2020-02-11 Services and Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      11 FEBRUARY 2020


Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 15 August, Item 4, Page 6
That Council note the report by the Economic Development Manager to the Services and
Organisation Committee meeting dated 6 August 2019 providing a full year report on the
performance and activities of The Hub for the period 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 and:
A.     Acknowledge the significant contribution by Chris Boden, founding Director of the Digital
       Hub, in achieving outstanding results for The Hub in its first year of operation and
       congratulate him on the positive impact of his effort;
B.     Approve continuation of the Council facilitated model for the operation of The Hub for a
       further minimum three year period from January 2020 to December 2022, with 6 monthly
       reporting to Council.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 21 February 2019, Item 4, Page 11
That Council note the report by the Digital Hub Director to the Council Meeting dated 12 February
2019 providing an update on the activities of the Peregian Digital Hub for the period 1 July 2018
to 31 December 2018.
Special Meeting Minutes, 22 May 2018, Item 1, Page 3
That Council note the report by the Economic Development Manager to the Special Council
Meeting dated 22 May 2018 and:
A.     Award the Tender Number 1718T127 for the tenancy of the Digital Hub to the following
       tenderers and delegate authority to the CEO to finalise lease negotiations with each:
       1.     Atmail Pty Ltd;
       2.     Alkira Software Pty Ltd;
       3.     Commtract Communication Services Pty Ltd;
       4.     PB Research and Development Pty Ltd; and
B.     Agree to proceed to an Invitation to Quote for Property Management Services via Council’s
       Vendor Panel Marketplace; and
C.     Approve the Co-working tenancy process and tenancy mix as noted in this Report.
D.     Request the CEO to report 6 monthly to Council on the Digital Hub progress, financial
       performance and other KPIs as per other Council business areas.

Update reports are provided to Council on a six monthly basis.

Finance

Refer to Section 1 of this report.

Risks & Opportunities
A number of risks have been identified in previous Council reports and the status of the risk
management strategy is outlined below.

Risk                           Status and Further Action

Pure tech focus unlikely       Digital sub-sector groups established and listed in section 4 above have
to fill the Hub in the short   contributed to a 90% occupancy rate.
to medium term
                               Continue to expand eco-system and digital groups.
                               Continue to proactively monitor turnover and be prepared to implement
                               targeted marketing


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