2017-05-09 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               9 MAY 2017


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                       RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Conduct Quarterly Pest Plant Surveys       Property inspections undertaken in         Contractor undertaking scheduled           Complete property inspections as
and Roadside Spraying                        the Kin Kin, Pinbarren, Cooran and           control of priority pest plants on           per approved pest survey program.
                                             Como area as part of approved pest           council road reserve areas, Eumundi        Complete pest plant control in State
                                             survey program.                              Rd Landfill site.                            controlled road reserve areas for the
                                           Officer engaged through Hayes              Properties inspections for pest              16/17FY as per contract
                                             Recruitment on a temporary basis to          plants in the areas of Pomona, Lake          arrangement.
                                             assist with pest plant control               MacDonald, Ringtail Ck, Cootharaba         Complete procurement process for
                                             program in the long term absence of          and Boreen Point as part of                  engagement of a pest plant control
                                             pest control officer Richard Mylan.          approved pest survey program.                contractor.
                                           Contractor completed first round of        Commencement of procurement
                                             weed control works in State                  process for the renewal of the pest
                                             controlled road reserve areas as part        plant control contract for the 17/18
                                             of ongoing contract arrangement.             and 18/19 Financial Years.
                                           Completion of Cat’s Claw Creeper
                                             weed survey and mapping along Kin
                                             Kin Creek. Contractor undertaken
                                             first round of Cat’s Claw Creeper
                                             control in strategic areas identified
                                             by the survey.

Deliver Pest Animal Control Program        Complete property inspections as           Undertake a survey of the feral deer       Undertake coordinated wild dog
                                             per approved pest survey program.            population in the Lake MacDonald             control 1080 baiting in April/May.
                                                                                          and Tinbeerwah area. Continue the          Complete feral deer survey in the
                                                                                          development of a strategy for control        Lake MacDonald/ Tinbeerwah area.
                                                                                          in key areas working with private            Commence actions for strategic
                                                                                          landholders.                                 control of feral deer in key areas.
                                                                                        Ongoing wild dog and fox control           Contractor undertaking wild dog
                                                                                          trapping to alleviate the impacts            control trapping in Federal, Cooroy
                                                                                          associated with livestock and wild           and Cooran in May and June.
                                                                                          life attacks.


Cemeteries
Conduct burials at 3 cemeteries and        Cemetery maintenance program on            Maintain on going burial and               The road boundary fence
maintain cemeteries in good condition        going.                                       maintenance program                          replacement at the Pomona
and finalise Cemeteries Business                                                        Installation of new ashes burial wall        Cemetery is in poor condition.
Continuity Plan.                                                                          installed at Tewantin Cemetery.              Replacement will be scheduled for
                                                                                                                                       17/18.



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