2018-08-07 Services and Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 7 AUGUST 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                        THE NEXT QUARTER
Commence development of the draft              Workshops with the community                  Develop the draft Community             Present draft plan to Council for
Community Health Plan in consultation            reference group to develop a                    Health and Wellbeing plan.                comment prior to going out to
with relevant stakeholders for completion        Community Health and Wellbeing                                                            community consultation
in 18/19                                         Plan have commenced.
                                               A draft list of issues have been
                                                 identified and draft strategies are in
                                                 development.


Business as Usual activities                   497 annual food licence inspections           Annual food premises registrations      Undertake routine inspections of
                                                 completed for the year out of a total of        to be completed by 31 August              premises and attend to complaints
                                                 520 premises. This up on last year              2018                                    Further after hours market
                                                 which was 428 annual; food premises           Continue annual food licence              inspections of food outlets
                                                 inspections.                                    inspection program
                                               47% of premises required a                    Continuing focus on food premises
                                                 reinspection following the initial              inspection program and timely
                                                 routine inspection. This up on 24%              management of customer requests
                                                 reinspection rate the previous year.
                                                 This requires further analysis but
                                                 highlights the need for us keep on with
                                                 our regular inspection program.
                                               Food safety training sessions every 2
                                                 months have been reintroduced
                                                 following the appointment of the new
                                                 Environmental Health officer. These
                                                 sessions are offered during work
                                                 hours or after work hours.
                                               1085 complaints investigated 2017/18
                                                 vs 845 2016/17.
                                               86 new food premises applications
                                                 received vs 67 for the previous year.
                                               Market inspections after hours have
                                                 been completed with 6 monthly visits
                                                 this year.




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