Meeting minutes

ORDINARY MEETING | 18 JUNE 2026


      Projects and objectives which relate to climate response are then reflected down to
      Council’s annual Operational Plan which is reported on quarterly. Reports on Councils
      carbon footprint and monitoring of initiatives to reduce emissions are reported publicly
      to Council.
      In addition Council provided an update on progress delivering its Climate Change
      Response Plan at the General Committee on 16 December 2024. This included
      measuring progress on governance priorities and targets, as well as estimates on
      expenditure and external grant funds received since endorsement of the Plan. Council
      is working on developing a live, interactive and public online reporting platform, which
      intends to track progress on individual actions in the Climate Change Response Plan
      to inform the community of progress and strengthen transparency and accountability.



8.2   PUBLIC QUESTION TIME APPLICANT: NICK COOKE
      QUESTION 1
      What has been the total cost of the Destination Management Plan from initial concept
      planning to final adoption including but not limited to internal staff costs, consultant
      fees, research, community engagement, workshops, surveys, advertising,
      communications, graphic design and any other direct or indirect associated costs
      incurred to date?

      Response provided by Director Strategy & Environment, Kim Rawlings
      The research and data gathering that informed the development of the DMP began 5
      years ago, the issues the DMP seeks to address have been ongoing for many years
      and Council has sought to understand and address these issue throughout this period
      in different ways and therefore allocated resources to these issues also across this
      period. The estimated cost associated with the development and delivery of Noosa’s
      Destination Management Plan to date, is estimated to be around $600,000 over a five-
      year period or approximately $120,000 per year when averaged across the five-year
      period.
      This accounts for less than       0.07% % Noosa Council’s cumulative budget and
      likewise, less than 0.7 % of the Directorate’s budget responsible for the development
      of the DMP over the same period.
      This figure estimates the total cost of the project including (but not limited to):
       Portion of Internal staff salaries
       Consultant and professional service fees
       Research and analysis
       Community engagement activities over 3 comprehensive engagement processes.
       Workshops and stakeholder consultations
       Surveys and data collection
       Advertising and communications
       Graphic design and publication costs
       Associated project delivery and operational expenses to date (including
           development of the DMP Portal)

      QUESTION 2
      Can Council confirm whether annual dog registration renewal notices for all affected
      dog owners were successfully generated by Council's internal systems for the
      registration periods that resulted in the recent infringement notices being issued?

      Response provided by Director Development & Regulation, Richard MacGillivray
      Thank you for the question Mr Cooke.


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