2019-05-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   7 MAY 2019


1.    OPERATIONAL PLAN UPDATE

Only the major initiatives are included in the Operational Plan with day to day “business as usual”
activities included in Branch Plans.

The Branch Plans are being used by Managers to manage day to day activities. They are an
effective tool for ensuring that all of the “business as usual” activities are undertaken and that any
minor projects are followed through. They are reported to Council by Directors on a quarterly
basis and those reports are on this round of Council meetings.

Details of each Operational Plan project is set out in Attachment 1 with an assessment of
whether the issue is completed, on track or behind schedule. Comments are also provided for
the information of Councillors about the status of each issue. It is important to note that this is
“as at 31 March” i.e. the end of the third quarter and in some instances, the actions have been
advanced further since that time.

There are 28 initiatives in the 2018/19 Operational Plan. The current status of those projects is:

Status                      Quarter 1            Quarter 2             Quarter 3
                     (July – Sept 2018)       (Oct – Dec 2018)      (Jan – Mar 2019)
Not started                    3                       2                     0
Behind Schedule                3                       3                     5
On Track                       22                     20                    20
Completed                      0                       3                     3



The table below highlights some specific Operational Plan issues that may be of interest to
Council.

Initiatives                         Comment
Environment Strategy                A draft Environment Strategy is currently out for community consultation.
Yurol and Ringtail Forest           The Joint Transition Committee has met three times to manage the day-
Project                             to-day transition process. The first tranche of the transfer of State
                                    Forest to National Park (approximately 340 ha) is almost complete.
Noosaville             Library      This project was completed and officially opened on 30 November 2018
refurbishment                       and the new refurbished library is operating well.
New Planning Scheme                 The draft planning scheme is currently open for community consultation
                                    until 20 May 2019. A comprehensive community engagement process
                                    has been underway since the draft scheme was adopted for the purpose
                                    of community consultation.
Noosa Transport Strategy            Council adopted a series of actions to alleviate the transport congestion
                                    over the Christmas and Easter periods.             Those actions were
                                    implemented successfully over those periods and the results will be
                                    reported to Council in due course.
Asset Management Plans              The Stormwater Asset Management Plan was adopted in February
                                    2019.
Noosa    North         Shore        This project was delayed as a result of native title issues associated with
Campground                          the land swap but the project is proceeding for the areas not affected by
                                    that issue. A tender for project work closed in December 2018 and we
                                    are also awaiting the result of a State infrastructure grant application.




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