2015-07-21 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                 21 JULY 2015


SECTION           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                              LOOKING AHEAD
Pest Management    Completed the fourth quarter pest             Implementing the first Quarter Pest           Improvement in fox control on the North
                     survey of rural properties.                     Survey for 2015/16.                             Shore.
                   Quad bike operator safety procedure           Revise methodology for the delivery of        Develop electronic field recording device
                     developed by John McCarron                      pest plant control program and priority         (Tablet) to create efficiencies
                   Rotary ditcher purchased for the                areas for control.                            Investigate the potential for the
                     reinstatement of habitat modifications        Continue cross training of Pest and             development of a feral deer tagging
                     when conditions permit                          Vector team to maximise output, assist          program with Dept. of Agriculture,
                                                                     with seasonal spikes in all three areas         Fisheries and Forestry to map deer
                                                                   Obtain licence for Vector Officer to            movements in the Tinbeerwah area.
                                                                     enable him to undertake gassing of fox
                                                                     dens.
                                                                   Liaise with National Parks management
                                                                     to enhance wild animal control activities
                                                                     – possible joint programs – improved
                                                                     coordination.
                                                                   Pest Plant Animal and Vector control
                                                                     Officers to undertake safe
                                                                     handling/operation of quad bike course.
                                                                     Coordinated by WH&S Officer, John
                                                                     McCarron.
                                                                   Undertake runnelling of existing habitat
                                                                     modifications when tidal areas are totally
                                                                     dry.

Cemeteries         Small truck currently being replaced with     Prepare plaque display on level 1 to          Enter all existing Cemetery plots into T1
                     an extra cab utility and trailer to reduce      allow bereaved families to make choices         as staff resources permit
                     operational costs.                            Electronically scanning cemetery burial       Creation of cemetery web site.
                                                                     and ashes records into ECM.




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