2017-08-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                        RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                                                          Ongoing wild dog and fox control            Contractor undertaking wild dog
                                                                                            trapping to alleviate the impacts             control trapping in Federal, Cooroy
                                                                                            associated with livestock and wildlife        and Cooran in May and June.
                                                                                            attacks.
Cemeteries
Conduct burials at 3 cemeteries and         New Granite wall installed at               Maintain  ongoing   burial and              The road boundary fence at the
maintain cemeteries in good condition         Tewantin Cemetery for ashes.                  maintenance program                           Pomona Cemetery is in poor
and finalise Cemeteries Business            Cemetery maintenance program                Commence use of the new granite               condition.    Budget     bid     for
Continuity Plan.                              ongoing.                                      wall.                                         replacement           unsuccessful.
                                                                                                                                          Replacement proposed for 2018/19
                                                                                                                                          budget.
Transfer all cemetery paper records to      Work not commenced due to lack of           Schedule the electronic scanning of         Schedule the scanning of the old
T1                                            resources, however in the interim             old burial forms as stage 1 in the            records with funds allocated in the
                                              the records are being stored in a fire        development of an electronic burial           2017/18 budget.
                                              proof cabinet, pending transfer to            records system.
                                              electronic system.




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