2022-02-14 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                14 FEBRUARY 2022


1.      2021-22 OPERATIONAL PLAN
The Operational Plan contains details of the specific projects that were adopted by Council as part
of its budget process. The reporting format for the FY 2021/22 operational plan contains
operational initiatives based on the key focus areas of the Corporate Plan whereas the “business
as usual” activities are included in Branch Plans.
Details of each Operational Plan Initiative are set out in Attachment 1 with a progress update of
each item using the following status criteria of
•     completed
•     on track
•     behind schedule
•     not started
Additional comments on each item are also provided by the responsible officers for completeness.
It is important to note that this report is for the 2nd quarter 2021/22 and only reflects the progress
as at 31 December 2021.
There are 76 operational initiatives grouped under and answerable to the 5 key themes of the
adopted Corporate Plan of:
•    Noosa Environment
•    Noosa Community
•    Noosa Economy
•    Long Term Planning for Noosa Shire
•    Excellence as a Council
The current overall status of these initiatives is:

       Status                    Quarter 1            Quarter 2        Quarter 3          Quarter 4
                                  (July –             (Oct – Dec       (Jan – Mar           (Mar –
                                 Sept 2020)             2020)             2021)           June 2021)
       Not started                    3                   3
       Behind Schedule                9                   6
       On Track                      63                  62
       Completed                      1                   5
In summary, three of the projects remain ‘not started’. Items 4.4 and 4.5 in the report are associated
with the decision to delay the development of the new Corporate plan to allow input from the new
CEO. The third is item 5.2 and reflects Council’s decision to hold off on any decisions on the
development of Carpenters Lane land holding.
Pleasingly an additional four initiatives were completed in this quarter which is also reflected in the
decrease in “behind schedule” and ‘on track’ status.
Note - some of these initiatives are multi-year projects and have been categorised as “on track”
given the initiative will be completed in a future financial year.
The following table provides a brief summary of a number of high interest initiatives. The full list
can be seen in Attachment 1.
      Initiatives                             Comment
Coastal Hazards Adaption Plan                 Second round of community consultation complete and CHAP
(CHAP)                                        approved by Council in November 2021. CHAP currently with
                                              State for final endorsement. Scoping for implementation
                                              projects and grant applications underway



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