2020-11-10 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                           10 NOVEMBER 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES              RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Building and Plumbing
Business as Usual activities      New 10 day time frames are                 Continue to promote Council’s               Ensure        Council’s       record
                                    challenging for plumbing approvals,          obligation in reporting and recording         management      documentation       is
                                    continuing to undertake process              legislative compliance obligations for        compiled     as    per    legislative
                                    improvements and staff return to             external and internal customers.              obligations to Australian Bureau of
                                    work part time to achieve legislative      Staff return to work part time to meet        Statistics    (ABS),     Unitywater,
                                    timeframes.                                  outstanding        timeframes      for        Queensland Treasury and the
                                  During COVID-19 period continued to          approvals.                                    Queensland Building Construction
                                    deliver customer service by way of         One stop shop building and plumbing           Commission.
                                    phones, electronic and controlled            application service counter remains
                                    face to face meetings. Maintained            closed until directed by CEO
                                    complaint      management        and
                                    legislative compliance obligations in
                                    meeting resource and set budgetary
                                    approvals.
                                  Worked to maintain legislative time
                                    frames for the delivery of Council
                                    services for field inspections and
                                    plumbing and building application
                                    management.
                                  Delivery of monthly reporting to Qld
                                    State/      Federal     Government
                                    agencies.
Plumbing and Building Audit,      Investigated two swimming pool             Maintain obligations to investigate         Stage two, of the Backflow
Educational Programmes and          immersions to date and prepared              immersions as requested.                      prevention device audit programme
Swimming Pool Immersions            reports for Queensland Health              Organise a local industry swimming            is around 80% completed.
                                  Continue to investigate and prepare          pool committee, in promote industry         Continue to investigate and report
                                    investigation outcome reports for            expectations     and      legislative         findings from swimming pool, spa and
                                    swimming pools, spas and pond                requirements.                                 pond immersions as directed by
                                    immersions     as    requested     by                                                      Queensland Health.
                                    Queensland Health.                                                                       Develop local industry swimming
                                                                                                                               pool working group to promote
                                                                                                                               consistency in delivery of legislative
                                                                                                                               obligations and local compliance
                                                                                                                               support networks.
                                                                                                                             Prepare service agent meeting next
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