2015-02-03 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                           3 FEBRUARY 2015


SECTION           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                         LOOKING AHEAD
Pest Management   • Pest Management Survey second quarter         •   Pest Management Survey for third       •   Extend a pig and deer control
                    completed.                                        quarter to commence 5 January              program with QPWS, Forestry ,SEQ
                  • Staff participated in stakeholder meetings        2015.                                      water and Noosa land holders.
                    to develop a new Pest Management Plan.        •   Complete deer survey in the            •   Training of community groups in
                  • Fox control index reduced from 5.86 to            Tinbeerwah area.                           Pest Management techniques.
                    3.2 in the Coastal strip through focussed     •   Procurement of equipment from the
                    control techniques, particularly around           $18,000 State Government Grant for
                    Teewah township.                                  Wild Dog control.
                  • Application submitted and approved for
                    $10,000 grant for Pig Traps – SEQ
                    Catchment and Mary River Catchment
                    Drought.
                  • Draft Pest Management Plan for Noosa
                    approved to go out for public consultation.
                  • Regular aerial treatment to control
                    mosquitoes underway.

Public Order      • The first draft of a new suite of Local       •   Council approval to go out for         •   New suite of Local laws approved by
                    Laws for the Noosa Shire has been                 public consultation on the new suite       Council prior to June 2015.
                    developed.                                        of local laws.                         •   Reduce the number of unregistered
                  • Planning for the 2015 house to house dog      •   Undertake the dog inspection of all        dogs in our pound.
                    inspection program including advertising          residential properties in the shire    •   Introducing a new structure for the
                    the program with a public notice in the           between February and June.                 local laws section in the middle of
                    newspaper and via press release.              •   Complete the operational review            the year.
                  • The local law operations service review           and commence the tasks identified      •   Roll out new dog off leash and dog
                    commenced.                                        during the review to improve the           on leash areas and educate dog
                  • Beach patrols are continuing to identify          sections outcomes.                         owners on the rules around dogs.
                    dog owners breaching the law.                 •   Continue random patrols to keep        •   Investigate the use of new mobile
                  • Illegal camping still occurring but to a          dog owners from going into                 technologies to achieve operational
                    lesser extent as the word spreads across          restricted areas.                          efficiencies.
                    the travelling public about Council’s         •   Continue patrols each day to
                    strong stance on this issue.                      identify any illegal campers and
                  • Busy Christmas and New Year period                move offenders on.
                    managing parking matters in the Shire         •   Undertake a safety audit of the
                    with a low number of complaints.                  office, cars and locations where
                                                                      officers regularly work at.


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