2018-02-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                            6 FEBRUARY 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                             RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Deliver capital   works   and   facilities’      Wallace Park Precinct pavement               Wallace Park Precinct pavement             Wallace Park Precinct pavement
projects                                           upgrade - Stage 2 completed.                   upgrade - Stage 3 to commence                upgrade – works to be completed
                                                 New Cooroy LED lighting reviewed –           Cooroy Library Air Conditioning            Review condition and lifespan of
                                                   successful to date with much                   external plan enclosure project to be        Mobile Library vehicle and develop
                                                   improved      lighting    output   and         considered      following     further        forward plan
                                                   reduced maintenance                            operational and maintenance issues
                                                 Contributed      to    council's Zero
                                                   Emissions Noosa strategy by
                                                   reviewing and adjusting library
                                                   facilities operating hours for air
                                                   conditioning and lights
Business as Usual activities                     Library        Customer         Service       Develop staff training for 2018/19        Delivery    of  customer    service
                                                   satisfaction survey completed and              based on Library Customer Service            training.
                                                   results collated.                              survey    results   and    individual      Development     of   the   2018/19
                                                   Hosted End of Year celebrations for            performance plans.                           operational budget.
                                                   Friends of Library groups. Events            Continue to work with and support
                                                   attended by 75 volunteers.                     Friends of Library groups to deliver
                                                                                                  services such as Home Services,
                                                                                                  Literacy and Technology, particularly
                                                                                                  throughout the refurbishment period.

Galleries
Plan and deliver a schedule of engaging          Successful delivery Oct – Nov                Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize          Implementation      of     programs
exhibitions and programs which diversify           Exhibitions Lyn McCrea Memorial                and Highschool Prize – entry period          supporting Draw! (High school
and grow audiences                                 Drawing Prize finalists’ exhibition            open from 1 Feb.                             student prize)
                                                   featuring 30 shortlisted works, local        Preparation for Friends Noosa              Planning      and    implementation
                                                   artist Katrin Terton and Taiwanese             Gallery “Taste of Art” exhibition            Imaginate Children's Festival
                                                   artist Hisu Luan Tung                        Working toward Stencil Art and
                                                 Oct - Nov visitors 5,054                       Julian Thompson exhibition
                                                 Successful delivery of Dec – Jan             Development of workshop programs
                                                   exhibitions: Prosthetic Realities, an
                                                   augmented        reality  exhibition,
                                                   Domestic Duties by local artist Kim
                                                   Schoenberger and Object Therapy
                                                   which         explores       creative
                                                   transformation and notions of value
                                                   and repair
                                                 Dec – Jan visitors: 5,980


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