2015-04-28 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                               28 APRIL 2015


COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

SECTION                RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                             LOOKING AHEAD

Waste Management        Securing a contractor to commence            Development of the 2015/2016 Waste           Finalisation of the Zero Waste Strategy
                          crushing of a significant stockpile of         Management Budget.                             following consideration of the Community
                          concrete.                                    Development of a draft 5 year Capital          Jury deliberations.
                        Ongoing increase in the number of              Works program.                               Tendering the 2015/16 Capital Works
                          garden waste services.                       Responding to requests for information         Program.
                        Construction of major capital works for a      for the Community Jury.                      Reviewing the tender called for the sale
                          biological control basin to collect and      Concrete crushing of a large stockpile of      of metal from the landfill and reporting to
                          treat nutrient rich stormwater at the          concrete.                                      council.
                          Eumundi Landfill anticipated to be           Development and letting of a tender for      Reviewing tenders for the collection and
                          completed end of April/early May 2015.         the collection of hazardous chemicals          removal of Hazardous waste.
                        Engagement of a new Coordinator                collected at Waste Transfer Stations and     Preparation of new garbage contract.
                          Waste Management (Ian Florence) due            Eumundi Rd landfill.
                          to the sudden resignation of Warren          Removal of stormwater accumulated in
                          Burgess for family reasons.                    Cell 2.2 Eumundi Rd Landfill.
                        Attendance on working party with             Monitoring methane at the landfill and
                          Unitywater      examining       potential      recapping small areas where methane is
                          advanced waste treatment and energy            escaping from capped areas due to dry
                          recovery from treatment of bio solids.         conditions.
                                                                       Securing a contractor to mulch green
                                                                         waste due to absence of contractor in
                                                                         north Queensland following tropical
                                                                         cyclone.
Environmental Health    95% of the 496 licenced premises in the      Training for Vector Control Officer to       Conduct a review of EHO administration
                          Shire have now been inspected as part          undertake vermin and other complaints          functions and duties of administrative
                          of the annual licence renewal inspection       and investigations, (including sediment        support staff.
                          program.                                       and erosion control,) thereby freeing up     Review existing development approvals
                        Unitywater engaged to undertake                EHO time.                                       of Service Stations (ERA “deemed
                          sampling/reporting to Council.               The EHOs to undertake further training          approval” premises) and undertake
                        2 x EHO’s attended Sanitary Water              of key staff in the handling and                compliance program.
                          training course in Brisbane in April as        management of asbestos.                      Investigate viability of contracting vermin
                          part of the Recreational Water               Complete the annual inspection program         control of Council BBQ’s.
                          monitoring program.                            of regulated premises to meet statutory      Investigate    potential      for    mobile
                        Development of 2015/16 operational             requirements.                                  technology options to enhance the EHO
                          budget.                                                                                       inspection program.


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