2018-02-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                          6 FEBRUARY 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Develop and implement a risk based             Staff attended a Qld Health training        Develop a risk rating system for food      Finalise investigations into the
food business licensing and inspection           course on risk rating premises.               premises                                     development of a        risk based
system                                                                                                                                      inspection program
Commence development of the draft              Draft project plan has been prepared        Refine the project plan                    Arrange steering group meetings to
Community Health Plan in consultation            for the development of the                  Develop and obtain approval from             work on development of the plan
with relevant stakeholders for completion        Community Health Plan                         Council for the steering group
in 18/19                                                                                       representatives
Business as Usual activities                   Annual food licence inspection              Continue      annual food licence          Develop draft 18/19 budget
                                                 program commenced and on target               inspection program                         Propose draft fees and charges for
                                                                                                                                            18/19
                                                                                                                                          Undertake routine inspections of
                                                                                                                                            premises and attend to complaints
                                                                                                                                          Implement activities around the
                                                                                                                                            amendments to Local Laws relating
                                                                                                                                            to Environmental Health
Pest Management
Deliver Pest Animal Control Program            Good progress made on feral animal          Transitioning of responsibility for        Finalise    hand      over    Pest
                                                 control and number of animals                 Pest    Management     activity  to          Management      to    Environmental
Until handover to Environment and
                                                 destroyed                                     Environmental Services Branch as             Services Branch
Sustainable Development Department
                                                                                               from January 1 2018 as per the new
                                                                                               structure
Business as Usual activities                   For the Sept- Dec quarter          37                                                    Undertake next quarterly pest plant
Conduct quarterly pest plant surveys and         properties were surveyed in the Kin                                                        survey and continue roadside
roadside spraying                                Kin and Cootharaba areas as part of                                                        spraying.
                                                 the weed surveillance program most
                                                 of these in conjunction with the Cat’s
                                                 Claw project
Cemeteries
Transfer paper cemetery records to T1          Quotes for scanning/digitalisation of       Arrange      commencement       of         Prepare the records to be digitalised
                                                 records called.                               digitalising paper records with
                                                                                               Library
Business as Usual activities                   Vector control officer trained in           Conduct temporary repairs to               Conduct burials and installation of
Conduct burials at 3 cemeteries and              conducting burials                            Pomona fence which is ready to fall          ashes
maintain cemeteries in good condition                                                          down                                       Repair fence at Pomona Cemetery
and implement Cemeteries Business                                                                                                           and prepare submission to 18/19
Continuity Plan                                                                                                                             budget for replacement of fence
                                                                                                                                          Maintain 3 Cemeteries


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