2015-07-21 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    21 JULY 2015


SECTION               RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                              LOOKING AHEAD
Public Order           The new suite of Local Laws for the          Finalise Service Review                       Implement Service review outcomes
                         Noosa Shire commenced from July 1            Develop partnership with RSPCA to             Completion of work to achieve animal
                         201 .                                          achieve desexing and microchipping of           compliance at Johns Landing
                       The 2015 house to house dog                    animals at Johns Landing.                     Reduce the number of unregistered
                         inspection program has concluded with        Continue random patrols to keep dog             dogs in our pound.
                         1770 unregistered dogs being identified.       owners from going into restricted areas.      Continue to promote Responsible Pet
                       90% of dogs registered are desexed.          Re-establish daily patrols to identify any      ownership, including Cats, message to
                         This believed to be the highest ration in      illegal campers and move offenders on.          community
                         the state.                                   Develop new contract arrangement with         Roll out new dog off leash and dog on
                       Established new working relationship           RSPCA.                                          leash areas and educate dog owners on
                         with Community Development Officers          Development of a new strategy to deal           the rules around dogs.
                         to achieve better outcomes in the              with Illegal camping by way of night time     Investigate the use of new mobile
                         community                                      parking restrictions in high profile areas      technologies to achieve operational
                       Retirement of long standing Manager                                                            efficiencies.
                         Ron Thomas.
Disaster Management    The Noosa Local Disaster Management          Finalisation of Threat Specific sub plans     Annual training exercise scheduled for
                         Plan 2015/16 and Noosa Local Disaster          in conjunction with QFES                        November 4 and 5, 2015
                         Recovery Plan 2015/16 were adopted           The development of a set of Standard
                         by Council on July 2 2015.                     Operating Procedures for Council’s
                       Transfer of disaster management                Emergency Response Operations
                         responsibilities from Director Community     Ongoing Guardian training
                         Services to Director Planning and            Next LDMG meeting September 9 2015
                         Infrastructure completed.
                       A call for new volunteers for the Local
                         Disaster Coordination Centre resulted in
                         13 new volunteers
                       LDMG and various sub committees
                         continue to meet regularly




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