2017-02-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                          7 FEBRUARY 2017


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                              CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Business as usual activities.                Council is now collecting and                  Officers will shortly commence             Commence drafting          a    Litter
                                               recycling polystyrene at all waste               work     on    a     project    to           Management Plan.
                                               sites following an agreement with                comprehensively      electronically
                                               Rockcote in Yandina to receive and               map and record all public place
                                               use the material.                                bins.
Environmental Health
Finalise EHO team service review             Service        reviews      into      the      Review of environmental health fees        Implementation of service review
                                               Environmental          Health      team,         and charges                                  recommendations
                                               Cemeteries and Pest and Vector
                                               completed        and     presented     to
                                               Leadership Team in December
                                             Recommendation for an additional
                                               EHO and admin support positions
                                               supported
Investigation into the effects of storm      Initial report received                        Planning to commence inspection of         Commence inspections in February
water pollution from the Noosa               Undertaking preliminary project work             premises in the Industrial estate            2017
Industrial Estate impacting on Eenie           involving      researching      previous                                                    Complete project and report on
Creek.                                         licensed premises records                                                                     findings
                                             Employed casual position & assistant
                                               EHO to commence the work
Complete annual Inspection program of        Casual EHO employed to assist                  Continue to manage the annual              Continue to manage the inspection
licensed premises                              annual inspection program and                    inspection program and customer              and     requests      program. The
                                               reduce backlog of requests which are             requests. Registration renewal is            temporary EHO will help manage
                                               now back on track.                               nearly complete with 20 outstanding          workload pending the outcome of the
                                             Permanent EHO vacancy on hold                    registrations being followed up on.          service level review.
                                               pending outcome of the service level             Continue inspection program                Complete inspection schedule
                                               review (to be completed Nov 16)
Introduce and implement a risk based         A risk based proposal has been                 Carry out staff training on the risk       Carry out the training
food business licensing and inspection         completed         including    a     risk        assessment principles.                     Complete risk rating and inspection
system                                         prioritisation of the types of premises        Discussions with QUT to undertake            frequency schedule according to
                                               in the Noosa area.                               training on this topic                       rating
                                             Noosa Council has been selected by             Complete desk top work to risk rate
                                               QHealth to pilot this program                    all premises
Undertake After Hour Inspection of           Completed inspection of market food            Ensure all known food stalls have the      Schedule a reinspection of the stalls
Food stalls at markets                         stalls over the last 3 months                    necessary registrations in place           Complete market inspections
                                                                                              Reschedule further inspections




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