2018-05-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
                                               Workshop with councillors on the
                                                 Special        Charge        proposal.
                                                 Councillors agreed to discuss as
                                                 part of the budget discussions
Develop and commence implementation            Fees are available for charging for         Develop proposal of which pools will       Awaiting finalised pool monitoring
of Inspection program with fees for              the inspection of pools in the 17/18          be inspected                                 program guidelines from QHealth
Licensing of commercial swimming pools           budget                                        New swimming pool operational                before commencing program most
(under Local Law 1 which is to be              Swimming pool operational training            guidelines are being updated by              likely now in next financial year.
amended for this undertaking)                    undertaken with 2 x staff with further        Qhealth. The development of this
                                                 training to be undertaken                     guideline will allow establishment on
                                                 Inspection fee included in the fees &         a suitable public pool monitoring
                                                 charges                                       program
Develop and implement a risk based             Staff attended a Qld Health training        Develop a risk rating system for food      Finalise investigations into the
food business licensing and inspection           course on risk rating premises.               premises                                     development of a risk based
system                                           Food premises register has been               Program will commence beginning              inspection program
                                                 risk rated and inspection frequencies         of new financial year
                                                 have been developed
Commence development of the draft              Draft project plan has been prepared        Refine the project plan                    Arrange steering group meetings to
Community Health Plan in consultation            for the development of the                  Develop and obtain approval from             work on development of the plan
with relevant stakeholders for completion        Community Health Plan                         Council for the steering group             Undertake initial reference group
in 18/19                                       Proposed scoping for the Plan has             representatives                              meeting and commence plan
                                                 been workshopped with Councillors           Confirm        reference      group          development
                                                 and councillor representation on the          membership and organise initial
                                                 reference group ratified by council           reference group meeting for April
Business as Usual activities                   295 annual food licence inspections         Continue annual food licence               Develop draft 18/19 budget
                                                 completed following 565 inspections.          inspection program                         Propose draft fees and charges for
                                               845 complaints investigated (900            Continuing focus on food premises            18/19
                                                 complaints investigated in 2016/17)           inspection program and timely              Undertake routine inspections of
                                               Above average numbers of new food             management of customer requests              premises and attend to complaints
                                                 business applications received to                                                        Implement activities around the
                                                 date.                                                                                      amendments to Local Laws relating
                                               Market inspections after hours have                                                        to Environmental Health
                                                 been     completed     with    further                                                   Continuing inspection program
                                                 inspections scheduled before 30                                                          Further    after     hours   market
                                                 June 2018                                                                                  inspections of food outlets




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