2015-05-26 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                 26 MAY 2015


COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORTS

Disaster Management & Public Order

2    DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ORDER REPORT TO 30 APRIL 2015

Author           Disaster Management and Public Order Manager, Ron Thomas
                 Community Services Department

Index            ECM/Subject/Branch Management/Community Services Department

Attachments      Nil


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Disaster Management and Public Order Manager to the
Infrastructure & Services Committee Meeting dated 26 May 2015 providing an update on the
activities of the Disaster Management & Public Order Branch activities for the period ending
30 April 2015.


REPORT
The purpose of this report is to advise Council of the Disaster Management & Public Order
Branch activities for the period from 1 January to 30 April 2015.

The Branch has responsibility for disaster management operations, the SES, regulated
parking, animal management, the regulation of Local Laws & State Acts under Council’s
responsibility and supports a number of other branches to achieve compliance with the local
laws they enforce.

1.   FINANCE

The objective of the Disaster Management & Public Order Branch is to balance the demands
of its regulatory enforcement role with community expectations of fairness.

In this context the aim of sound financial management is to ensure that the revenue raised is
fair and just and operational costs are used responsibly.

The branch can be broken down into three teams Community Resilience and Disaster
Management, Management, and Public Order.




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