2014-10-14 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                           14 OCTOBER 2014


COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORTS
2                         COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT UPDATE
DOCUMENT IN FOR MATI ON




Author                               Director Community Services, Alan (Fox) Rogers
                                     Community Services Department

Index                                ECM/ Subject / Status Report Update

Attachments                          Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Director Community Services to the Infrastructure & Services
Committee Meeting dated 14 October 2014 providing an update on the operations of the
Community Services Department.


REPORT
The Community Services Department consists of the following sections and teams:
•    Community Development, and Community Grants
•    Community Facilities (including Noosa Community Care, The J, The Bicentennial Centre,
     The Noosa Aquatic Centre, and The Noosa Leisure Centre);
•    Disaster Management and Public Order;
•    Libraries and Galleries; and
•    Waste, Environmental Health and Cemeteries.

In reviewing Community Services operations for the past three months it is worth noting:

•                         Departmental staffs’ ongoing commitment to deliver high quality customer service;
•                         Position Descriptions have been developed and finalised;
•                         Operational Service Reviews for Waste, Local Laws and the J have commenced;
•                         Implementation of previous service reviews is well underway with commencement of
                          community consultation on the future of the Butter Factory and the development of the
                          Libraries 5 year strategic plan;
•                         The Department has been successful in achieving the following grants: $25,000 from Arts
                          Queensland for RADF and a four year funding arrangement with the State Library for the
                          development of an Early Childhood literacy program worth $185,756 over 4 years; and
•                         The Department has had a focus on Workplace Health and Safety and the development of
                          Risk Management plans this quarter.




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