2022-03-08 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                          8 MARCH 2022


6.    REPORTS FOR NOTING FOR THE COMMITTEE


3     2021 ANNUAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL REPORT

Author             Disaster Management Officer, James Ulyate
                   Infrastructure Services Department

Index              ECM/ Subject / Disaster Management / Disaster Management & Planning

Attachments        Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report provides an update on the expenditure of:
•     Bushfire Recovery Exceptional Assistance Immediate Support Package ($1,275,000)
•     Operational funding provided to disaster management during the 2020-2021 financial year.
1.   Bushfire Recovery Exceptional Assistance Immediate Support Package
Following the 2019 bushfires, Council received $1,275,000 in government funding under the Bushfire
Recovery Exceptional Assistance Immediate Support Package - Funding & Activities. The allowable
time limit for expenditure of the funding is 30 June 2022.
At the time of this report 17 capital and operational projects have been completed with funding from
this grant. Examples include but are not limited to:
•     Repair of damaged infrastructure at Peregian and Noosa Northshore
•     Construction of an all-weather access track to the Noosa Northshore Aerodrome
•     Replacement of damaged gazebos at Noosa Banks
•     Implementation of novel technology solutions, including Fire Monitoring Cameras and
      LoraWAN gateways
A full list of projects, their completion status and costs are detailed further in this report.
Approximately $796,000 of the original $1.25m has been carried over into the 2021/22 financial year.
At the time of this report approximately $290,000 of the 2021/22 carry over has been spent. The
approximate $500,000 in residual funding will be used to fund a range of projects, including but not
limited to:
•     Provision of new disaster management risk assessments and plans
•     Improving and reviewing vegetation mapping to better understand bushfire risk
•     Provision of equipment and infrastructure for the Cooroibah foreshore
It is anticipated that some residual funding leading into the end of the 2020/2021 financial period will
be realised, from individual project underspend, however several standby projects with relatively
short duration outcomes have been identified and are described later in this report.
2.   Operational funding 2020/2021
Council provided $71,000 in operational funding for Disaster Management in its 2020-2021 budget,
of which $59,000 relates to internal charges. $325,000 was also allocated to fund SES operations,
of which $272,000 relates to internal charges. Additional funding was provided by the State
Government, via the Get Ready program ($22,000) and a grant from QFES ($19,500), for the
delivery of resilience projects and subsidising SES activities, respectively.


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