2018-05-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Business as Usual activities                  Total January – March 2018 Library         Continuous assessment and review           Commence planning for 2018/19
                                                visitors:     69,060       (excluding        of WHS practices and procedures              Branch and Risk Management Plan
                                                Noosaville Library in March due to           for library branches, including            Review condition and lifespan of
                                                closure)                                     temporary library locations to ensure        Mobile Library vehicle and develop
                                              Total January – March 2018 Library           safe work environments and best              forward plan for service and staffing
                                                items loaned: 118,736                        practice implemented.                      Continue to work with Civil Works on
                                              Social media: 3,159 followers on                                                          the Wallace Park Precinct pavement
                                                Instagram and 2,121 page likes on                                                         upgrade – scheduled for completion
                                                Facebook                                                                                  early 2018/19 financial year
                                              Completed     the    draft   2018/19
                                                operational budget
                                              Trainee successfully completed
                                                requirements of the Certificate II
                                                Information and Cultural Studies as
                                                part of her 12 month Library
                                                Traineeship.
Building Maintenance                                                                       Work with B&F to assess ongoing            Finalise and seek approval for
                                                                                             issues with Cooroy Library air               proposed rectification plan for
                                                                                             conditioning and BMS to identify             Cooroy Library Air Conditioning and
                                                                                             solutions and develop a proposed             BMS
                                                                                             rectification plan                         Resolve issue with roof over existing
                                                                                           Work with B&F and plumbing                   Cooroy Library air conditioning
                                                                                             contractors to rectify external              chiller plant equipment as part of the
                                                                                             drainage issues in sunken courtyard          rectification plan
                                                                                             and rooftop at Cooroy Library
Galleries
Plan and deliver a schedule of engaging    Delivered the following exhibitions in the      Preparation for solo exhibitions by 3      Implementation      of   programs
exhibitions and programs which diversify   past quarter                                      Sunshine Coast artists, Phil Rolton,         supporting Draw! (High school
and grow audiences                          Taste of Art, annual Friends of                Miles Allen and Glenis Clelland, in          student prize).
                                               Noosa Regional Gallery exhibition             next exhibition block.                     Planning for increased focus on
                                               and Aluna by emerging local artist          Preparation for Imaginate Children’s         McCrae Memorial Drawing Prize to
                                               Domi Cohen (6,884 visitors)                   Festival.                                    be held in October 2018.
                                            Prosthetic Realities, an augmented           Preparation for Deborah Kelly
                                               reality exhibition, Domestic Duties by        touring exhibition as part of Noosa
                                               local artist Kim Schoenberger and             Alive!
                                               Object Therapy which explores               Development of workshop programs.
                                               creative transformation and notions
                                               of value and repair (6,319 visitors);
                                            Stencil Art Prize travelling exhibition
                                               and Julian Thompson exhibition


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