2020-08-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                         11 AUGUST 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                    RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                                          improvements and staff return to              external and internal customers.              obligations to Australian Bureau of
                                          work part time to achieve legislative       Staff return to work part time to meet        Statistics (ABS), Unitywater,
                                          timeframes.                                   outstanding timeframes for                    Queensland Treasury and the
                                        During COVID-19 period continued              approvals.                                    Queensland Building Construction
                                          to deliver customer services by way                                                         Commission.
                                          of phones, electronic and controlled
                                          face to face meetings. Maintained
                                          complaint management and
                                          legislative compliance obligations in
                                          meeting resource and set budgetary
                                          approvals.
                                        Worked to maintain legislative time
                                          frames for the delivery of Council
                                          services for field inspections and
                                          plumbing and building application
                                          management.
                                        Delivery of monthly reporting to Qld
                                          State/ Federal Government
                                          agencies.
Plumbing and Building Audit,            Investigated three swimming pool            Maintain obligations to investigate         Stage two, of the Backflow
Educational Programmes                    emersions and prepared reports for            emersions as requested.                       prevention device audit programme
and Swimming Pool Immersions              Queensland Health                                                                           is around 60% completed.
                                                                                      Organise a local industry swimming
                                        Continue to investigate and prepare           pool committee, in promote industry         Continue to investigate and report
                                          investigation outcome reports for             expectations and legislative                  findings from swimming pool, Spa
                                          swimming pools, spas and pond                 requirements.                                 and Pond Emersions as direct from
                                          immersions as requested by                                                                  Queensland Health.
                                          Queensland Health.                                                                        Develop local industry swimming
                                                                                                                                      pool working group to promote
                                                                                                                                      consistency in delivery of legislative
                                                                                                                                      obligations and local compliance
                                                                                                                                      support networks.
Compliance Approvals – Council and      Continue to undertake desk top              Prepare advice and plumbing                 Complete report of outstanding
Community.                                study and file management of                  approval for Toilet amenities block           Council building files and prepare a
                                          Internal Council Building files (stage        Pomona Showgrounds                            report of outcomes and actions
                                          one completed, next stage                   Prepare building compliance and               undertaken.
                                          underway).                                    plumbing approvals for Cooroy and           Undertake compliance inspections
                                        Completed this quarter:                       Tewantin Football clubs.                      for waste water treatment facilities


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