2020-08-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    11 AUGUST 2020


     Noosa’s iconic Park Road Boardwalk was
      voted the best Public Works Engineering
      project in Queensland. The project won the
      top accolade at the Institute of Public Works
      Engineering       Australasia,    Queensland
      Excellence Awards beating major projects
      from across the State.
     The Audit and Risk Committee continued to
      provide valuable advice and independent
      assurance for governance and finance
      matters across Council even during these
      difficult times impacted by COVID-19. This included reviewing Council’s strategic risks,
      policies and organisational key performance indicators. The two independent members
      continued to provide crucial guidance, expertise and advice on high risk matters while the
      new Councillors provided a new perspective on matters.
     Council’s Internal Audit Program delivered independent audits on the following areas:
      o Council’s Financial Delegations of Authority
      o Contractor Management and WH&S Management of Contractors

2        CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITES
We can’t rest on our laurels. There is always more to do. The key areas of focus for 2020/21 will
include:
     Ensuring that we remain “disaster ready” to assist our community, businesses and vulnerable
      sectors in the event of any further natural disasters.
     Continuing to lobby the State Government to upgrade Beckmans Road at Noosaville and also
      have the State Government improve two problem intersections at Cooroy.
     Continuing to manage the uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact
      on our local community and local economy
     Implementing the new Noosa Plan
     Delivering the many “shovel ready” projects that have been funded by the State and
      Commonwealth governments and meeting their compressed timeframes
     Carefully managing our finances and making sound decisions to ensure that we are able to
      achieve our recovery plan targets as a result of the financial impact of COVID-19.


3        REFLECTIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Clearly as outlined above, 2019/20 was another busy year. The list of what we have achieved is
long (and may well be incomplete) but doesn’t include all of the day to day services provided like
lending library books, running the Noosa Aquatic Centre, sweeping streets, answering customer
enquiries, managing development applications etc.

To put the level of “day to day” activity into perspective, the following statistics are provided:

    Services Provided in 2019/20                                    2019/20 Data
    Number of visitors to the Noosa Aquatic Centre                  159,721
    Number of visitors to The J                                     62,881
    Number of visitors to the Noosa Leisure Centre                  73,470
    Number of clients serviced at Noosa Community Support           2,278
                                                                    (40,916 hours of service delivered)


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