2016-11-14 General Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                       8 NOVEMBER 2016


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER

Implement recommendations of the             Implementation of Traffic       Study       Services relocation for design of           Design of Ernest St and Hilton Tc
Traffic Study and monitor outcomes with        recommendations ongoing.                      Ernest St and Hilton Tc intersection          intersection improvements
audits with aim to improve safety                                                            improvements                                Design of Moorindil St and Poinciana
standards                                                                                                                                  Avenue intersection improvements.
Implement Asset Management roadmap           Asset        Management   roadmap           Drafted     an    updated    asset          Finalise    the    strategic   asset
initiatives.                                   adopted by Council,                           management             governance             management plan.
                                             Approval to appoint two additional            framework,                                  Recruitment of two additional
                                               resources      to  assist  in   the         Review of the asset management                resources to assist with AM roadmap
                                               implementation of the roadmap                 policy,                                       implementation.
                                               initiatives,                                Establishment of a number of asset          Improvements form various work
                                             Asset        Management    Steering           management work teams to assist in            teams being implemented to further
                                               Committee established.                        improving processes and procedures            develop asset management practices
                                                                                             across various assets.                        across the organisation.

Commence pilot for     detailed   Asset      Asset Management roadmap has                Quotes    to   be     sought     from       Report to Council a draft Strategic
Management Plans.                              been adopted by Council.                      consultancy services to assist in the         Asset Management Plan.
                                                                                             development of pilot plans.                 Commence development of a
                                                                                           Drafting   the    Strategic    Asset          detailed Asset Management Plan.
                                                                                             Management Plan

Delivery     and    oversight   of  the      Significant planning and design work        Commencing construction activities          Further increase in construction
infrastructure capital works programme         undertaken during the first quarter of        on a number of capital projects in            projects    across    the    capital
for 2016/17                                    the capital works programme.                  order to complete the programme on            programme       as   designs    are
                                                                                             budget.                                       completed.
Develop 5 and 10 year Capital Works          Future capital works projects are           Updating the future programme once          A draft 5 year capital works
Programs for Council consideration             being loaded into the Technology              the Budget review two (BR2) process           programme to be workshopped with
before end of June 2017                        One test system – in developing the           is completed.                                 councillors by the end of December
                                               draft 5 year capital programme.             Update the priority project scoring to        2016.
                                                                                             be more evenly weighted across the
                                                                                             organisations assets and services.

Develop 3 year asphalt road reseal           Data validation has been undertaken         Drafting a Budget Analysis with             A Budget analysis finalised and a
program                                        over the past 3 months to better              consultants to determine the suitable         proposed 3 year reseal programme
                                               reflect the physical attributes of the        funding investment required for               presented to Council for comment.
                                               sealed road network.                          sustainable management of our
                                                                                             sealed road network.



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