2019-02-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                12 FEBRUARY 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES              RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                              CURRENT PRIORITIES                         THE NEXT QUARTER
LOCAL LAWS
Illegal Camping                   53 patrols conducted for illegal               Continue to conduct early patrols        Monitor and review.
                                    camping                                          to address illegal camping
                                  Worked in partnership with QPS
                                    and Council’s Community
                                    Development team to address
                                    overnight stay use of Gympie Tce and
                                    Tewantin Memorial Park
Beach Patrols                     Officers have noted an increase in             Patrols to continue with increased       Monitor and review.
                                    activity and interactions with the public        frequency.
                                    have increased and resulted in
                                    numerous offences when resources
                                    available.
Compostable Doggie Bags           New doggie bags still being removed            Staff considering other methods of     Monitor and review.
                                    in bulk from various locations across            distribution and/or assistance
                                    the Shire. Officers are struggling to
                                    keep the dispensers stocked.
Dog Registration renewals         Alternate communication plan for               Proactive phone calls made to alert    Remaining overdue renewals to be
                                    overdue dog registration renewals                owners regarding outstanding dog         issued with infringements
                                    developed                                        registration renewals.


Parking                           205 Parking Requests have been                 Commenced parking monitoring in          Monitor and review.
                                    actioned.                                        the National Park following the
                                  Signs have been installed to allow for           installation of signs.
                                    monitoring of parking restrictions in          Continue to monitor all other areas
                                    the Noosa Heads National Park                    in the Shire.
                                    following Council’s agreement with
                                    QPWS. Officers are already
                                    monitoring the area for illegal
                                    camping.

Business as Usual activities      963 requests actioned by Local Laws            Officers continue to attempt to       Monitor and review
                                    officers.                                        address all complaints in a timely
                                  22 attacks on animals by dogs.                   manner.
                                  5 attacks on persons by dogs.


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