2014-09-16 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                      16 SEPTEMBER 2014




Suburb                                          Shopping Centre / Destination      Day

Noosaville                                      Noosa Civic, Christian Outreach    Tuesday
                                                Centre, Earl St, Tewantin or
                                                Wallace Drive Noosaville.
Noosa & Eastern Beaches:                        Noosa Fair, Noosa Community        Wednesday
Noosa Heads, Sunshine Beach, Sunrise            Health Centre
Beach, Castaways Beach, Marcus Beach,
Peregian Beach
Tewantin / Cooroibah                            Poinciana Avenue and Earl St       Wednesday
                                                Tewantin, Noosa Civic, Wallace
                                                Drive Noosaville, Christian
                                                Outreach Centre,
Cooroy and surrounds:                           Emerald Street Cooroy              Thursday
Cooroy, Black Mountain, Cooroy Mountain,
Lake Macdonald
Pomona / Cooran                                 Memorial Avenue Pomona             Thursday


Promotion
Targeted promotion through networking with key stakeholders including disability support
services, aged care facilities, Noosa Community Care, Meals on Wheels, doctors surgeries,
Noosa Hospital, RSL, library branches, U3A and State Government Departments (Department of
Human Services), in addition to utilising existing Noosa Council promotional tools.


2.    Option 2: Pensioner Concession Card Holders

Purpose
To provide an affordable transport service for low income earners in need of transport to and
from medical appointments, job interviews, and shopping.

Eligibility Criteria

Using established criteria currently utilised by the Department of Human Services (Centrelink),
use of Council Cabs services could be limited to Pensioner Concession Card Holders.

Pensioner Concession cards are issued to anyone in receipt of the following income-tested
Centrelink payments:

 Age Pension
 Bereavement Allowance
 Carer Payment
 Disability Support Pension
 Newstart Allowance or Youth Allowance as a job seeker if you are single, caring for a
   dependent child, and looking for work
 Parenting Payment single




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