2016-05-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                                 10 MAY 2016


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                       RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                              THE NEXT QUARTER
Environmental    Monitoring   Program      Dept of Environment approval of the          Developing the tender specifications          Commence monitoring
(REMP) for the Eumundi Rd landfill.          receiving Environmental Monitoring             for the forthcoming environmental
                                             Program (REMP) for the Eumundi                 monitoring contract.
                                             Rd landfill.
                                             Noosa is the first local government
                                             in Queensland to use this approach
                                             for complying with the Landfill
                                             Environmental Approval
New waste cell at the Eumundi Rd           Commenced commissioning and                  Continue to fill Cell                         Completion of intermediate capping
landfill                                     filling a new waste cell at the                                                                works on cell 2.1 prior to the
                                             Eumundi Rd landfill.                                                                           expiration of the current contract.
Concrete crushing                          Awarding the contract for concrete           N/A                                           Commence crushing concrete.
                                             crushing at the Eumundi Rd
                                             resource recovery facility.
Hasting St Trial                           Negotiating     support   from      the      Supervising and assessing the                 Reviewing Hastings St waste
                                             Hastings      St    Association      to        Hastings St early start/recycling trial.        collection service and potential
                                             commence a 6 week trial of an                                                                solutions for inclusion in the next
                                             earlier waste collection service (and                                                          contract.
                                             daily recycling service) on Hastings
                                             Street. The trial was largely initiated
                                             due to WH&S concerns raised by
                                             the contractor about servicing after
                                             7am when the street is busy.
Environmental Health
Asbestos handling policy                   Draft Asbestos handling policy and           Leadership team adoption of the               Further      prescribed    asbestos
                                             associated operating procedure                 asbestos handling policy and                    handling and management training
                                             completed                                      operating procedure                             to other areas of the business to
                                           Asbestos     Management       Plan           Ensure appropriate staff have                   assist with after management of this
                                             included as part of the Disaster               asbestos      handling/management               issue
                                             Management Plan                                training                                      Develop a data management &
                                                                                                                                            document retention system in T1 for
                                                                                                                                            recording asbestos investigations in
                                                                                                                                            accordance with the Public Health
                                                                                                                                            Act requirements




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