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
Vector Control (Mosquitoes)       Commenced aerial control of mosquito             Continue regular aerial mosquito control      Monitor salt marsh breeding
                                    borne diseases in salt marsh areas                 in salt marsh areas at each peak tide or        areas following rainfall and spring
                                    during the heavy wet weather after                 coinciding with heavy rainfall events           tidal activity
                                    Christmas                                        Limited fogging to be implemented             Conduct regular aerial treatment
                                  Dry conditions have reduced the need               where weather conditions prevent aerial         program for the salt marsh
                                    for regular aerial treatment of salt marsh         control by helicopter resulting in              breeding areas and fogging of
                                    areas that normally start in September             massive breeding of mosquitoes and              adult mosquitoes with potential to
                                                                                       complaints from residents                       transmit mosquito borne illness
                                                                                     Ensure the program focuses on disease         Work with our communication
                                                                                       transmitting mosquitoes and not                 staff to improve information to
                                                                                       nuisance pest species that do not               public on the treatment program
                                                                                       transmit disease                                Recent advertising of proposed
                                                                                                                                       treatment resulted in a negative
                                                                                                                                       public response to our program,
                                                                                                                                       despite similar advertising being
                                                                                                                                       conducted prior to each treatment
                                                                                                                                       for many years
Business as Usual activities      Continued to oversight COVID–19                  Endeavour to implement inspections of         Refine the online burial database
                                    requirements for the public and staff to           commercial swimming pools for annual            released to the public in January
                                    prevent the spread of the pandemic                 licensing recognising the current               2020 that allows the public to
                                                                                       environment of COVID-19 and the                 search for burial records online
                                                                                       impact it has caused to the                   Development of 2020/21 Budget
                                                                                       accommodation industry                          for both Waste and
                                                                                                                                       Environmental Health including
                                                                                                                                       fees and charges




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