2017-02-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                              7 FEBRUARY 2017


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                              CURRENT PRIORITIES                             THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                                                                 Electronic scanning of 32,000
                                                                                                   existing building files (80% complete)
                                                                                                 Identification of outstanding show
                                                                                                   causes from existing building files.

Civil Operations
Management of Bushland          Reserves       Specification     developed       and            Appointment         of     successful       Develop        bushland     reserve
including coordination of       volunteer        quotations called for preparation of               consultant to begin Bushland                  restoration plans
Bushcare Groups.                                 the Bushland Reserve Strategic Plan.               Reserves Management Plans an                Update & improve the Bushcare
                                               First Aid & CPR Refreshers for                     Ecological Restorations Plans                 content on Council’s Website
                                                 Bushcare volunteers.                             Standardising volunteer Safety              Assess      outstanding  Voluntary
                                               Green Army graduated after 24                      procedures to align with Council              Conservation            Agreement
                                                 weeks of training and field work.                Commencement of new Green Army                applications
                                                                                                    team
                                                                                                  Bushcare Leader planning workshop
                                                                                                  Report to Council regarding new
                                                                                                    Land for Wildlife MoU.
Provision of disaster response capability      Disaster  exercise          undertaken           Ensure       effective     afterhours       Review processes for afterhours
                                                 November 2016                                      response during storm season                  emergency work and disaster
                                                                                                  Participate in training day with SES          response.
                                                                                                    involving sandbag filling and storage       Prepare for Field Coordination
                                                                                                    of filled sandbags at Noosaville              Centre exercise.
                                                                                                    Depot.
Manage     the  delivery of     asset          Identification of maintenance needs             Finalise Service Levels & report to          Improvement of Branch processes
maintenance    services     including            repair timber street furniture at Noosa           Council                                        using Council’s Works system
monitoring and review of Levels of               Junction.                                       Improvements to defect logging &             Review effectiveness of new Street
Service                                        Completion of bridge repairs at Mary              asset inspections by field crews               Sweeping contract.
                                                 River Road-Cooroy, Wahpunga lane-               Undertake pavement repair program.           Commence reconstruction of park
                                                 Kin Kin, Old Noosa Road and                                                                      furniture in Gympie Tce, Noosaville.
                                                 tablelands Road – Cooran.                                                                      Commence refurbishment of Street
                                               Installation of prototype picnic table at                                                        furniture in Noosa Junction.
                                                 Gympie terrace – Noosaville
                                               Gross      pollutant    trap   cleaning
                                                 program completed.
                                               Completion of quarterly playground
                                                 compliance inspections


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