2014-03-25 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda Pages 1-14

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              25 MARCH 2014


COMMUNITY & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORTS
(Planning & Development Section only)

1.    COMMUNITY & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UPDATE

Author            Interim Director, Alan (Fox) Rogers
                  Community & Development

Index             ECM/ Subject/ Internal Department Meetings/ Community & Development

Attachments       1.   Status update for Community & Development



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council note the report by the Interim Director, Community & Development to the Planning
& Organisation Committee dated 25 March 2014 providing an update on the operations of the
Community & Development Department as part of establishing the new Council.



REPORT

The Community and Development Department consists of the following sections and teams:

    Community Services (including Community Care (Respite and Home Assist), Galleries,
     Libraries, The J, The Bicentennial Centre, The Noosa Aquatic Centre, The Noosa Leisure
     Centre, Sport and Community Development, and Community Grants);
    Planning and Development (including Development Assessment, Engineering and
     Environmental Services, Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Charges;
    Environmental Health and Cemeteries;
    Community Order and Public Safety;
    Economic Development; and
    Disaster Management.

A status report from each of these teams outlining recent achievements, upcoming priorities and
issues is contained in Attachment 1.

In reviewing the Department’s operations for the first quarter of 2014 a number of common
themes emerge. These include:

    Staffs enthusiastic embrace of the challenges and opportunities of working in the new de-
     amalgamated Council;
    The continued delivery of quality customer service and programs at a time of significant
     change and upheaval;
    Initial teething problems with computer and phone systems requiring significant work
     arounds;



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