2021-02-09 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     9 FEBRUARY 2021


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                  RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                               THE NEXT QUARTER
WASTE & ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH
Waste Management                    Commenced development of new 20-year          Progress Waste Strategy development            To work with MRA on potential
                                      Waste Strategy                                  including planning community consultation        service delivery methods for the
                                    Official opening of the new ‘Ed Shed”           phase.                                           bulk kerbside collection service and
                                      waste education facility at Eumundi Road      Implement enhanced illegal dumping               report to Council.
                                      RRC                                             surveillance and compliance activities         Complete the detailed design phase
                                    Waste officers worked closely with              utilising Qld Govt grant.                        for the construction of the next
                                      collections contractor to ensure effective    Waste service levels of key commercial           waste cell and expansion of
                                      service delivery during busy summer             businesses to be audited as Covid                resource recovery area at Eumundi
                                      holiday period.                                 restrictions ease.                               Road Landfill
                                                                                    Progress construction of 2nd weighbridge       Construction of a waste compound
                                                                                      and new gatehouse at Eumundi Road                in Noosa Woods that will allow
                                                                                      Landfill & Resource Recovery Centre              more effective servicing of public
                                                                                    Landfill gas contractor liaising with            place bins in the Hastings Street
                                                                                      Energex on potential for power generation        precinct.
                                                                                      at landfill.
Waste Levy                          Waste Levy fees being paid to State           Payment of waste levy revenue on time in       To complete the waste budget
                                      Government in accordance with monthly           accordance with legislation to avoid             process and provide a submission
                                      invoices received.                              interest penalty payments                        to the Queensland Government for
                                    Worked with Rates Section on the                                                                 the annual subsidy payment to
                                      introduction of the $5 increase to the                                                           offset the levy for domestic
                                      Waste Levy from January 2021                                                                     services.
Memorandum of Understanding         Formal MoU process concluded                  Waste Managers from the three Councils         Monitor progress as Moreton Bay
(MOU) with Unitywater, Sunshine     Report presented to Council on the MoU          will continue to meet to discuss potential       RC continue to explore advanced
Coast Regional Council & Moreton      in December 2020.                               opportunities to work collaboratively on         waste treatment options.
Bay Regional Council regarding                                                        regional advanced waste treatment.
Advanced Waste Treatment
Health Inspection Program           Licensed premises inspection program          Conduct annual inspection program of           Planning for reinspection of
                                      delayed by COVID – 19 workloads                 licensed premises where possible and             industrial premises at risk of
                                      however EHO’s have now completed 95%            monitor the ongoing impact of COVID-19           waterways pollution
                                      of the inspections                            Liaise with Queensland Health, Public          Continued integration of Covid safe
                                    Fees and charges for public swimming            Health Unit on Covid safe compliance for         compliance workload into current
                                      pool approvals complete                         the Noosa region                                 work structures
                                    Completed transition from paper based         Planning to build capacity for an effective    Provide technical and specialist
                                      inspection program to electronic                multi-agency health response in                  advice to the community and
                                      inspections via iPads                           preparedness for a second wave of                internal business units on Covid
                                    339 Health requests, 122 Food                   COVID-19 on the Sunshine Coast                   safe practices from a public health
                                      inspections, 68 Covid Inspections                                                                perspective

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