Annual Report 2020-21

          Noosa Shire Council


  Other Initiatives to enable Council to achieve its goal for this theme
  •	Council adopted a COVID Financial Recovery Plan to mitigate financial sustainability risks as part
     of its 2020/21 budget. This included re-prioritising expenditure and projects, reviewing the
     2020/21 budget assumptions including preparing detailed cash flow modelling and providing
     advice to support effective decision-making by Council. Careful financial management was
     undertaken during the year resulting in a better than expected financial outcome at the end of
     the financial year.
  •	The Pathways and Boardwalks Asset Management Plan was endorsed which is a blueprint to
     guide the management of the Shire’s various footpaths, cycleways and boardwalks networks and
     associated infrastructure assets now and into the future.
  •	Council let tenders for the Cooroy Noosa Road and Beckmans Road intersection upgrade and
     has secured $9M in funding from the Queensland Government for that project. This is stage 1 of a
     long term plan for a Tewantin By-pass.
  •	As a result of the COVID pandemic, many of the Council Business Continuity Plans were reviewed
     and updated including the ICT Business Continuity Plan.
  •	Council undertook a second round of community consultation on a proposed local law for the
     management of Short Stay Accommodation properties (STAs). This draft local law is designed to
     address how STAs can be better managed to reduce their impact on neighbourhood amenity.




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