2019-11-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                         12 NOVEMBER 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
                               Completed annual kerbside bulk
                                 waste collection 15 July to 30
                                 September 2019.
Waste Levy                     Submitted landfill application for          Manage the discrepancies in the           Manage collection and remittance of
                                 State Government approval of                  Wastemann database between                  monthly waste levy revenue to the
                                 resource recovery areas and                   Noosa    data     and     State             State Government.
                                 separate disposal areas.                      Government.
                               Conducted volumetric surveys of
                                 landfill and waste stockpiles and
                                 reported to State Government.
                               Landfill       charging      structure
                                 implemented         in    Wastemann
                                 software to charge the waste levy for
                                 commercial waste.
Container Refund Scheme        Request to State Government to              Develop a recycling agreement             Complete the agreement with Visy
                                 extend the period for completion of           with VISY Recycling for future              Recycling for sharing the Container
                                 an agreement with Visy Recycling              sharing of revenue from CDS                 Refund Scheme revenue by 30th
                                 was successful and expiry period              scheme with advice from King and            December 2019.
                                 extended by legislation to 30                 Co.
                                 December 2019.
                               Container refund payments received
                                 for the April to June 2019 Quarter.
MOU with Unity Water           MOU partners engaged Ramboll to             Review the final report by Ramboll        Agree on the next stage of the Ramboll
                                 undertake feasibility study. Final            and decide with MOU partners                consultancy to focus on best fit waste
                                 report has been received by partners          what waste processing technology            minimisation technology for the MOU
                                 for consideration of the next stage of        to focus on in the next stage of the        region.
                                 investigations.                               study.                                    Participate with Wide Bay Burnett
                                                                                                                           Regional Organisation of Councils in a
                                                                                                                           waste feasibility study being conducted
                                                                                                                           by consultant Ricardo Consulting.
Health Inspection Program      Licensed     premises      inspection       Action taken to suspend the               Prepare for the licensing of public
                                 program on track - 1 food premise             licence of 1 food premise until             pools and reinspection of industrial
                                 licence suspended until compliant.            improvement notice requirements             premises likely to pollute waterways.
                               Food poisoning investigations = 2             fulfilled.                                Commence inspections of swimming
                               Investigated 2 cases of illegal             Review and update project for the           pools.
                                 dumping of asbestos containing                licensing of public pools.
                                 materials.

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