2016-05-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                                   10 MAY 2016


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                              CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Civil Operations
Develop a Fire Management Strategy for        Prioritised   fire   trail   installation      Liaising with Qld Parks & Wildlife         Conduct a controlled burn with Qld
Bushland Reserves and Road Reserves             complete.                                        Service on joint fire management             Parks & Wildlife if conditions are
                                                                                                 activities.                                  appropriate.
Delivery     of   2015/16     Renewal         Gravel road resheeting programme               Complete Croziers Road gravel              Planning      for  2016/17  gravel
Programmes including: Gravel Road               90% complete                                     resheet which will complete the              resheeting programme
Resheeting,     Road    surfacing  &          Road surfacing and stormwater pit                2015/16 programme                          Planning of road surfacing &
Rehabilitation,    Stormwater     Pit           replacement     programmes        are          Delivery of remaining road surfacing         rehabilitation and stormwater pit
Replacement                                     currently on budget and on target.               & rehabilitation and pit replacement         replacement       programme    for
                                                                                                 programme.                                   2016/17.
Parks & Natural Areas Tree Goods &            Assessment of the tender and                   Finalise contract arrangements
Services preferred supplier arrangement         endorsement of panel arrangement
Renovations to the Noosaville Lions Park      Project completed.                             Ongoing assessment of Gympie               Replacement of assets and furniture
picnic shelters                                                                                  Terrace furniture.                           identified in the assessment.
Natural Areas service delivery model          Preferred model identified.                    Further reports being prepared.            Finalising preferred service delivery
                                                                                                                                              model.
Business as Usual activities                  Transfer of footpath inspection                Preparation of tenders for renewal of      Tender assessment of mowing
                                                processes to new mobility approach.              mowing contracts and establishment           contracts and landscaping services
                                                                                                 of a landscaping services panel of           panel of providers.
                                                                                                 providers.
                                                                                               Poinciana       Avenue       footpath
                                                                                                 construction project.
Infrastructure Planning & Design
Development of the Noosa Transport            First round of community &                     Review of consultants working              Undertake next stage of community
Strategy in conjunction with Strategic          stakeholder consultation completed.              papers.                                      & stakeholder engagement of work
Planning                                      Summary of results collated                    Preparation of next stage of                 to date.
                                              Consultant’s working papers for 20               community     &     stakeholder            Finalise 5 year action plan.
                                                year mission and 10 year strategy                engagement.
                                                received.
Implement recommendations of the              Traffic  Study completed   and
Traffic Study and monitor outcomes with         reported to Council in February
audits with aim to improve safety               2016.
standards




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