2016-02-02 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                          2 FEBRUARY 2016


SECTION           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                          LOOKING AHEAD
Human Resources      Commenced process for recruitment
(cont.)                of WH&S Advisor
                     Recruitment of new HR Manager
                       Finalised December 2015
                     Engagement of additional temporary
                       WH&S Advisor given resignation of
                       previous WH&S Advisor in
                       September
                     Review and updating of WH&S
                       incident reports, hazard inspections
                       training and general records
                     Leadership development
                     Preparation of Draft Payroll BCP


Community            Co-ordinate Council’s second                Continue community engagement and         Completion of digital strategy website
Engagement             community jury.                               YourSay Noosa support for the               project
                     Provided project and on-the-ground            Rufous Street Precinct consultation       Training more staff in use of Your Say
                       support to the Waste Department in          Complete Council website content            Noosa tools
                       delivering Council’s Toward Zero              review and replace remaining              Finalise IAP2 training – engagement
                       Waste initiative, including                   traditional-style landing pages with        essentials for more staff as required
                       coordination of educational material,         new tile-format pages                     Effective continuing communications
                       and media material, and assistance          Provide media, community                    of Community Jury 1
                       at shopping centre pop-up stalls              engagement and YourSay Noosa                recommendations adopted and
                     Oversaw the introduction of                   support for the Noosa Transport             implemented by Council.
                       Boomerang bags for use by staff at            Strategy development project              Report to council on Community Jury
                       Council sites to support the reduction      Continue working with ICT and               2 outcomes.
                       of plastic bag waste - a goal of              respective departments to improve
                       Council’s Towards Zero Waste                  Council’s website functionality and
                       initiative and a community campaign           content
                     Audited more than 40 Council forms          Continue progressing, with ICT, the
                       to identify new online service or e-          greater use of online forms to
                       requests opportunities for Council’s          increase website functionality for
                       website                                       customers/ratepayers




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