2016-12-12 General Committee Meeting Notes

RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY – NOT THE FINAL DECISION OF COUNCIL
GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                   12 DECEMBER 2016


6   ENDORSEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT REPORT
    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:           Cr Wellington
    Seconded:        Cr Glasgow
    That Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner to the General Committee
    Meeting dated 12 December 2016, and:
    A.   Endorse the Biodiversity Assessment Report provided at Attachment 1 for the purpose
         of informing the development of an Environment Strategy and supporting Biodiversity
         Conservation Plan other than for the following issues:; and
         1.     Note that this is not the only substantial area of coastal mainland remnant
                vegetation between Byron Bay (300 km south in northern NSW) and Bundaberg
                (250 km to the north) as referred to on page 17, item 2.1, paragraph 2; and
         2.     Note that Noosa Council considers the koala as a threatened mammal for West
                Cooroy State Forest for the purposes of the table on page 128.
    B.   Request staff to prepare a discussion paper for the purposes of community consultation
         for the development of an Environment Strategy and Biodiversity Conservation Plan.
                                                                                          Carried.


7   AWARD OF TENDER 1516T043 WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT 2017 - 2024
    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:           Cr Jurisevic
    Seconded:        Cr Stockwell
    That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to the General
    Committee Meeting dated 12 December 2016 regarding the new 7 year waste management
    contract 2017 - 2024, and:
    A    Award the Contract to Cleanaway Pty Ltd for performance of a Waste Management
         Contract 2017 – 2024 as detailed in tender documents under Separable Portions A, B,
         and C, for an initial period of 7 years (at an estimated contract value of $46 million)
         commencing on Monday 4 Friday 1 September 2017, and including the ability to award
         a first extension of contract for a period of two years and a further second extension of
         one year;
    B    The awarding of the Contract being subject to Cleanaway Pty Ltd paying the specified
         Contract Performance Bonds for each Separable Portion A, B and C as detailed in the
         tender documents;
    C    Accept the option provided in the tender documents for the introduction of a 3 bin waste
         collection service to single unit domestic dwellings in the urban areas to include a third
         bin for garden waste from September 2017 as detailed in the tender documents, Part
         E Annexure 1, Schedule 1 “10 Maps detailing the external boundaries of Township
         Areas”
    D    Agree to the continued provision of an optional garden waste collection service to
         commercial and multi-unit domestic premises and other premises within 5 kilometres
         of the identified urban garden waste service area;


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