2023-01-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                16 JANUARY 2023


o    priority local climate risk issues, and the diverse parties who have control and responsibility
     for addressing these issues;
o    interest in advancing their own climate risk management and pursuing collaborative
     approaches to share responsibility.
In July 2022, 55 key sectoral leaders were engaged in a second series of Roundtable workshops
(1 x 1.5-hour on-line workshop and 2 x 2-hour in person workshops). At these Roundtables,
community stakeholders were engaged to:
o    Review our learning from Round 1;
o    Present and discuss the Roadmap;
o    Identify trusted local networks that the Councils can draw on to ‘Empower Climate Ready
     Communities’ (Focus Area 2 of the Roadmap) to involve the broader community in the
     climate conversation and climate risk management action.
Internal Consultation
Knowledge, resource and capacity gaps were explored with internal stakeholders through the
delivery of an internal survey, a series of Internal Staff Workshops, Cross Divisional Leadership
Workshops, and a Leadership Meeting with staff. The Internal Survey was distributed to all local
government council employees at both the Noosa and Sunshine Coast Councils. The internal
survey elicited 383 responses (88 responses from NC staff, 295 responses from SCC staff).
Within the Cross Divisional Leadership Workshops, Senior staff and Executives were specifically
asked to reflect on, and identify, whether they have appropriate knowledge to make climate risk
management decisions to address the identified risks, whether the risk is under their control to
manage, and whether they have the appropriate capacity, capability and supporting organisational
structures, culture, policies, procedures, and processes to allow them to identify and manage the
risk.
Departments/Sections Consulted:

    Chief Executive Officer       Community Services                        Corporate Services
    Executive Support             Director                                  Director
                                  Community Development                     Financial Services
                                  Community Facilities                      Fleet
                                  Libraries & Galleries                     ICT
                                  Local Laws                                Procurement
                                  Waste & Environmental Health              Property
                                                                            Revenue Services

    Executive Services        X   Environment & Sustainable Development     Infrastructure Services
    Director                      Director                                  Director
    Community Engagement          Building & Plumbing Services              Asset Management
    Customer Service              Development Assessment                    Buildings and Facilities
    Governance                    Economic Development                      Civil Operations
    People and Culture            Environmental Services                    Disaster Management
                                  Strategic Land Use Planning               Infrastructure Planning,
                                                                            Design and Delivery




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