2017-11-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                           7 NOVEMBER 2017


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                             RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                 Finalisation of the David Low Way         Ongoing project management of the            quarter 2018.
                                                   car park delayed as a result of the         Digital Hub construction project.
                                                   need to relocate a sewerage line.         Review of the Digital Hub business
                                                 Tenders for management of the               case following Council’s decision not
                                                   Digital Hub closed 4 July 2017.             to accept any of the management
                                                                                               tenders for the operation of the
                                                                                               Digital Hub.

Cooroy Memorial Hall                             Land swap with DNRM to resolve            Monitoring CMHA’s progress in              CMHA estimate a 6 -8 month period
                                                   encroachment issues with both the           delivering the restoration works.            to undertake the building works.
                                                   Cooroy Memorial Hall and Cooroy
                                                   RSL Club finalised.
                                                 Construction works commenced in
                                                   July. These works being project
                                                   managed by the Cooroy Memorial
                                                   Hall Association (CMHA).
                                                 The CMHA have been successful in
                                                   obtaining a significant sponsorship
                                                   from the Bendigo Bank and a project
                                                   grant from the Community Benefit
                                                   fund.

Purchase of Johns Landing                        Council signed a contract to              Continue to work with the relevant         Finalise purchase of the Johns
                                                   purchase the 49 hectare property on         government agencies and not for              Landing property.
                                                   June 13.                                    profit community groups and the
                                                 The community roundtable of                 Johns family to find accommodation
                                                   Government agencies and not for             for remaining residents.
                                                   profit community groups established
                                                   to assist with long term residents’
                                                   transition to new accommodation
                                                   working well.
                                                 Approximately three quarters of the
                                                   long term residents have now found
                                                   alternative accommodation.
Libraries & Galleries
Libraries
Pro-actively develop library collections to      Finalised 2017/18 standing order       Undertake large scale stock assessment       Plan the relocation of Noosaville
meet current and future needs of Noosa             plans in line with comparative usage   and weed of physical collections based       collection stock as part of refurbishment
                                                                                          on publication age and demand                project to ensure the distribution of

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