2015-11-10 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              10 NOVEMBER 2015


It is important to note that the comments and assessment of the Operational Plan projects in the
attachment are “as at 30 September” i.e. the end of the first quarter. Normally, the first quarter
report would have been considered by Council in the October round of meetings but due to a
quirk of timing, the agendas for the October round of meetings were due before the first quarter
Operational Plan updates and KPI statistics could be collated. The table below highlights to
Council, some updates on issues since 30 September.

Initiative                                Comment

Electric Bus Trial                        The Director Planning and Infrastructure will be
                                          providing the Council with an update on the process
                                          and expected delivery date of the electric buses
                                          following advice of delays from the current supplier.

Local Economic Plan                       The Noosa Local Economic Plan has been drafted and
                                          is being put to Council for adoption to enable public
                                          consultation to occur.

Kerbside waste collection                 The kerbside waste collection has been completed and
                                          like last year, our Waste Services Manager will be
                                          providing the Council with a report on the outcomes of
                                          the collection process.

Dr Pages Road                             Council has approved the tender and the contract for
                                          construction has been signed. Culvert strengthening on
                                          Kinmond Creek Road has been undertaken.

Workplace Health and Safety               There is a considerable amount of work to be done on
                                          WH&S. See comments in the KPI section of this report.

Asset Management                          The first 8 high level Asset Management Plans have
                                          been adopted by Council. A review of our Asset
                                          Management Framework, Capability and Resource
                                          requirements will commence shortly.



2.    KPIS

As Council would be aware, KPIs were first developed for our organisation at the beginning of
2014/15. Approximately 30 management KPIs were developed and these are reviewed on a
monthly basis by the Leadership Team. About 10 to 12 of those KPIs were reported to Council
on a quarterly basis. They are also reported to the Audit & Risk Committee in detail at each
Audit & Risk Committee meeting.

After 12 months, the CEO has taken the opportunity to review and refine what KPIs we use. The
first year was a learning experience to see what worked and what didn’t. We have also been
able to build up historic statistics to see if we are improving in our performance from year to year.
As such, some of the KPIs have been improved or replaced with better measures. As far as the
CEO is aware, we are one of the few Councils in Queensland to make this KPI information
available to the public via “non-confidential” reports.

The key issues arising from an assessment of the KPIs for the first quarter are as follows:




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