2015-06-29 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                    29 JUNE 2015


3                        ANNUAL PEST SURVEY PROGRAM 2015-2016
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Manager Waste and Environmental Health, Wayne Schafer
                                    Community Services

Index                               ECM / Subject / Environmental Management / Pest Management / Noxious
                                    Weeds

Attachments                         Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Each year the Council considers and approves a Pest Survey Program by Resolution of Council.
This ensures that Council complies with the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route
Management) Act 2002, by authorising the inspection program and providing staff with the
relevant authority to enter properties to conduct inspections. This work is core business for Pest
and Vector staff.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to the General
Committee Meeting dated 29 June 2015 and approve the following Pest Survey Programs for the
Noosa Council region in accordance with section 241 of the Land Protection (Pest and Stock
Route Management) Act 2002:
A.                       Survey Program 1 - 03/07/15 to 30/09/15 for the localities of Cooroy, Cooroy Mountain,
                         Timbeerwah, Cooroibah and that part of Doonan that is within the Noosa Council boundary;
B.                       Survey Program 2 - 01/10/15 to 31/12/15 for the localities of Black Mountain, Federal, and
                         those parts of Ridgewood and Eerwah Vale that are within the Noosa Council boundary;
C.                       Survey Program 3 - 01/01/16 to 31/03/16 for the localities of Kin Kin, Pinbarren, Cooran
                         and that part of Como that is within the Noosa Council boundary; and
D.                       Survey Program 4 - 01/04/16 to 30/06/16 for the localities of Pomona, Lake MacDonald,
                         Ringtail Creek, Cootharaba and Boreen Point.



REPORT
Background Information
Council’s legal obligations under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act
2002 (the Act) includes ensuring that declared pests are controlled on private land in the Council
area by monitoring and enforcing compliance where it is necessary. Due to the economic,
environmental and social impacts of declared pests, the Act provides considerable powers to
authorised persons to ensure compliance by entering property to undertake inspections. These
inspections are usually undertaken through a Pest Survey Program of a defined part of the
region. Surveys must be approved by Council and advertised.

Approved Pest Survey Program
A Council Resolution is required to approve the Pest Survey Programs for the period 1 July 2015
to 30 June 2016 to ensure that relevant officers act in accordance with legislation. This will
facilitate a coordinated approach to the management of declared pest plants across the region,
with a regional survey schedule commencing on 3 July 2015.


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