2022-02-14 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              14 FEBRUARY 2022


      Initiatives                        Comment
Increase  Community         Grants       Completed – two grant rounds had and additional Alliance
programme                                recipients.
Implement priority activities from       Council adopted the update directional document –
the Local Economic Plan to build         “Economic Development Strategy 2021-2030”.
the     resilience    of   Noosa’s       The Economic Development Manager returned to the role
traditional sectors and continue to      following 12 months acting in a Director role.
build capacity in growth sectors         Two additional contracted resources engaged to drive
that diversify the economy               Destination Management and a focus on Green economy
                                         industry development.
                                         Successful in receiving $50k from the federal government to
                                         assess and develop options for employment hub activation.
Work with the Noosa River                The Noosa River Stakeholder Advisory Committee (NRSAC)
Stakeholder Advisory Committee           has continued to meet throughout the quarter with key
and Marine Safety Queensland to          outcomes being participation in the speed and safety review of
                                         the Noosa River by Maritime Safety Queensland. The
better manage the Noosa River
                                         committee has commenced exploring River Use aspects of the
                                         Noosa River Plan.
                                         Some actions have been delayed by the vacant position of the
                                         Principal Environment Officer – River Strategy and
                                         Engagement and recruitment is ongoing.
Short    Stay       Local     Law        Short Stay local law to commence on 1st February 2022.
implementation
Continue with the construction of        Playground construction continues with practical completion
the Cooroy/Hinterland All-Abilities      set for March 2022, and landscaping establishment period
Playground                               ending February 2022.


2.    KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
As Council would be aware, KPIs were first developed for our organisation at the beginning of
2014/15. 16 of those KPIs are reported to Council on a quarterly basis. The KPIs are included in
Attachment 2.
A selection of some of the key statistics arising from the KPI assessments are shown below:
Our People
•     The issue of staff turnover has been topical recently. For the information of Council, our
      historical staff turnover has been as per the table below:
        Year                                 Staff turnover rate (percentage)
        2014/15                              11.06%
        2015/16                              13.06%
        2016/17                              8.9%
        2017/18                              8.2%
        2018/19                              10.9%
        2019/20                              9.6%
        2020/21                              6.6%

•     The staff turnover rate in this second quarter of 2021/22 has decreased from 4.7% to
      approximately 3.3%. It is important to note that these percentages only relate to the
      movement in permanent positions and do not include temporary and casual positions.


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