2019-11-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                              12 NOVEMBER 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                  RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
                                      Come and Try Sports Day held in           Work with Department of Housing
                                        August with over 100 primary school         and Public Works (Sport and
                                        students in attendance                      Recreation) to plan priority sports
                                      Supported Booin Gari Festival.              infrastructure projects under the
                                      Assisted Noosa Lions Football club          new Activate! Qld strategy.
                                        with a grant to Suez for a trial of
                                        hybrid grass at Girraween Sports
                                        Complex.

COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Noosa Leisure Centre – financial      As at 30 September, revenue ahead         Continue to closely         monitor       Continue to closely monitor financial
performance                             of    budget   by    $42k   (strong         financial performance.                      performance.
                                        performance from group fitness and
                                        venue hire), expenditure tracking
                                        $13k over meaning net $29k ahead
                                        of YTD budget.
NLC - general                         Attendance numbers for the Group          Review of current roller-skating          Test the market’s interest in new
                                        Fitness program up 26% against              offering.                                   walking netball program.
                                        same period last year.                    Schedule installation of pull-up          Continue to implement plans to
                                      New agreement in place for a                bars in group fitness rooms to              freshen up areas of the facility which
                                        regular user of the previously              enable broader utilisation of the           currently look tired and run down.
                                        underutilised rear compound area            rooms.                                    Launch of Refer a Friend campaign to
                                        for personal and team training            Plan for upgrade of faulting                attract and retain new group fitness
                                        sessions.                                   ventilation fans with new, more             and social sport members.
                                      Trial of new evening group fitness          energy efficient units.                   Research       alternative   scoreboard
                                        class added to the program, with          Schedule meeting with Plastic               options for future upgrade.
                                        attendance     numbers     steadily         Free Noosa representative to              Schedule annual stadium floor re-
                                        increasing.                                 discuss solutions / opportunities to        coating during Christmas closure
                                                                                    further reduce centre waste.                period.
Noosa Aquatic Centre – financial      Current      reported      financial      Continue to closely monitor               Continue to closely monitor financial
performance                             performance is impacted heavily by          financial performance.                      performance.
                                        the centre’s shutdown. Revenue is
                                        down $85k because closure was
                                        longer than expected. Expenditure is
                                        $123k below budget largely due to
                                        the casual labour budget being


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