2022-08-15 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 15 AUGUST 2022


Planning Scheme Amendments
•    Awaiting finalisation of Housing Strategy
•    External commercial feasibility testing of inclusionary zoning provisions
•    Finalising discussions with State Government
Housing Strategy
•    Adopted the Housing Needs Assessment Dec 2021
•    Endorsed draft Housing Strategy June 2022
•    Community consultation July-August 22 (675 survey responses and 78 written submissions)
•    Housing Stakeholder Reference group formed and 2 meetings so far
Short term accommodation & home hosted accommodation
•    Commenced Local Law and established a team to process applications and monitor
•    Large and comprehensive monitoring report well underway, still going
•    Includes an external consultant capacity analysis
State & Regional Planning
•    Participation in meetings and monitoring
•    Population / dwelling forecast updates
•    Regional plan review

Corporate Plan Theme 5: Excellence as a Council
“The Noosa Shire community is proud of its Council”
•    A review of Council’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework and Policy has been finalised
     and discussed with Councillors, the Executive Leadership Team & the Audit & Risk
     Committee. The focus of the review was to align to ISO standards and refine Council’s risk
     appetite and risk tolerances. The Framework and Policy will be reported to a future Council
     meeting for consideration and endorsement.
•    An independent review of Council’s Governance arrangements was undertaken to assess
     the appropriateness of Council’s system of internal controls, statutory compliance and for
     assurance purposes.
•    BCPs have been further developed and tested, including pandemic preparedness across
     Council and in relation to our critical services within People and Culture branch, Waste and
     Environmental Health and IT. Other BCPs have been reviewed and updated for Council
     Buildings and Waste Management.
•    A review of Council’s Community Engagement Framework and Policy was commenced with
     the aim of improving how we engage with the community and to support elected members
     and staff when undertaking engagement activities. Several workshops have been conducted
     and Draft documents are being finalised for further review and finalisation in the next 3
     months.
•    A new WH&S System Plan “Safe Plan” Policy has been developed and approved by the CEO
     with the primary objective of eliminating or reducing risk by developing proactive strategies
     and adopting a risk management approach to work health and safety.
•    An internal review of Council’s workplace health and safety system was undertaken In July
     2021 with an 83.7% compliance result, an increase of 3.7% on the results of the internal
     review undertaken in 2019.

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