Annual Report 2023-24

     Highlights




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Our Performance
                                                                                                                        7 AConstruction of the new dedicated Disaster Management Centre
                                                                                                                            dedicated Local Disaster Co-ordination Centre has been established at Noosa Council’s Noosaville


     of the Year
                                                                                                                               Depot, tapping into Disaster Reconstruction Funding. The centre was created through cost effective
                                                                                                                               re-use of relocated former school buildings and now provides a dedicated co-ordination room and triage
                                                                                                                               facility during disasters, but also can be used continuously throughout the year for disaster preparedness
                                                                                                                               meetings and training.


                                                                                                                        8 Waste  Strategy
                                                                                                                          Council endorsed Noosa Waste Plan 2023-28 following with extensive input from the community and
                                                                                                                               provides a blueprint to achieve a significant reduction in materials being sent to landfill. The highest source

     1     Inducting the new Council
           Council welcomed a new team of Council in April 2024 with a new Mayor, four returning Councillors
                                                                                                                               of Council’s emissions (63%) is the landfill owned and operated by Noosa Council that receives and
                                                                                                                               manages the Noosa community’s residential and commercial waste. The Waste Plan provides a valuable
                                                                                                                               road map to achieve waste diversion target of 61% by 2025.
           and two new councillors. Councillors received the most extensive induction programme ever
           undertaken by Council over a three-month period. This ensured a strong, well-informed, and cohesive
           Councillor cohort, ready to tackle the challenges of their four-year term in office.                         9 Opening   of the Olive Donaldson Pavilion
                                                                                                                          In August 2023 Council was proud to deliver the $1.95M Pavilion facility which will support a number of sports

     2 Council
       Deployment of licence plate recognition technology for parking regulation                                               clubs currently based at the complex including Tewantin Noosa Cricket Club, Noosa District Netball Association,
                                                                                                                               and Noosa Beach Classic Car Club, with the opportunity to welcome new sports such as pickleball to the site.
               has successfully procured, installed and deployed new license plate recognition technology.
                                                                                                                               This project was proudly funded by the Australian Government, the Queensland Government, Noosa Council
           This cutting-edge solution is integral to our efforts in efficiently managing parking within our Local
                                                                                                                               and the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund. The pavilion will support the current and future demands of the
           Government area. Better parking regulation supports businesses who rely on the regular turnover
                                                                                                                               host of clubs who call the complex home, plus address the shortage of toilet facilities.
           of parking for their customers, and residents and visitors who rely on drivers not overstaying so that
           everyone gets fair access to our busy precincts.
                                                                                                                        10 Hinterland  customer service trial – Cooroy Library


     3 Council’s draft 2023/24 financial position, pending completion of Financial Statements and
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           Financially sustainable Council                                                                                 Council’s customer service team has branched out into the hinterland with the launch of a new satellite
                                                                                                                               help desk at Cooroy Library. The hinterland trial builds on efforts to make Council and its services more
                                                                                                                               convenient to the community in ways that are relevant to individual needs. Customer service staff based at
           independent audit, has achieved an operating surplus.
                                                                                                                               the library can help with general Council enquiries, provide advice about Council’s services and facilities as
                                                                                                                               well as receive requests and forms.
     4 The
       ICT focus on cybersecurity and system enhancements
           implementation of improved security frameworks, monitoring and policy to mitigate cyber security
           risks. This was supported by increased investment in technology projects during the year across a            11 Kabi Kabi engagement
                                                                                                                           Over the last year, Council has been strengthening its historically strong relationship with Noosa’s Traditional
           range of Council facilities and services, including property & rating systems, waste, corporate reporting,
                                                                                                                               Custodians, the Kabi Kabi Peoples. Council held over 28 formal engagements with the Native Title Holders
           network hardware servers and switches, CCTV, asset and fleet management.
                                                                                                                               and Directors of the Kabi Kabi Peoples Aboriginal Corporation - the authorised body representing Kabi

     5 Considerable
       Disaster Reconstruction Program                                                                                         Kabi Peoples on Native Title and cultural heritage matters. These engagements included workshops and
                                                                                                                               walk on country events to inform our key strategies and plans, as well as site inductions and cultural heritage
                    progress has been made on repair and reconstruction of 31 landslides and 15 stormwater
                                                                                                                               assessments to inform our infrastructure projects. The depth and breadth of engagements held last year has
           culverts and drains impacted by the 2022 rainfall event. Following a lengthy and complex design
                                                                                                                               set a strong foundation for Council’s long-term partnership with Kabi Kabi which both improves outcomes
           process, substantial progress has been made on the Black Mountain landslide site in order to
                                                                                                                               and aspirations for Kabi Kabi in the region, as well as enriches culture and liveability in Noosa.
           stabilise the road and repair convenient access to Cooroy for impacted residents. Other completed

                                                                                                                        12 Pomona
           sites including stormwater Coles Creek Road, Upper Pinbarren Creek Road, Schriebers Rd, Weyba




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Noosa Council Annual Report 23/24
                                                                                                                                   Place Plan (initiation first pilot)
           Esplanade and Golden Gully Road.
                                                                                                                           The Pomona Place pilot is a new approach to planning, engaging and improving the liveability of Pomona
                                                                                                                               in partnership with community to ensure it remains a unique and thriving community into the future. A key
     6 Following initial attempts for a lower “key” dredging program, the project was reprofiled in late 2023 to
           Reprofiling of the Noosa doggy beach - SEMP
                                                                                                                               component of the pilot is to also learn and test new approaches to place based planning that can be applied to
                                                                                                                               other towns and villages across the Shire. The first round of community consultation was undertaken in August
           achieve the full extent of works outlined by Councils Shoreline Erosion Management Plan, and achieve                and October in 2023 with over 500 people participating to understand local values, aspirations and ideas about
           a natural shoreline protection system for the Noosa River estuary and Noosa Sound. This was achieved                the future to input into the Plan. From this a suite of actions were developed based around key themes that the
           through redirection of the Noosa River channel and dredging nourishment works to achieve a wide                     community were asked to prioritise in the second round of engagement which ran from May through to June
           beach, that will be maintained through an ongoing nourishment program.                                              2024 with 300 people participating.