2016-03-01 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    1 MARCH 2016


7                        ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH UPDATE REPORT TO 31 JANUARY 2016
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Co-ordinator Environmental Health, Geoff Atherfold
                                    Community Services

Index                               ECM/ Subject/ Branch Management – Community Services

Attachments                         Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Co-ordinator Environmental Health to the Infrastructure &
Services Committee Meeting of 1 March 2016 providing an update on the activities of the
Environmental Health Section to 31 January 2016.


REPORT
The purpose of this report is to advise Council of the Environmental Health Section’s activities for
the period ending 31 January 2016.

Environmental Health Section combines the operations of three distinct teams being:

                       Cemeteries – Providing high quality burial and cemetery services at Cooroy, Pomona and
                         Tewantin cemeteries.
                       Environmental Health – Providing protection, promotion and improvement of public health,
                         safety and environmental standard services.
                       Pest and Vector – Providing pest animal control, (i.e. feral cats, dogs, deer, foxes and
                         pigs), pest plant control, (i.e. groundsel, salvinia) and disease vector control, (mosquitoes,
                         rats, mice) on public and private land.

1.                       FINANCE

The objective of all services within Environmental Health is to operate within approved budgets.




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