2018-02-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               6 FEBRUARY 2018


RRA scored very highly due to:
  Excellent track record across five other Local Government sites with similar contracts in
    waste and recycling, providing glowing references from other councils;
  Proven potential to deliver on new Licence conditions requested by Council;
  Business processes already developed to meet new and more stringent reporting and
    financial conditions required in the Licence;
  Innovation in the waste area;
  Significantly higher dollar returns for future site development and community waste
    initiatives;
  Multiple recent awards in waste recycling and social enterprise activities;
  Proven ability to deliver waste and recycling workshops and training to communities;
  Proven ability to promote and market waste reduction and recycling initiatives;
  Commitment to employing and training Noosa locals;
  Training to be conducted on site at Noosa Eumundi Road, Doonan – hands on;
  Partnering with local upcycling business;
  Detailed and comprehensive business management plan for site development and process
    improvement;
  High standard of environment, safety and quality management plans;
  Proven record of community engagement.

Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting. 20 April 2017, Item 2, Page 6
That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to the Services &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 11 April 2017 and:
A.   Agree to call tenders for a licence to occupy land at the Resource Recovery Centre,
     Eumundi Road, Doonan for the purpose of ‘diversion and sale of reusable items’;
B.   Limit tenders to be invited from Not for Profit organisations or Social Enterprises only;
C.   Agree to the conditions outlined in the report to be included in the licence; and
D.   Authorise the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to extend the agreement with
     Noosa Community Training Inc. on a month to month basis to provide sufficient time to
     implement the new arrangement.

Finance
Refer financial comparison section of the report.


Risks & Opportunities
   RRA have difficulty in replicating their successful NSW operations in Noosa;
   Revenue returns are not as high as projected;
   Impact on NCTC training operations following loss of revenue generated by Briteside
     operations;
   Loss of local jobs from NCTC if RRA do not employ site staff. (However tender and verbal
     advice from RRA is that existing employees will have an opportunity to be employed.)




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