2014-06-17 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   17 JUNE 2014


COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORTS
Waste & Environmental Health
11                        PEST SURVEY PROGRAM 2014 - 2015
DOCUMENT IN FOR MATI ON




Author                               Manager Waste and Environmental Health, Wayne Schafer
                                     Community Services Department

Index                                Subject – Environmental Management/ Pest Management/Noxious Weeds

Attachments                          1.    Proposed Noosa Council Pest Survey Program


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to the
Infrastructure and Services Committee Meeting dated 17 June 2014 approve the following Pest
Survey Programs for the Noosa Council region in accordance with section 241 of the Land
Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002:

1.                        Survey Program 1 - 01/07/14 to 30/09/14 for the localities of Cooroy, Cooroy Mountain,
                          Tinbeerwah, Cooroibah and that part of Doonan that is within the Noosa Council boundary;

2.                        Survey Program 2 - 01/10/14 to 31/12/14 for the localities of Black Mountain, Federal, and
                          those parts of Ridgewood and Eerwah Vale that are within the Noosa Council boundary;

3.                        Survey Program 3 - 01/01/15 to 31/03/15 for the localities of Kin Kin, Pinbarren, Cooran
                          and that part of Como that is within the Noosa Council boundary; and

4.                        Survey Program 4 - 01/04/15 to 30/06/15 for the localities of Pomona, Lake MacDonald,
                          Ringtail Creek, Cootharaba and Boreen Point.


REPORT

Background Information

Council’s legal obligations under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act
2002 (the Act) includes ensuring that declared pests are controlled on private land in the Council
area by monitoring and enforcing compliance where it is necessary. Due to the economic,
environmental and social impacts of declared pests, the Act provides considerable powers to
authorised persons to ensure compliance by entering property to undertake inspections. These
inspections are usually undertaken through a Pest Survey Program of a defined part of the
region. Surveys must be approved by Council and advertised.

Noosa Council previously carried out approved Pest Survey Programs for a number of years
prior to amalgamation in accordance with the Act and the Noosa Council Local Government Area
Pest Management Plan. These programs were continued by the Sunshine Coast Regional
Council until 31st December 2013.


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