2021-05-11 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                    11 MAY 2021


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                    RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                         THE NEXT QUARTER
                                        Delivery of monthly reporting to Qld            benefits required to maintain              timeframes.
                                         State/ Federal Government agencies.             increased workloads at this point         Continue to identify leadership
                                        Branch received new scanner for                Identified resourcing for record           and resources for building
                                         existing hard copy file transfer to             management of exiting & legislative        document lodgement and
                                         electronic adaptation to fully electronic       register obligations reported within       relaxation obligations.
                                         service.                                        next years budget requirements (fee
                                                                                         for service activities)
Plumbing and Building Audit,            This quarter Council had two requests          Maintain obligations to investigate       Implement stage 3 backflow
Educational Programmes                   to investigate swimming pool emersions          emersions as requested.                    prevention device programme
and Swimming Pool Immersions             and prepare reports for Qld Health             Organise a local industry swimming         (shire drinking water protection
                                        Continue to investigate swimming pool           pool committee, in promote industry        programme)
                                         complaints (RMs)                                expectations and legislative              Continue to investigate & report
                                        Maintain audit reporting for non-building       requirements.                              findings from swimming pool,
                                         compliance within Forest Acres within          Work with residents within the Lake        Spa & Pond Emersions as
                                         Lake MacDonald catchment area.                  MacDonald Area in seeking building         directed from Qld Health.
                                        Stage Two backflow prevention device            compliance issues.                        Implement local industry
                                         programme has now been                         Develop stage 3 Backflow                   swimming pool working group
                                         completed.(shire drinking water                 prevention device program within the       program promoting consistency
                                         protection programme)                           shire.                                     in delivery of legislative
                                                                                                                                    obligations & local compliance
                                                                                                                                    support networks.
                                                                                                                                   Prepare industry service agent
                                                                                                                                    meeting this quarter (scheduled
                                                                                                                                    for 12 May 2021)
Compliance Approvals – Council and      Continue to undertake desk top study           Continue to seek performance              Complete report of outstanding
Community.                               and file management of Internal Council         based compliance criteria for North        Council building files & prepare
                                         Building files (stage one completed,            Shore Caravan Park                         report of outcomes & actions
                                         next stage underway).                          Maintain audits for on-site waste          undertaken.
                                        Maintain compliance inspections and             water systems within the Cooran           Undertake compliance
                                         performance targets for North Shore             Area of the shire.                         inspections for waste water
                                         Caravan park.                                  Maintain building and plumbing             treatment facilities within non-
                                        Completed compliance inspections for            compliance shire wide, addressed           sewered areas within the shire.
                                         Boreen Point Caravan Park                       this quarter around 456 complaints        Report outcomes of ongoing
                                                                                                                                    water meter billing savings to
                                                                                                                                    Finance Branch
                                                                                                                                   Continue to undertake building
                                                                                                                                    and plumbing approval permits
                                                                                                                                    for internal departments.


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