2019-11-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                       12 NOVEMBER 2019


This report relates to the first quarter of the 2019/20 financial year for the Operational Plan and
some management KPIs.

1.    OPERATIONAL PLAN UPDATE

Only the major initiatives are included in the Operational Plan with day to day “business as usual”
activities included in Branch Plans.

The Branch Plans are being used by Managers to manage day to day activities. They are an
effective tool for ensuring that all of the “business as usual” activities are undertaken and that any
minor projects are followed through. They are reported to Council by Directors on a quarterly
basis and those reports are on this round of Council meetings.

Details of each Operational Plan project is set out in Attachment 1 with an assessment of
whether the issue in completed, on track or behind schedule. Comments are also provided for
the information of Councillors about the status of each issue. It is important to note that this is
“as at 30 September” i.e. the end of the first quarter and in some instances, the actions have
been advanced further since that time.

There are 32 initiatives in the 2019/20 Operational Plan. The current status of those projects is:

 Status                  Quarter 1
                     (July – Sept 2019)
 Not started                    3
 Behind Schedule                4
 On Track                   24
 Completed                      1



The table below highlights some specific Operational Plan issues that may be of interest to
Council. The first three items listed are those that have not yet commenced while the next four
are those that are behind schedule.

 Initiatives                        Comment
 Update Local Economic Plan         This is scheduled to commence after the New Year.
 Investigate options for the        This can only commence once the Council enters into a contract with the
 future use of the former           State government which has not yet occurred.
 Tewantin TAFE Site
 Establish a place making           This will be commenced following the completion of the new Noosa
 team and commence pilot            Plan.
 project
 Adoption of the Noosa River        A further draft of the Noosa River Plan is currently in the final stages of
 Management      Plan   and         review by staff.
 commence implementation
 Finalise Climate Change            The risk assessment is complete and the cost benefit analysis is
 Adaption Plan and initiate         underway however, we are slightly behind our original project timetable.
 implementation of actions          We are still on track in terms of our project funding timetable.
 Finalise the Noosa Spit            The plan is currently being finalised and is slightly behind schedule.
 Shoreline         Erosion
 Management Plan (SEMP)
 Develop            Community       The Executive Team will be examining this issue in the next quarter.
 Sustainability Indicators

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