2016-11-14 General Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                               8 NOVEMBER 2016


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                 RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
Backfill Mark Revere’s position      Successful applicant chosen to               New employee has integrated in to
                                       backfill Mark’s position in Local Laws.        the team very well and performing at
                                                                                      a very high level.
Business as Usual activities         Highest grossing abandoned vehicle           Planning for next auction in March
                                       auction held in September. $6,00               2017
                                       was generated which represents a
                                       40% average increase.

Waste & Environmental Health
Waste
Business as Usual activities         Tenders for the waste collection,            Evaluation of the tenders for the         It is anticipated that the evaluation
                                       disposal and resource recovery                 waste collection, disposal and              team will complete the assessment
                                       contracts closed on the 30 July.               resource recovery contracts.                of the waste tenders and provide a
                                     Council is once again collecting and         The Waste Section is working on a           report to Council on the preferred
                                       recycling E-waste at the Eumundi               comprehensive program for this              tenderer in Council’s December
                                       Road Resource Recovery Centre.                 year’s National Recycling Week. A           round of meetings.
                                     Council and Cleanaway have                     seven day program will run from the       Council officers are to meet the
                                       joined two older disposal cells with           7 – 13 November.                            Noosa Triathlon organisers to de-
                                       the current disposal cell. This              Completion of the Capital Works             brief on waste collection at this
                                       provides for improved collection of            Project at the Eumundi Road depot.          year’s event and discuss potential
                                       leachate from the older disposal             Officers from the Waste Section             improvements for 2017.
                                       areas.                                         negotiating with organisers of the        Officers will be holding planning
                                     Extensive Capital Works to improve             Noosa Triathlon and Council’s               sessions before Christmas to set
                                       parking and waste water collection             waste contractor to maximize                out Capital Works projects to be
                                       at the Eumundi Road depot is                   recycling at the event.                     completed over the next five years.
                                       nearing completion. The works will           The provision of the intermediate         A draft Litter Management Plan is to
                                       see a vast improvement in parking              capping layer to the recently               be prepared in early 2017.
                                       facilities for waste collection trucks         completed disposal cell will              The bulk waste kerbside collection
                                       as we move towards the next                    commence shortly.        This will          service has been scheduled to
                                       contract in 2017.                              provide for improved landfill gas           commence in April 2017.
                                     Council’s waste education program              collection at the site.                   Officers will shortly commence
                                       for school students has continued                                                          work       on     a     project     to
                                       to be well received throughout the                                                         comprehensively         electronically
                                       community.                                                                                 map and record all public place
                                                                                                                                  bins.



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