2018-08-07 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                  7 AUGUST 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES              RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Building and Plumbing
Legislative Review                Preparation for the introduction of       Review all fees and charges                     Attendance at next legislative
                                    the amended Plumbing and                    schedules is in progress, including               workshop in Brisbane
                                    Drainage Act 2002 with the new              preparing schedule for new fees –
                                    Plumbing Act 2017 legislative               Completed ready for Council
                                    obligations.                                approval stage.
                                  Attendance at legislative meeting in      Continue to develop procedures and
                                    Brisbane to discuss Local                   processes for the adoption of new
                                    Government obligations.                     legislation
Business as Usual activities      Meeting legislative requirements for      Maintain existing legislative               Develop new Approval Permits and
                                    all applications.                           timeframes and obligation.                    conditions under the new Plumbing
                                  Monthly reporting to Treasury QLD           All new reporting time frames have            and Drainage Act
                                    State Government and Australian             been conformed.                             Joint meeting with Distribution
                                    Bureau of Statistics timeframes on        Identify new Legislative fines and            Retailers and Regional Councils for
                                    track.                                      State approvals for SPER.                     the development of a new domestic
                                  Complaint and investigation                                                               and commercial “connection”
                                    reporting timeframes on track                                                             approval agreement
Plumbing and Building Audit       Audit Programme Kin Kin (On-site          Audit of Residents properties for the       Inform residents of results of audit
Programmes                          Effluent)                                   identification of possible effluent           site specific and take identified
                                  Audit Programme stage one of four           overflow into Keys Creek, Kin Kin.            actions if required
                                    stages (Backflow Prevention Device)       Mail out to identified commercial           Undertake a desk top analysis with
                                                                                properties subject to ( Backflow              identified results of audits (estimated
                                                                                Prevention Device ) audit                     programme timeframe = 9 months)
                                                                                programme. (Commercial properties
                                                                                located within Rene st, Barlett st,
                                                                                Production avenue, Action st and
                                                                                Eenie creek road. – stage one)




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