2017-10-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                            10 OCTOBER 2017


Ordinary Meeting 21 September 2017, Item 4, Page 13
That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to the Services &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 12 September 2017 and
A.   Include the Lake Cooroibah urban area, as defined in Attachment 1 to the report, as an
     area where Council will provide a garden waste recycling bin to residents, serviced
     fortnightly; and
B.   Advise owners of the proposed service and invite exemptions from service in accordance
     with the current garden waste service policy, prior to delivery of bins and commencement
     of service.

Ordinary Meeting, 20 April 2017, Item 1, Page 5
That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to the Services &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 11 April 2017 and Council:
A.   Approve the Garden Waste Recycling Service Policy including the maps of areas where a
     3 bin waste collection service will be provided to single dwellings and duplexes, as
     provided at Attachment 1 to the report subject to an amendment to page 13, item 7 to read
     as follows:
     7     SERVICE EXEMPTIONS
     The owner of premises within the defined garden waste service area may apply for an
     exemption from the garden waste recycling service where they meet the following criteria:
      the owner engages a service provider to perform a gardening service at premises to
         either mulch or remove all garden waste to the resource recovery facility or to another
         location for an approved reuse of the resource and the service provider supplies a
         written undertaking that achieves compliance with the exemption criteria mentioned in
         this section; or
      the parcel of land on which a single dwelling or duplex is located is 400m² or less in
         area.
B.   Specify the minimum service level for single dwellings and duplexes within the 3 bin service
     areas as 1 x 240 litre general waste bin collected weekly, 1 x 240 litre yellow lidded
     recycling bin collected fortnightly and 1 x 240 litre lime lidded garden waste recycling bin
     collected fortnightly;
C.   Designate the area where an optional garden waste collection service will be provided as
     any premises which are not a single domestic residence or duplex located within the
     designated 3 bin garden waste service area, or any premises within 5 kilometres of the 3
     bin garden waste service areas; and
D.   Provide an exemption from the garden waste recycling service to single dwellings or
     duplexes which are located on parcels of land which are 400m² or less in area, upon
     receipt of a written application for exemption.

Council approved the Waste Collection Contract at Council’s Ordinary Meeting in December
2016. The Contract included the defined waste and recycling collection areas, but these areas
were not specifically presented to Council for adoption by resolution.




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