2017-04-20 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                             20 APRIL 2017


SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
11 APRIL 2017 – Crs Frank Pardon (Chair), Jess Glasgow, Tony Wellington & Frank Wilkie
Other Councillors in Attendance: Crs. Jackson, Jurisevic and Stockwell


1    PROPOSED GARDEN WASTE SERVICE AND POLICY
     That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to the Services
     & Organisation Committee Meeting dated 11 April 2017 and Council:
     A.    Approve the Garden Waste Recycling Service Policy including the maps of areas
           where a 3 bin waste collection service will be provided to single dwellings and
           duplexes, as provided at Attachment 1 to the report subject to an amendment to page
           13, item 7 to read as follows:;
           7     SERVICE EXEMPTIONS
           The owner of premises within the defined garden waste service area may apply for an
           exemption from the garden waste recycling service where they meet the following
           criteria:
            the owner engages a service provider to perform a gardening service at premises
              to either mulch or remove all garden waste to the resource recovery facility or to
              another location for an approved reuse of the resource; and the service provider
              supplies a written undertaking that achieves compliance with the exemption criteria
              mentioned in this section; or.
            the parcel of land on which a single dwelling or duplex is located is 400m² or less
              in area.
     B.    Specify the minimum service level for single dwellings and duplexes within the 3 bin
           service areas as 1 x 240 litre general waste bin collected weekly, 1 x 240 litre yellow
           lidded recycling bin collected fortnightly and 1 x 240 litre lime lidded garden waste
           recycling bin collected fortnightly; and
     C.    Designate the area where an optional garden waste collection service will be provided
           as any premises which are not a single domestic residence or duplex located within
           the designated 3 bin garden waste service area, or any premises within 5 kilometres
           of the 3 bin garden waste service areas; and.
     D.    Provide an exemption from the garden waste recycling service to single dwellings or
           duplexes which are located on parcels of land which are 400m² or less in area, upon
           receipt of a written application for exemption.



2    PROPOSED TENDER - TIP SHOP AT EUMUNDI ROAD RESOURCE RECOVERY
     FACILITY
     That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to the Services
     & Organisation Committee Meeting dated 11 April 2017 and:
     A.    Agree to call tenders for a licence to occupy land at the Resource Recovery Centre,
           Eumundi Road, Doonan for the purpose of ‘diversion and sale of reusable items’;
     B.    Limit tenders to be invited from Not for Profit organisations or Social Enterprises only;
     C.    Agree to the conditions outlined in the report to be included in the licence; and
     D.    Authorise the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to extend the agreement with
           Noosa Community Training Inc. on a month to month basis to provide sufficient time to
           implement the new arrangement.

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