2017-05-09 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  9 MAY 2017


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                             THE NEXT QUARTER
Business as usual activities.                Recycling of polystyrene has been           Complete the project to                      Commence drafting a Litter
                                               highly effective with significant             comprehensively electronically map             Management Plan.
                                               volumes collected. This is then               and record all public place bins.
                                               recycled under an agreement with            Mulching the huge amount of garden
                                               Rockcote in Yandina who receive               waste and vegetation has been
                                               polystyrene and use the material for          delivered to the landfill and rural
                                               making light weight concrete.                 transfer stations following heavy
                                             Electronic mapping of public place            rainfall and winds from Tropical
                                               bins completed in the coastal areas           Cyclone Debbie that hit Queensland
                                               and some rural areas.                         in April.
                                                                                           Review the sedimentation system at
                                                                                             the landfill due to its failures in the
                                                                                             recent heavy wet weather following
                                                                                             the tropical cyclone/rain depression
                                                                                             in Queensland.
                                                                                           Development of the 2017/18
                                                                                             operational budget


Environmental Health
Finalise EHO team service review             Recommendations with Council for            Health fees finalised and waiting for        Implementation of service review
                                               budget approval                               Council sign off                               recommendations

Investigation into the effects of storm      Project completed with results              Draft a report to Council on the             Report to council
water pollution from the Noosa                 indicating 50% non-compliance                 investigations findings and potential        Propose a Local law amendment to
Industrial Estate impacting on Eenie                                                         ways forward                                   enable an annual inspection
Creek.                                                                                                                                      program
Complete annual Inspection program           Annual inspection program well              Employ casual EHO to assist with             Target a further 224 inspections
of licensed premises                           behind target due to resourcing               inspection work                                prior to 30 June
                                               inadequacy.                                   Assist EHOs to focus on outstanding
                                             Resourcing addressed in the service           inspections
                                               level review
Introduce and implement a risk based                                                       Carry out staff training on the risk         Further work on the risk priority
food business licensing and inspection       Risk priorities have been allocated to        assessment principles.                         allocation
system                                         current food premises                       Discussions with QUT to undertake            Implementation with fees reflecting
                                                                                             training on this topic                         inspection frequencies to be
                                                                                           Complete desk top work to risk rate            implemented 17/18 year
                                                                                             all premises


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