2019-11-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                           12 NOVEMBER 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES              RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                        THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                                                Review Asbestos Monitoring Plan         Commence           reinspection        of
                                                                                  and include procedures for                Environmental Authorities (industrial
                                                                                  asbestos management in non-               premises) likely to pollute waterways.
                                                                                  work areas.                             Support and promote state asbestos
                                                                                                                            awareness month in November 2019.
Vector Control                    Regular aerial treatment of salt            Winter weather has caused a             Prepare treatment program for the next
                                    marsh breeding areas with 1 missed            significant reduction in mosquito         summer mosquito breeding season.
                                    treatment due to dangerous winds.             breeding despite persistent winter      Commence enhanced surveillance.
                                  Due to heavy rains 1 aerial                   rainfall.                               Prepare program for the Alfa Virus
                                    treatment completed.                        Monitor weather for summer                surveillance.
                                  Reduction in Ross River Fever                 storms.                                 3 aerial treatments planned – tide and
                                    cases by 50% compared to annual             Reassess habitat and modify               weather permitting.
                                    average over past 3 years.                    controls as needed.
                                  Barrier spray and fogging used to
                                    effectively     combat     significant
                                    mosquito breeding from rainfall in
                                    urban areas.
                                  Zero complaints this quarter.
Cemeteries                        Use of Heritage Levy funding to             Checking of cemetery records and        Identify pressure       points       and
                                    assist development of cemeteries’             transfer from hard copy to digital        improvement opportunities.
                                    database for online access to burials         format and checking of data
                                    information in the Noosa Shire.               integrity project.
                                  13 burials, 17 ashes interned.
Business as Usual activities      Waste audit of units and resorts            Process Map all activities      –       Report on the annual kerbside
                                    waste bins and reported to council.           current state – Noosability               collection service.
                                  Food licence inspections completed                                                    Implement garden waste service policy
                                    = 146                                                                                   and behavioural change program.
                                  Food business enquiries = 92                                                          Provide web site with details of burial
                                  Licence premise inspection with                                                         records for public information.
                                    follow     up     required    =    51
                                    (noncompliance = 25 and compliant
                                    = 26)
                                  Request Management pollution: light
                                    =1
                                  Request Management vermin = 4;
                                    water quality = 4, swimming pools =
                                    10, skin penetration = 5


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