2017-05-09 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      9 MAY 2017


BRANCH ACTIVITIES           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                             THE NEXT QUARTER
Waste Education                Constructed a viewing platform at             Development of an information and            Continue the schools waste
                                 the landfill for students to view the           education program to prepare                   education program.
                                 operation of filling the landfill cells.        residents for the new garden waste           Identifying the approx. 9,000
                                                                                 recycling bin service.                         premises which will receive the new
                                                                                                                                3 bin collection service.
                                                                                                                              Managing the requests for
                                                                                                                                exemption from service.
                                                                                                                              Posting out 4500 letters to existing
                                                                                                                                garden waste bin customers
                                                                                                                                thanking them for using the service.
                                                                                                                              Posting out 9,000 letters to potential
                                                                                                                                garden waste bin customers
                                                                                                                                advising of the proposed service
                                                                                                                                commencing in September.


Tip Top Shop                   The “Licence Agreement” between               Develop tender documents (and a              Go out to tender for the provision of
                                 Council and Briteside to provide                licensing agreement) for the                   this service from September 2017.
                                 waste diversion services at the                 provision of waste diversion services
                                 Eumundi Road Resource Recovery
                                 Centre will expire at the end of
                                 August 2017.


Bulk Kerbside Collection.      Finalised dates for the Bulk Waste            Finnish distribution of brochures to         Undertake the kerbside collection of
                                 Kerbside Collection Service                     the community on dates of                      bulk waste commencing 24th April
                               Collection of waste to be over seven            collection.                                    2017 for a period of 7 weeks with
                                 weeks commencing April 24 starting            Planning for an enhanced service               completion 11th June 2017.
                                 in Tewantin                                     using additional collection trucks to
                                                                                 improve recycling rates. A mattress
                                                                                 collection service will once again be
                                                                                 offered.
                                                                               Briteside is identifying items of value
                                                                                 for collection and referral to them




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