2017-08-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
Environmental Health
Finalise EHO team service review             EHO     team       service     review       Fees and charges approved and               Implementation of service review
                                               completed.                                    new licence application issued for            recommendations           including
                                                                                             food ERA’s, camping, etc.                     engagement of additional human
                                                                                                                                           resources.
                                                                                                                                         Handover of Pest and Animal
                                                                                                                                           functions    to  the   Environment
                                                                                                                                           Directorate.
Investigation into the effects of storm      Project completed and reported to           Review Local Law 1 to make                  Develop amendments to Local Law
water pollution from the Noosa                 Council.                                      provision for an annual risk based            1 in consultation with Governance
Industrial Estate impacting on Eenie                                                         inspection program for industrial             Officer.
Creek.                                                                                       premises.
Complete annual Inspection program           2016/17 inspection program for              Employ additional EHO endorsed by           Review EHO areas of responsibility
of licensed premises                           licensed premises completed with              Council in service review to assist           to take account of the additional
                                               majority of premises inspected.               with annual inspection work                   EHO resource.
Introduce and implement a risk based         Risk priorities have been allocated to      Finalise the risk program ready for         Further work on the risk priority
food business licensing and inspection         current food premises.                        implementation.                               allocation.
system                                                                                                                                   Implementation with fees reflecting
                                                                                                                                           inspection   frequencies   to    be
                                                                                                                                           implemented 2017/18 year.
Undertake After Hour Inspection of           After hours inspections partially           Further inspections are targeted.           Carry out further after hours food
Food stalls at markets                         completed but some not completed                                                            inspections
                                               due to lack of resources.
Conduct       Recreational      Water        Monitoring has continued over the           Recreational water sampling has             Ensure monitoring program is in
monitoring program - Public Health Act         summer period and has now                     ceased for the winter period. To start        place over the next summer months.
                                               ceased.                                       again in summer.                            Conduct ongoing monitoring through
                                             No recreational water problems                                                              to end of season.
                                               identified this season.
Business as Usual activities.                Have met with Communities staff to          Commence discussions around the             Scope the proposed Public Health
                                               discuss scoping content given work            facilitation and development of a             Management Plan and commence
                                               carried out on the social strategy            Public Health Management Plan as              work on stage one of the
                                               and sport & rec. plan                         foreshadowed in the Social Strategy.          development of the Plan.
                                                                                           Development      of  the    2018/19
                                                                                             operational budget.

Pest Management
Conduct Aerial treatment program for         Since February we have had 4                No new treatments planned.                  Carry out aerial treatments as
Vectors (of Disease)                           treatments.                                 Continue to monitor until October.            required during the summer months
                                             Approximately  1,000  hectares                                                              when breeding occurs.
                                               treated.

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