2026 Budget Service Level Catalogues

Service Outputs – Detailed Activity Listing
                                                     Activity
Environmental policy/strategy
[Develop, implement and review environmental policy, strategies and associated action plans ensuring regular
review and reporting on achievement of desired outcomes]

Scheduled activities                Environment Strategy and                   Adopted by Council June 2019
                                    Implementation Plan
                                    Noosa River Plan                           Adopted as draft in 2019. Final
                                                                               submission to council is due in
                                                                               2024.
                                    Biosecurity Plan                           Adopted February 2020
                                    Koala Conservation Plan                    Ongoing with an Annual Review to
                                                                               be completed in 2024
                                    The Nature Conservancy partnership         Partnership agreement and oyster
                                    and oyster project                         project endorsed by Council July
                                                                               2019 with work to start early 2020.
                                                                               This work is now complete.
                                    Environment Levy Policy                    Review annually as part of budget
                                                                               process or as required.
                                    Report on progress with                    Quarterly – included in
                                    implementation of strategy and             departmental updates.
                                    associated action plans

                                    Prepare Threatened Species Roadmap         Endorsed March 2023. Action
                                                                               Plans completed for Sea Turtles
                                                                               and Koala’s.
                                                                               Action Plans for Mary River Cod
                                                                               and Greater glider due in FY2425.
                                    Eastern Beaches Foreshore                  Adopted August 2023.
                                    Management Plans
Reactive work                       Review and develop Council response        As required.
                                    to legislative and policy changes by       No defined level of service –
                                    other levels of government.                subject to other levels of
                                                                               government timelines.

                                    Advisory service – review of               As required.
                                    environment-related technical reports
                                    for other areas of Council.

                                    General enquiries                          No defined level of service.
                                                                               Response provided within 5
                                                                               business days.

                                    Advice on environment policy               As required
                                    provisions for planning scheme

                                    (e.g. Biodiversity Overlay, Biodiversity
                                    Assessment Report, Koala Habitat
                                    Mapping, Offsets Policy)

Environmentally significant land acquisition and protection program
[Activities include prioritisation, assessment and evaluation of prospective environmentally significant land
acquisitions, evaluation of applications by private landholders to enter into Voluntary Conservation Agreements.

Cyclic activities                   Environment Levy Working Group             Monthly, or as required
                                    Meetings
Reactive work                       Assessment and evaluation of               No defined level of service –
                                    environmental land values for property     assessments undertaken as
                                    identified for acquisition and reporting   required.
                                    to Council.


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