2020-08-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                          11 AUGUST 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                              THE NEXT QUARTER
                                            Provided ongoing and up to date              Working with and collaborating with
                                              information        for      community          local community organisations to
                                              organisations and volunteers on                ensure food supply for vulnerable
                                              Council’s COVID-19 Community                   persons is available
                                              Support page
                                            Provided support and assistance to
                                              community organisations in relation
                                              to COVID restrictions and return to
                                              play, including liaison with State and
                                              Regional bodies, local and state
                                              government staff, reviewing plans
                                              etc
Business as Usual Activities                Restumping and painting project at           Support reinstating ceramics studio
                                              Wallace House (Noosa Arts and                  at Wallace House
                                              Crafts)                                      Assist sports clubs to apply for Qld
                                            QMusic Industry Connect Workshop               Government          Active      Restart
                                              content delivered online                       Infrastructure Recovery Fund (15
                                            Assisted      sports     clubs     with        clubs looking to apply)
                                              information and applications for             Work with University of Sunshine
                                              Sport specific funding form the                Coast and local schools to deliver a
                                              Department of Housing and Public               variety of talks around resilience and
                                              Works (43 clubs received Active                overcoming adversity
                                              Clubs Restart)                               Working with the Noosa Boardriders
                                                                                             Club to identify potential locations for
                                                                                             a water sport clubhouse (multi-sport)


COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Noosa Leisure Centre (NLC) – Financial      Financial performance was impacted           Continue to closely monitor and               Continue to closely monitor and
Performance                                   by the closure of the Centre due to            minimise financial impacts from                 minimise financial impacts from
                                              COVID-19 from March 23 to 14                   COVID-19                                        COVID-19
                                              June. Revenue finished the year
                                              $111k behind budget expectations,
                                              while expenditure finished $91k
                                              under budget, leading to net
                                              performance $20k behind budget. It
                                              was a disappointing way to end the
                                              year having been $55k ahead of

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