Annual Report 2015-16

Corporate Plan Priority 4 – Focus on community assets
The Council’s focus will be on maintaining and renewing existing assets rather than building new
assets. In the short term, there will be a strong focus on undertaking condition assessments and
developing long term asset management plans.

Key achievements include:
 A successful rollout of the 2015/16 Capital Program which included a total program of $35.64M
   once carryovers from the previous year and emergent projects during the year were taken into
   account. In 2014/15, the Capital Program completion rate was 68%. The 2015/16 completion
   rate was 89% (recognising that some of the capital program was based on a contingency for
   emergent works which were not required). The team in Infrastructure Planning & Design
   Services have done an excellent job in delivering such a large program.
 By year end, there were no major projects that had not been finalised.
 Some of the significant capital projects achieved in 2015/16 included:
   o Dr Pages Road construction;
   o Rifle Street Pomona flood mitigation project (jointly funded with the State and
       Commonwealth);
   o Bus stop design and stage 2 rollout;
   o Munna Point erosion control project;
   o Major road reseals including David Low Way, Cooroy Noosa Road and Goodchap Street;
       and
   o Munna Point Bridge refurbishment.
 Looking ahead, substantial work was undertaken in 2015/16 to prepare for the 2016/17 Capital
   Program. A longer term Capital Program is being developed to enable better forward planning
   and design. Forward planning in 2015/16 included:
   o Noosa Heads Boardwalk;
   o Rufous Street Project at Peregian Beach; and
   o Road condition assessments to guide a longer term future reseal program.
 As noted by QTC in their 2015 report, Council has still not finalised its Asset Management
   Plans (AMPs). During 2015/16, there was a continued focus on condition assessment of
   various asset classes (e.g. mainly roads, drainage and Council buildings). High level AMPs
   were adopted by Council in 2015/16 but detailed plans for each asset class have yet to be
   finalised. Council commissioned an Asset Capability Audit to provide a road map to develop
   our asset management capability based on ISO55000.
 Council completed year 2 of a 3 year plant and fleet replacement program to bring Council’s
   fleet and plant back up to standard. We have almost completed the replacement of leased
   vehicles and continued to accelerate the replacement of trucks and yellow plant. At the
   conclusion of our three year program, we will have a modern fleet.
 A service review and strategy for our Library Services was completed which resulted in the
   reallocation of resources within that program to focus on future technology (including radio
   frequency tagging for library items) and a review of opening hours to better align with
   community needs.
 Some site specific asset management issues have involved significant focus. Examples
   include:
       o Ensuring that the Beach Sand Recycling System was operational and had regular
           inspections. This became important following the major storm that required sand
           replenishment pumping in June 2016 (funded by the Noosa Main Beach levy); and
       o Improving security camera operations and maintenance in consultation with the
           Hastings Street Association (funded by the Hastings Street Security levy).



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