2021-02-09 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     9 FEBRUARY 2021


CORPORATE SERVICES DEPARTMENT

BRANCH ACTIVITIES              RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                                THE NEXT QUARTER
Financial Services
Business As Usual Activities      2019/20 year end statutory reports            2021/22 budget development underway,            Finalise the development of the
                                    finalised and adoption by Council on 19         including the new community engagement            2021/22 budget.
                                    November 2020.                                  process.                                        Undertake budget review 3.
                                  Budget Review 2 completed and                 Comprehensive valuation of parks and other      Queensland Audit Office (QAO)
                                    adopted by Council on 17 December               infrastructure assets underway.                   2020/21 interim audit scheduled
                                    2020.                                         Finalise loan refinancing application with        for April 2021.
                                  Debt financing investigation undertaken         Queensland Treasury.                            Review issues identified during
                                    and re-financing options considered by        Continue to monitor Council’s financial           external and internal audits to
                                    Council on 17 December 2020.                    performance on an ongoing basis, including        improve Council’s internal
                                  Queensland Audit Office (QAO) 2020/21           the financial impacts from the COVID-19           controls.
                                    planning audit completed in December            pandemic.                                       Branch and risk plan updates
                                    2020.                                                                                             and staff performance
                                                                                                                                      appraisals.
ICT
Business as Usual activities      Assisted Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire          Cybersecurity improvements.                     Printer replacement and
                                    Council creating maps for them to use in      Tender for managed ICT services and               rationalisation to reduce costs.
                                    meetings on native title as they had no         associated changes.                             Upgrading to the latest 2020B
                                    GIS capability.                               Supporting staff working at home during           TechnologyOne software with
                                  New email security system providing             COVID-19.                                         new features and bug fixes.
                                    improved filtering and security training      Completing the Microsoft Teams internal         Online aerial imagery update
                                    when opening emailed links.                     rollout.                                          into online mapping.
                                  Online mapping provided for the climate       Branch and risk plan updates and staff
                                    change adaptation plan, biodiversity and        performance appraisals.
                                    fire management.
                                  Added photos of flora to the online tour
                                    of the Botanic Gardens.
                                  Upgraded the Noosa Lock and Weir
                                    system improving cybersecurity and
                                    support including outage alerting.
                                  New recruitment system with improved
                                    recordkeeping.




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