2017-10-19 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                      19 OCTOBER 2017


3.   FREE HOLIDAY BUSES 2017-18
     Council Resolution
     Moved:            Cr Jackson
     Seconded:         Cr Stockwell
     That Council note the report by the Project Officer to the Services & Organisation Committee
     Meeting dated 10 October 2017 and:
     A.     Agree to provide Free Holiday Buses for the Christmas (26 December 2017 to 5
            January 2018) and Easter (30 March 2018 to 8 April 2018) periods including the Boreen
            Point – Tewantin FlexiLink and Council Cabs services;
     B.     Accept TransLink’s quotation of $35,988 (excl GST) for the Christmas Free Holiday
            buses for Routes 626, 627, 628, 629 and 632;
     C.     Accept Transit Australia Group’s (Sunbus) quotation of $35,377 (excl GST) for a shuttle
            service between Peregian Beach and Noosa Heads for both the Christmas and Easter
            periods, with an extension to service additional stops in Noosa Heads and Noosaville;
     D.     Approve the installation of temporary decals on the Peregian - Noosa Heads Shuttle at
            an estimated cost of $5,740 (excl GST);
     E.     Delegate authority to the CEO to finalise negotiations with TransLink for the provision
            of the Easter Free Holiday buses for Routes 626, 627, 628, 629 and 632;
     F.     Approve a marketing budget of $8,440 for the Christmas and Easter Free Holiday
            Buses;
     G.     Approve a budget of $3,526 for a Sunbus passenger assistant to be located at the
            Hastings Street bus interchange on 30 - 31 December 2017, 31 March 2018, and 7
            April 2018;
     H.     Approve the use of Noosa Heads Lions Park as a car park for the Christmas (26
            December 2017 to 7 January 2018) and Easter periods with the car park to be
            managed by the Tewantin-Noosa Lions Club, and set the parking fee to $20 per day
            or part thereof; and
     I.     Approve the allocation of 40% of the Noosa Heads Lions Park car parking revenue to
            the Tewantin-Noosa Lions Club with the remaining revenue to come to Council and
            applied towards the regeneration of the park.
     J.     That staff consider the viability of traffic and pedestrian management at the Noosa
            Drive and Hastings St intersection during the peak Christmas period.
                                                                                          Carried.



The following Recommendations from the General Committee were adopted without
discussion or further amendment.
Council Resolution
Moved:           Cr Wilkie
Seconded:        Cr Jurisevic
The General Committee recommendations dated 16 October 2017 be adopted except where dealt
with or held over by separate resolution.
                                                                                Carried.




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