2017-06-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT
BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                             THE NEXT QUARTER
Building and Plumbing
Ensure compliance with all legislated          Two-day application time frames are         Continue to maintain levels of               Develop       seamless    approval
response        timeframes          and          being met                                     legislative timeframes across the              processes and identify resource
communications with customers (internal        95% of twenty-day application                 Branch                                         management practices for proposed
agreed set KPIs and external legislative         timeframes are being met.                   Develop and implement a seamless               legislative changes.
2 and 20 day approvals/ 10 concurrence         Concurrence agency timeframes for             approval process for the introduction        Incorporation      of    additional
agency)                                          building and plumbing are being               of legislative change to adapt to              inspections
                                                 met.                                          proposed reduced timeframes for
                                                                                               Local Governments obligations to
                                                                                               approve plumbing applications.
Consolidating     Council      Backflow        Prepared reminder advice and                 Updating Council’s backflow device          Continue to identify non-compliance
Prevention Device Register                       enforcement actions                            register                                      devices
Security Contracts for Council Owned           Approval and delivery of Council             Agreement of contract to be                 Assessment of quotations and
Buildings                                        contract for security patrols for              released for tender                           identify suitable supplier
                                                 Council owned buildings                                                                    Prepare to compile collected data for
                                               Undertaken audit of council buildings                                                        preparation of five year plan
Review   educational    material      for      Researched and liaised with Qld              Compile letters for industry within         Deliver educational material and
swimming pool compliance                         Building & Construction Commission             Noosa        for    the      continued        undertake          meetings     with
                                                 to determine Council responsibilities.         maintenance of spas                           development owners and body
                                                                                              Develop scheduled meetings with               corporate reps
                                                                                                multi development owners to discuss
                                                                                                issues with maintenance of spas and
                                                                                                pools
Prepare for and implement effective            Noosa     Council    representatives         Further develop the management of         Prepare additional Fees and Charges
responses to the legislative changes to          attended two legislation workshops             actions for the introduction of new         for new legislative obligations
the Plumbing Act amendment                       in Brisbane                                    proposed changes for plumbing
                                                                                                applications.
                                                                                              Develop new templates for the
                                                                                                introduction of new legislation
Implementation of BBQ installation plan        Prepared order/delivery of new              Complete installation of identified        Project complete
                                                 BBQs                                          benches and BBQ plates
                                               Undertaken scheduled work for               Installation of new BBQs
                                                 installation of benches and BBQs
                                                 Plates
Prepare and evaluate Councils cleaning         Developed scope of works and went           Evaluation completed                       Prepare report for Council with
contracts                                        to market with request for tenders                                                         proposed desirable contractor/s for
                                                                                                                                            Councils cleaning contract/s

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