2019-09-10 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                          10 SEPTEMBER 2019


   Undertake EOI process for former Navy Cadets building and facilitate the relocation of
     Navy Cadets.
   Identify pilot projects and small scale test initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint and
     environmental sustainability of sports and community facilities.
   Facilitate additional services to improve access for people experiencing homelessness
     including feeding the homeless, Anti-Poverty week initiatives (15th October 2019), health
     access programs and improve access to healthy food for disadvantaged people.

Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 16 August 2018, Item 6, Page 6
That Council note the report by the Community Development Manager to the Infrastructure &
Services Committee Meeting dated 7 August 2018 on the Social Strategy Implementation Plan
after 2 years of operation and;
A.   Request the Chief Executive Officer provide Council with an update and a revised action
     plan after a further twelve (12) months of operation;


B.   Request the Chief Executive Officer to commence a review and update of the Noosa Social
     Strategy in 2018/19 for Council’s consideration in 2019/2020; and
C.   Adopt the Social Charter as set out in Attachment 2 of the report noting that the document
     will be renamed the “2018 Noosa Council Social Justice Charter”.

Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 20 July 2017, Item 2, Page 10
That Council note the report by the Community Development Manager to the Services &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 11 July 2017 on the Social Strategy Implementation Plan
after twelve (12) months of operation and
A.   Request the Chief Executive Officer provide Council with an update and a revised action
     plan after a further twelve (12) months of operation;
B.   Agree to update review the 2006 Social Charter, to have a greater part of which will be to
     ensure that it has sufficient focus on social justice and inclusiveness; and
C.   Agree that in 2018 the focus for the Community Round Table will be to seek to address
     issues of homelessness and affordable housing within the Shire.

Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 17 December 2015, Item 5, Page 4
That Council note the report by the Community Development Coordinator to the Infrastructure &
Services Committee Meeting dated 8 December 2015 and
A.   Approve the Noosa Social Strategy, provided at Attachment 1 to the report;
B.   Authorise the Chief Executive Officer to make any required minor amendments to the
     Strategy prior to its publication; and
C.   Request the Chief Executive Officer to develop an implementation plan to support the
     Social Strategy by 30 April 2016.

Finance
Funding for actions within the Implementation Plan is contained in core budget allocations and
new initiatives across a range of Council departments and branches.

$100,000 has been specifically allocated in the Community Development Team’s 2019/2020
budget to implement the Social Strategy. This funding will be directed to the following projects:

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