2020-02-11 Services and Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                       11 FEBRUARY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES         RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                               successfully for several months with
                               some overflowing bins during
                               Christmas holiday period.
                             Implemented spotter on landfill as
                               required to meet WH&S concerns for
                               interaction between landfill
                               operations and public accessing the
                               site.
Waste Levy                   Waste Levy implemented                     Payment of waste levy revenue on            Preparation of waste budget and
                               successfully despite initial software        time in accordance with legislation to        waste levy charges for the 2020/21
                               errors and remittance system now             avoid interest penalty payments.              budget which increases by $5 per
                               operating smoothly.                        Implement take-up of commercial               tonne to $80 per tonne from 1 July
                             Approval granted to application for          garden waste bins to reduce                   2020.
                               State Government approval of                 exposure to waste levy charges and
                               resource recovery areas and                  improve diversion of waste from
                               separate disposal areas.                     landfill.
                             Revised Garden Waste Policy to
                               include commercial premises and
                               introduced of 1.1 Cubic Metre
                               Garden Waste bin service.

Container Refund Scheme      Successfully lobbied State                 Arrange finalisation of revenue             Review the impacts of the scheme
                               Government to extend the Container           sharing with VISY Recycling in                on the volume of recyclable material
                               Refund Sharing Agreement expiring            response to recent changes in                 collected in the kerbside collection
                               31st December 2019 to indefinitely.          legislation that extend the 50/50             service as any reduction in volume
                               Many Councils could not finalise an          sharing of revenue indefinitely.              reduces the revenue to council.
                               agreement for the sharing of               Resolve noise complaints from the
                               revenue by 31st December.                    recently established container
                             Container refund payments are                receiving facility in Action Street
                               being received under the Container           Noosaville.
                               Refund Scheme which has a
                               significant impact on offsetting the
                               gate fee for processing recycled
                               material through the VISY recycling
                               facility at Bli Bli.



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