2017-02-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                       7 FEBRUARY 2017


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Infrastructure Planning & Design
Development of the Noosa Transport            Council adopted a Transport Policy.       Report to Council to adopt Draft            Community consultation on Draft
Strategy in conjunction with Strategic        Councillor workshop to review Draft         Transport Strategy                            Transport Strategy
Planning                                        Transport Strategy
Implement recommendations of the              Implementation of Traffic Study           Services relocation for design of           Design of Ernest St and Hilton Tc
Traffic Study and monitor outcomes with         recommendations ongoing.                    Ernest St and Hilton Tc intersection          intersection    improvements     and
audits with aim to improve safety                                                           improvements continuing                       service relocation continues
standards                                                                                 Commencing design of Ernest St and          Design of Moorindil St and Poinciana
                                                                                            Hilton Tc intersection improvements           Avenue intersection improvements
                                                                                          Commencing design of Moorindil St             continues.
                                                                                            and Poinciana Avenue intersection
                                                                                            improvements.
Implement Asset Management roadmap            Appointed one Technical Officer to        Establishment of a number of asset          Finalise     the     strategic    asset
initiatives.                                    assist in the implementation of             management work teams to assist in            management plan.
                                                roadmap initiatives.                        improving processes and procedures          Finalise recruitment of one additional
                                              Established the asset management            across various assets.                        resource to assist with AM roadmap
                                                steering committee.                       Complete      the    strategic asset          implementation.
                                              Completed the asset management              management plan.                            Improve the structure and forums for
                                                governance framework.                                                                     the various work teams that have
                                              Updated the asset management                                                              been initiated to further develop asset
                                                policy.                                                                                   management practices across the
                                                                                                                                          organisation.
Commence pilot for      detailed   Asset      Commenced drafting of a request for       Appoint a consultancy service to            Commence development of the
Management Plans.                               quotation to engage consultancy             assist in developing detailed asset           detailed Asset Management Plan.
                                                service to assist in the development        management plans.
                                                of asset management plans.
Delivery     and    oversight   of  the       Significant planning and design work      Commencing construction activities          Further increase in construction
infrastructure Capital Works Program for        undertaken during the quarter of the        of a number of capital projects in            projects across the capital program
2016/17                                         capital works program, and have             order to complete the program on              as designs are completed.
                                                commenced construction projects.            budget.
Develop 5 and 10 year Capital Works           Workshop held with Councillors in         Updating the future programme once          A draft 5 year Capital Works Program
Programs for Council consideration              developing 5 year capital program.          the Budget review three (BR3)                 to be endorsed by Council at budget
before end of June 2017                                                                     process is completed.                         adoption.
                                                                                          Update the priority project scoring to
                                                                                            be more evenly weighted across the
                                                                                            organisations assets and services.


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