2018-05-08 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                      RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Building and Plumbing
Legislative Review                        Preparation for the introduction of           Review all fees and charges                      Attendance at next legislative
                                            the    amended        Plumbing      and         schedules is in progress, including                workshop in Brisbane
                                            Drainage Act 2002 with the new                  preparing schedule for new fees –
                                            Plumbing Act 2017 legislative                   Completed     ready    for   Council
                                            obligations.                                    approval stage.
                                          Attendance at legislative meeting in          Continue to develop procedures and
                                            Brisbane       to     discuss      Local        processes for the adoption of new
                                            Government obligations.                         legislation
Business as Usual activities              Meeting legislative requirements for          Maintain     existing      legislative      Develop new Approval Permits and
                                            all applications.                               timeframes and obligation.                    conditions under the new Plumbing
                                          Monthly reporting to Treasury QLD               All new reporting time frames have            and Drainage Act
                                            State Government and Australian                 been conformed.                             Joint meeting with Distribution
                                            Bureau of Statistics timeframes on            Identify new Legislative fines and            Retailers and Regional Councils for
                                            track.                                          State approvals for SPER.                     the development of a new domestic
                                          Complaint         and      investigation                                                      and      commercial        “connection”
                                            reporting timeframes on track                                                                 approval agreement
Plumbing   and      Building   Audit      Audit Programme Kin Kin (On-site              Audit of Residents properties for the       Inform residents of results of audit
Programmes                                  Effluent)                                       identification of possible effluent           site specific and take identified
                                          Audit Programme stage one of four               overflow into Keys Creek, Kin Kin.            actions if required
                                            stages (Backflow Prevention Device)           Mail out to identified commercial           Undertake a desk top analysis with
                                                                                            properties subject to ( Backflow              identified results of audits (estimated
                                                                                            Prevention     Device     )     audit         programme timeframe = 9 months)
                                                                                            programme. (Commercial properties
                                                                                            located within Rene st, Barlett st,
                                                                                            Production avenue, Action st and
                                                                                            Eenie creek road. – stage one)




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