2021-08-10 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                         10 AUGUST 2021


BRANCH ACTIVITIES           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
                               Procurement and implementation of           Landfill gas contractor liaising with       Continue to work with Council’s ICT
                                the ASPIRE recycling brokerage               Energex on potential for power               section to iron out current issues
                                system developed by CSIRO.                   generation at landfill.                      with the waste management request
                               A new 12-month agreement was                Review liquid waste contract tenders         and complaints system.
                                negotiated with Visy for the                 and report to Council on the
                                processing of Council’s recyclable           preferred tenderer.
                                material from yellow topped bins.           Complete the audits of waste service
                                The cost of processing has                   levels of key commercial
                                increased significantly since the last       businesses.
                                agreement term.
Waste Levy                     Received the confirmation of up-            Payment of waste levy revenue on
                                front payment of money from the              time in accordance with legislation to
                                Queensland Government to cover               avoid interest penalty payments.
                                domestic disposal levy charges.
Health Inspection Program      Licensed premises inspection                Start annual inspection program of          Finalise procurement process for
                                program completed for the financial          licensed premises and monitor the            Cooroy Cemeteries Workshop
                                year in the areas of food,                   ongoing impact of COVID-19                  Planning for reinspection of
                                environmental authorities, personal         Keep liaising with Queensland                industrial premises at risk of
                                appearance services, farmers                 Health, Public Health Unit on Covid          waterways pollution from July 2021.
                                market inspections.                          safe compliance for the Noosa               Continued integration of Covid safe
                               Covid inspections completed with             region                                       compliance workload
                                each food inspection, each                  Ongoing preparation for an effective        Continue technical and specialist
                                complaint. Covid blitzes completed.          multi-agency health response in              advice to the community on Covid
                               Covid: ongoing support to                    preparedness for a second wave of            changes
                                community to understand changing             COVID-19 on the Sunshine Coast.             iCouncil food inspection template:
                                requirements                                Implementation of streamlined food           implementation and final review.
                               Joint inspections completed with             business licence application process        Plan for capability for all other
                                Public Health Unit to launch the            iCouncil food inspection template to         inspection templates in iCouncil
                                mandatory Qld Check In App                   be finalised by end of September.            (PAS, environmental authorities,
                               Implementation of streamlined food                                                        generic, pool, industrial premises).
                                business licence application process
                                (advanced stage)
                               iCouncil food inspection process in
                                trial
                               Quarterly inspections:
                                133 Food inspections
                                10 Other inspections
                                100 Covid Inspections (excluding
                                blitzes)

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