2026 Budget Service Level Catalogues

Scheduled activities                Pest Management Plan & Action Plan            Annual Review.
                                    2020

                                    Pest Management Plan Working                  Not currently active
                                    Group

Pest Plant Management (Council controlled land & State Main Roads)
[Contract development, management and supervision for control of prohibited and restricted invasive plants on
public land, Council and Main Roads road verges as well as treatment of other sensitive areas as required that
do not form part of the contract]
Cyclic Inspections                 Audit contract work                       Audits of contractor work
                                                                             undertaken weekly or prior to
                                                                             payment for services delivered.
Scheduled Work                     Undertake chemical control of             Works schedule provides varying
                                   prohibited and restricted invasive        frequencies depending on species
                                   plants (contract)                         ranging from 2-4 times per year
                                                                             and up to 6 times for fireweed.

Reactive work                       Treatment of sensitive areas outside of       As required
                                    contract (e.g. Landfill, sections of Trails
                                    Network where greater sensitivity
                                    required in dealing with landowner
                                    etc.)
                                    All requests related to weeds                 20 business days
                                    [customer requests]

Pest Plant Management (private land)
[Plan and conduct field surveys, issue and follow up compliance notices, implement enter & clear notices,
maintain survey records and investigate customer requests]

Cyclic Inspections                  Biosecurity surveillance program              Annually
                                    landholder surveys as follows:1

                                    A. Survey Area 1: 1 July to 30
                                    September in each of the four years
                                    from 2020 to 2024 for the localities of
                                    Cooroy, Cooroy Mountain,
                                    Tinbeerwah, Cooroibah and that part
                                    of Doonan that is within the Noosa
                                    Council boundary;

                                    B. Survey Area 2: 1 October to 31
                                    December in each of the four years
                                    from 2020 to 2024 for the localities of
                                    Black Mountain, Federal, and those
                                    parts of Ridgewood and Eerwah Vale
                                    that are within the Noosa Council
                                    boundary;

                                    C. Survey Area 3: 1 January to 31
                                    March in each of the four years from
                                    2020 to 2024 for the localities of Kin
                                    Kin, Pinbarren, Cooran and that part of
                                    Como that is within the Noosa Council
                                    boundary; and

                                    D. Survey Area 4: 1 April to 30 June in
                                    each of the four years from 2020 to
                                    202 for the localities of Pomona, Lake
                                    MacDonald, Ringtail Creek,
                                    Cootharaba and Boreen Point.
Scheduled Work                      Record pest surveys, property pest            As per schedule for surveys
                                    management plans and regulatory
                                    actions in T1 system
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