2020-08-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   11 AUGUST 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                 RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                        CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
                                       1. Building compliance for Cooroy        Tinbeerwah and District Rural Fire           within non-sewered areas within the
                                          gymnastics sporting complex.            brigade approvals for building               shire.
                                          (roofing)                               compliance and plumbing approvals          Report outcomes of ongoing water
                                      2. Building compliance and                  (Tinbeerwah/Cooroibah)                       meter billing savings to Directors of
                                          plumbing approval, Pony Club          Drinking fountains (street scape             Finance and Environment and
                                          Tewantin                                Unitywater and Council project) shire        Sustainable Development
                                      3. Advice lighting towers Tewantin          wide.
                                          sports complex.                       Council water meter project, this
                                      4. Prepared and delivered                   project identifies water meters to be
                                          plumbing compliance approval            removed due to the low usage
                                          for Bicentennial Hall                   and/or no registered usage. Saving
                                      5. Prepared and delivered                   Council ongoing service charges
                                          plumbing compliance approvals           from Unitywater.
                                          for land owners with properties
                                          affected by recent bushfires
                                          within the shire.
                                  Negotiated removal of water meters with
                                  Unitywater from Council billing system
Electronic Plumbing Application      Worked with ICT Branch for the           Continue to work with Council’s ICT        Continue to work with ICT team to
Project                                implementation of Councils                 team for the expansion of this pilot         identify strategies for the seamless
                                       electronic Plumbing and Building           programme to encompass all                   delivery of this programme to all
                                       application approval programme for         Council building and plumbing                customers.
                                       customers. Promote the extension of        customers.                                 Promote electronic application
                                       this programme to all customers          Further develop strategies for the           service at next proposed consultants
                                                                                  delivery of this programme to all            and contractors meeting in
                                                                                  customers.                                   September.




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