding
                                    increased the need for regular aerial         where weather conditions prevent              areas and fogging of adult
                                    treatment of salt marsh areas                 aerial control by helicopter resulting        mosquitoes with potential to transmit
                                                                                  in massive breeding of mosquitoes             mosquito borne illness.
                                                                                  and complaints from residents.              Work with our communication staff
                                                                                Program’s focus is on disease                 to improve information to public on
                                                                                  transmitting mosquitoes and not               the treatment program. Review
                                                                                  nuisance pest species that do not             Vector Control Management Plan
                                                                                  transmit disease.
Business as Usual activities      Formally celebrated the completion          Forced deferral of the Council              Further Development and review of
                                    of the online burial records system           approved behavioural change                   2020/21 Budget for both Waste and
                                    20th January, now available to the            program for better segregation of             Environmental Health including fees
                                    public to facilitate family tree              waste and recyclable material,                and charges given the impact of
                                    research by family members and                impacted by COVID–19 and is                   COVID-19
                                    reduce staff time providing the               unlikely to progress this financial
                                    information.                                  year.
                                  Food - Risk assessment matrix               Review Standard Operating
                                    finalised                                     Procedures

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