2017-11-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                           7 NOVEMBER 2017


Areas of key focus for the group in the coming year will be:
   Disaster exercise
   Spontaneous volunteers guideline
   Get Ready program.

9.    Recovery Sub-Committee
The Recovery Sub-Committee is chaired by Councillor Jurisevic in his role as the Deputy Chair of
the LDMG. It comprises the Chairs of each of the four Recovery functional groups – Economic,
Environment, Human-Social and Infrastructure, all of whom are Council officers, and
representatives of the State Government departments with lead agency responsibility for
recovery.
The Recovery Sub-Committee met twice in 2016/2017, once at the beginning of the storm
season and once at the end of the season. It was not required to stand up in response to Ex TC
Debbie.

10.   SES Support
The Noosa SES consists of four units comprising approximately 70 volunteers. The units are
located at Tewantin, Cooroy, Pomona and Boreen Point.
Following the retirement of Stan Ryan in March 2017, Pauline Eglington became the Acting Local
Controller and was subsequently appointed to the role of SES Local Controller in September.
Pauline will appoint a Deputy Controller in the near future.
The SES has attended 422 requests for assistance in 2016/2017 with the main responses being
storm damage and sandbagging during Ex TC Debbie, or other rain events. They also assisted
other agencies with traffic control and land searches and undertook community education
programs around the Shire.
Council provides financial support to meet the costs of operating and maintaining the SES
buildings, vehicles, trailers and operational equipment, as well as the purchase of goods and
materials used by the SES during activations (see Finance section for further details).
Purchases and maintenance of significance during the year includes:
   Replacement and fit out of Troop Carrier. Partly funded by a $15,000 grant from the State
     Emergency Service Non-Recurring Grants
   Overhaul of telephone system at Tewantin facility
   Repairs to roof at Tewantin facility

11.   Additional ALERT flood warning stations
Four new flood warning stations have been installed for the Six Mile Creek at:
   Garnet Street, Cooroy
   Elm Street, Cooroy
   Liane Drive, Lake Macdonald
   Subway Park, Pomona (dual gauge to monitor subway underpass and upstream of Hill
     Street)
One new flood warning station has been installed for the Noosa River at Kin Kin Gympie Road,
Wahpunga.

12.   Community Disaster Management Sub Groups
Three community disaster management sub groups are operating in Noosa Shire at Kin Kin,
Cooran and Pomona. During 2016/2017 meetings were held at Kin Kin and Pomona. The
Pomona group was exercised in November 2016 with the evaluation report presented to the
LDMG. Subsequently a review of the Pomona Disaster Management Sub Plan was conducted
and a further exercise for the Pomona group is planned before the end of 2017.

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