REPORT Report No. 246/12cncl TO: ORDINARY COUNCIL — 10 ... · PUBLIC RELATIONS Nil 7. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A - HR Report ... ANIMAL: Number of Infringement Notices Issued DEC

Agenda Item 14.3.1 REPORT

Report No. 246/12cncl

TO: ORDINARY COUNCIL — 10 DECEMBER 2012

SUBJECT: DIRECTORATE UPDATE

AUTHOR: ACTING DIRECTOR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES — TONY JENNISON

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report provides an update of current Corporate and Community Services projects, programs and events.

IT IS RECOMMENDED that this report be received and noted.

REPORT

1. DISCUSSION

The attached reports summarize activities that occurred within the Corporate and Community Services Directorate for the month of November 2012/ December 2012.

2. POLICY IMPACTS

All projects relate to and reflect the appropriate policies and components of the Alice Springs Town Council Strategic Plan 2010-2015.

3. FINANCIAL IMPACTS

All projects are working within their approved budget.

4. SOCIAL IMPACTS

As per individual project plans.

5. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

As per the project plans.

Report No. 246/12cncl 12

6. PUBLIC RELATIONS

Nil

7. ATTACHMENTS

Attachment A - HR Report Attachment B - Ranger Unit Report Attachment C - Registry Report Attachment D - Library Report Attachment E - Community Development Unit Report Attachment F — information Technology Report

Tony Jenniso ACTING DI OR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

ATTACHMENT A

REPORT

CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE —10 DECEMBER 2012

TO:

DIRECTOR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

AUTHOR: MANAGER HUMAN RESOURCES — TONY JENNISON

SUBJECT: REPORT FROM HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT FOR NOVEMBER 2012

This report provides an update of current Human Resources projects.

1. RECRUITMENT as per 30 November 2012 • 6 positions vacant in the Depot/ Waste Management Facility. • 4 positions vacant in the Civic Centre.

2. TRAINING activities as per 30 November 2012 Individual courses as required (i.e. computer courses).

3. OH&S • Fire Wardens conducted a successful evacuation drill (3 minutes) of the Civic

Centre and Library. • No new workers compensation claims for this period.

4. ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT • The EA Document has been voted on and employees have overwhelmingly

accepted the document. • Signatures have been obtained from the relevant parties and the document sent

to FWA for endorsement.

5. PROCEDURAL STATEMENTS AND DIRECTIVES (PSD) • A Customer Service PSD is being developed.

6. INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT • 28 full time Indigenous employees at Council. • Approx 7 Indigenous staff.

Tony Jen MANAG UMAN RESOURCES

PARKING: Number of Infringement Notices Issued

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV

192 228 137 48 188 284 59 265 206 255 48

50 37 107 151 146 361 83 279 53 213 227

0 DEC

84 —la-- 2011

2012

400 -

300 -

200 -

100 -

PARKING: $ value of the Infringement Notices Issued


$8,240 $9,990 $6,280 $2,410 $8,500 $12,610 $2,615 $11,355 $8,420 $13,860 $2,445

$2,500 $2,385 $5,750 $7,805 $7,955 $15,605 $3,975 $12,090 $2,305 $10,045 $9,785

0 00 DEC

$4,190

$20,000.00

$16,000.00

$12,000.00

$8,000.00

$4,000.00

—•---2012

--- 2011

ATTACHMENT B

REPORT

CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE — 10 DECEMBER 2012

TO: DIRECTOR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

AUTHOR: MANAGER RANGER UNIT - KEVIN EVERETT

SUBJECT: REPORT FROM RANGER UNIT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2012

This report provides an update of current Ranger Unit projects, programs and events.

1. INFRINGEMENT NOTICES - PARKING

PARKING: Amount of Infringement Notices PAID

$16,000.00 -

$12,000.00 -

$8,000.00 -

$4,000.00 -


$2,810 $6,115 $5,250 $2,080 $4,672 $8,928 $5,959 $7,293 $7,633 $11,286 $3,584

$1,595 $2,370 $2,655 $3,027 $4,530 $7,938 $4,115 $5,190 $5,727 $13,070 $9,075

0 00 DEC

$5,740

-N-2012

----E--- 2011

2. INFRINGEMENT NOTICES ANIMAL

ANIMAL: Number of Infringement Notices Issued

DEC

0

-N-2012

2011


11 8 2 6 9 7 6 3 3 7 4

1 3 12 0 3 1 2 11 8 4 2

14 -

12 -

10 -

8 -

6

4 -

2 -

0

ANIMAL: $ value of the Infringement Notices Issued

$10,000.00

$8,000.00

$6,000.00

$4,000.00

$2,000.00

$0.00 SEP JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG OCT NOV DEC

--N-2012 $5,754 $3,973 $1,644 $6,028 $6,439 $4,795 $3243 $846 $2,397 $6,345 $2,961

201 1 $266 $1,995 $8,113 $0 $3,325 $266 $959 $9,316 $4,521 $1,096 $1,644 $0

ANIMAL: Amount of the Infringement Notices PAID

$5,000.00

$4,000.00

$3,000.00 -

$2,000.00

$1,000.00 -

$0.00

2012

---m---- 2011

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP

$274 $233 $100 $0 $1,124 $618 $3,023 $40 $120

$0 $0 $1,330 $243 $0 $0 $0 $4,110 $1,635

'41

OCT NOV DEC

$422

$2,994

$613

$1,924 $705

PUBLIC PLACES: Number of Infringement Notices Issued

250

200

150

100

50

____"- ------'1 o JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

■ II

• 2012

-- al 2011

25 12 6 1 3 14 4

200 32 17 26 12 15 34

9 23

0 13

3 8

8 21 21

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3. INFRINGEMENT NOTICES - PUBLIC PLACES

Breakdown of Public Places Infringements for NOVEMBER 2012:

Selling goods without a permit 6 x $1692.00 Stacking goods without a permit 1 x $ 141.00 Camping without a permit 1 x $ 282.00

PUBLIC PLACES: $ value of the Infringement Notices Issued

$80,000.00

$60,000.00

$40,000.00

$20,000.00

$0.00 JAN FES MAR APR MAY JUL JUN AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

—0-2012 $4,110 $8,494 $10,001 $4,110 $1,781 $411 $846 $5,358 $1,410 $1,128 $2,115

—St-- 2011 $4,788 $73,150 $11,172 $5,453 $8,379 $3,973 $5,480 $13,289 $3,151 $7,261 $7,946 $0

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PUBLIC PLACES: Amount of the Infringement Notices PAID

$2,500.00 -

$2,000.00 -

$1,500.00 -

$1,000.00 -

$500.00 -

$0.00 FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

$0 $0 $0 —E-2012 $300 $914 $1,215 $330 $271 $507 $39 $282

$0 2011 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,039 $0 $471 $160 $629 $574

4. CAUTION NOTICES

PARKING/TRAFFIC: Number of Caution Notices Issued

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

17 1 2 14 9 16 9 6 16 12 0 2012

11 6 4 4 11 12 8 - - - -SE- - - 2011 35 32 15 12 4

16 6 8 27 15 11 23 8 19 6 5

2011 6 0 3 1 7 0 7 1 8 5 16 20

PUBLIC PLACES: Number of Caution Notices Issued


2012

30 -

25 -

20 -

15 -

10 -

5 -

$0 $1,263 $0 $ 0 $ o $0 $0 $0 $772 $814 $0

$1,400.00 -

$1,200.00 -

$1,000.00 -

$800.00 -

$600.00 -

$400.00 -

$200.00 -

$0.00 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

2011 $0 $1,355 $0 $551 $888 $604 $260 $0 $0 $0 $0 $50

.15

ANIMAL: Number of Caution Notices Issued

'80

2

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN

10 14 10 2 8 6

1 0 1 11 6 4

0 JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

2 8 8 9 8 2012

1 2 2 1 7 2011 5

16

14

12

10

8

6

4

.16

JAN MAY APR MAR FEB JUN DEC NOV OCT SEP AUG JUL

FINES RECOVERY - SENT $25,000.00

$20,000.00

$15,000.00

$10,000.00

$5,000.00

X2012 $6,662 $18,096 $24,662 $7,550 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

—a-- 2011 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

6. PERMITS ISSUED

30

25

20

15

10

5 -- X

2012 10 17 25 5 15 11 14 10 3 18 10

PUBLIC PLACES: Number of Permits Issued

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JULY AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

--a— 2011 2 3 5 8 6 5 6 4 5 2 2 11

8 5 8 9 7 7 3 9 10 13 10 10 --- 2011

TODD MALL ACTIVITY: Number of Permits Issued

0 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JULY AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

—X-- 2012 9 8 11 11 14 14 12 20 20

30 -

25 -

20 -

15 -

10 -

5 -

.17

TODD MALL VEHICLE: Number of Permits Issued (excluding markets)

8 -

7 -

6

5 -

4 -

3 -

2 -

1 -

0

' . ,--- „ ,


2012 3 1 3 2 3 0 7 0 3 2 1

------ 2011 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 1 3 1

PAINTING SELLER: Number of Permits Issued

14 -

12 -

10 -

8 -

6 -

4 -

2

0

,- .. -- _sr' , .--

El


—E--2012 3 4 2 3 , 4 3 1 11 4 13 3

---rs-- 2011 5 2 3 5 4 2 2 3 5 3 2 2

7. COMPLAINTS

Number of Complaints 200 -

160 -

120 -

80 -

40 -

0 JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

92 96 88 87 —N-2012 125 106 169 109 117 106 123

74 92 84 68 84 66 94 81 83 - 2011 56 140 95

DEC

27

DOGS: Lifetime registrations


29 21 28 24 49 40 53 70 45 37 43

23 29 33 24 33 37 35 39 28 24 21

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

--14— 2012

--AN— 2011

CATS: Lifetime registrations

12 -

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

5 4 1 9 8 9 10 2 2

3 7 7 7 9 9 10 4 6 4 2 2

10 -

8 -

6-

4 -

2 -

0

—1111— 2012

---a--- 2011

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Breakdown of Complaints for NOVEMBER 2012: Abandoned Vehicles 17 Cat Nuisance/At Large 13 Cat dead 1 Dog Attack 6 Dog at Large 24 Dog Menace 12 Dog Nuisance 14 Dog Cruelty/Welfare 2 Dog Not Wanted 2 Dog Dead 1 Other Animal: Turkey, Roosters, Dingo, Bird 6 Litter (Including Dumped Rubbish) 2 Flammable Plant/Overhanging Tree 2 Unsightly Premises 1 Parking/Traffic 6 Public Places (including illegal camping) 5 Graffiti 9

8. ANIMALS REGISTRATION

.19

DOGS: New annual registrations

18

16

14 -

12 -

8 -

6 -

4 -

2 -

0

10 - in

a , ® .

/


—1--- 2012 17 6 10 6 7 9 11 7 6 9 8

---a--- 2011 8 8 5 8 4 5 9 11 8 6 8 11

CATS New annual registrations

6

5 -

4 -

3 -

0

2

a E E 7E E E JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

a-2012 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 4 0 3

---*--- 2011 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 2

9. ANIMALS IMPOUNDED

DOGS: Impounded

0

100 -

80 -

60 -

40 -

20 -


31 —a-2012 22 39 29 37 26 32 89 54 41 50

51 - --gt 2011 36 39 44 34 29 22 38 23 32 33 14

0

110

CATS: Impounded

0

40 -

30 -

20 -

10 -


18 14 4 8 17 15 10 34 —E-2012 25 22 21

2011

OTHER: Impounded


19 9 21 2 16 6 19 16 10 11 4 13

5 -

4 -

3 -

2

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 —E-2012 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 ------ 2011 1 0 0 1 0 0

Breakdown of Other:

June 2011 1 x Rooster July 2011 1 x Rabbit October 2011 1 x Rooster

January 2012 May 2012

1 x Pony 1 x Rabbit

10. WORK DONE IN TOWN CAMPS

MALE DOGS: Removed from Town Camps

0

40 -

30 -

20 -

10 -


5 4 7 1 8 —2012 10 13 27 29 5 7

------ 2011

FEMALE DOGS: Removed from Town Camps

DOGS: Microchipped & Registered 20 -

15 -

10 -

5

N.,

.ii JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

N-.

0

1 13 4 6 11 5 1 12 18 15 15 23

1 0 2 0 0 8 5 2012 18 0 10 0

--- a --- 2011 2 0 6 3 0 16 11 12 10 3 6 5

DOGS: Desexed

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT DEC NOV

2012

--- 2011

18 0

0 0 1 0

7 13

0 0

0 0

0

0

0

0

5

0

10

20

15

10

5

0

0

0

6

0

.112

11. RIVER RUNS (MORNINGS)

MALES: Spoken To

0

400 -

300 -

200 -

100 -


2012 163 163 159 142 78 108 116 36 14 77 147

2011

FEMALE: Spoken To

18 295 158 129 54 92 77 54 137 66 268 132

0

300

200 -

100 -


2012 28 7 64 90 116 164 163 140 145 89 267

—at-- 2011 28 246 146 132 67 94 62 48 151 68 240 134

.113

12. PUBLIC CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL

Drinkers/Hangers On Spoken To

—N-2012 41 476 26 85 16 18 3 61 5 6 0

1,400 -

1,200 -

1,000 -

800 -

600 -

400 -

200 -


----ff--- 2011 22 301 1200 208 322 149 23 624 240 249 870 53

.114

25 -

20 -

15 -

10

5

0

Infringements

'iii


2012 0 12 17 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 0

--- a--- 2011 0 0 0 16 7 4 4 7 21 3 11 19

500 -

400 -

300

200

100 -

0

Standard Drinks Tipped Out

Fl

..II, __....- .,_

IL . 4 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

8 34 176 56 19 23 1 66 14 1 0 —N-2012

45- 2011 0 0 0 60 91 17 20 15 297 165 109 474

13. TROLLEYS

2 3 7 8 8 23 ---s--- 2011 13 15 4 6 54 6

Woolworths


—r-2012 23 45 24 8 8 5 4 4 10 16 24

60 -

50 -

40 -

30 -

20 -

10 -

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Kevin Everett MANAGER RANGER UNIT

ATTACHMENT C

REPORT



AUTHOR: SENIOR RECORDS OFFICER — LORAINE DALWOOD-MASON

SUBJECT: REPORT FROM REGISTRY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2012

This report provides an update of current Registry projects.

1. ARCHIVING

• Have started Destroying and Deleting Finance Documents

2. ASTC INBOX

• Community emails: 107 in October —107 actioned.

3. CEMETERIES

• Notice of Interments: 20 — October/November 15, 2012.

• Exclusive Rights of Burial Permits: 2. Value $4,304.00

• Writing Procedure Manual for Cemeteries.

• Sorting old "Exclusive Right of Burial" Forms — Looking for Payments.

• Creating databases for old cemetery records (Memorial and Garden Cemetery).

• Plot Fees, Burial Fes, Niche Wall, Invoices sent out $39,986.00 (Centre Funeral Services).

• Placing all Old Cemetery Documents in EDM.

4. OLD COUNCIL COMMITTEE MINUTES & MEETINGS

• Recently found old microfiche negatives. Getting price to digitise.

• Best Quote for Old Council and Committee Meeting Microfiche Records is $1440.00 for 200 microfiche pages (approx 1500 pages).

0d/taco/ Loraine Dalwood-Mason SENIOR RECORDS OFFICER

ATTACHMENT D

REPORT

CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE —10 DECEMBER 2012

TO:

DIRECTOR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

AUTHOR: ACTING MANAGER LIBRARY SERVICES — BIRGIT NIELSEN

SUBJECT: REPORT FROM ALICE SPRINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2012

This report provides an update of current Library projects, programs and events.

1. STATISTICS • November - Life Long Learning events: 568 participants - 19 events (Details

included at end of report) • participants - events (details included at end of report) • November loans - 9,339 • November - Number of visitors — 7,623* • November - number of new items added - 667 • November - number of active patrons - 7,783 • November - New patrons - 162

*Please note the Library was closed 1 - 5 November 2012 due to renovation. Further data is not available beyond the 19Ih November 2012 due to technical issues, i.e. the 7,623 visitors is a calculated average based on the FE Tech Library Traffic report 4 - 19 November 2012.

2. CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH SERVICES • Baby Rhyme Time and Storytime have been continuing as per normal. • School Holiday Program January 2013 has been released on the 30 November

and had already some bookings. • Summer Reading Club and all Christmas competitions are underway according

to plan. • The Gap Afterschool Care Program and the weekly Yirara College visit are great

success — the groups come every scheduled time and enjoy tremendously being in the Library.

3. EVENTS • Re-opening celebrations were held Monday 5 th November, 2012. • Councillor Liz Martin officially re-opened the Library and Minister Matt Conlan

attended. 135 patrons walked through the doors in the first hour, and 114 in the second.

4. DISPLAYS/EXHIBITIONS • St Philips photo display.

5. OUTREACH & PROMOTION • Library Promotions and Events Officer Lynda Wickham and Library Customer

Service Officer Ruth Josif held a stall at the night markets to promote the Library and the new opening hours.

• Booka attended the School of the Air Reading Roundup and appeared on air to 121 children and their families and friends.

• Events catering for the Library reopening and the Healthy communities event by Library team.

• Manager Library Services gave Library presentation and tour at the Council Forum.

6. LIBRARY • The Library was closed for the first week of November to complete the

refurbishment. • Roll-out of new computers in Library — shortly after reopening, the first of the

new desktop computers were installed replacing the current machines. • Bellette Media have been contracted to create a 'refresh' of the Library's

branding. • Wireless system is not currently working. Library Technology Officer and IT are

investigating a new system. • Library Indigenous Services Officer Mikeita Wesley has resigned, recruitment

has commenced. Mikeita has taken the opportunity to help implement procedures for the new team member coming in.

• Library Indigenous Trainee has had her employment terminated, then re-instated on conditions.

• Library team members starting on the training of the Resource Description & Access (RDA) cataloguing rules which commence 2013.

• Library acquisitions are underway, i.e. the first deliveries arrive after NTL changed the tender vendors.

7. EVENT STATISTICS

vent Statistics overnber 2012 Date vePtiP.9criRti9r1 TA Ttnuml

06-Nov-2012 Storytime - Starry nights 20 LLL 09-Nov-2012 Baby Rhyme Time 36 LLL 13-Nov-2012 Storytime - African theme 17 LLL 14-Nov-2012 Badge making - Xmas lights comp 25 LLL 15-Nov-2012 Yirara College visit 15 LLL

16-Nov-2012 Booka visit to School of the Air General Assembly 138 LLL

16-Nov-2012 Baby Rhyme Time program 50 LLL 20-Nov-2012 Storytime - Zoo 34 LLL 21-Nov-2012 Christmas badge making workshop 20 LLL

22-Nov-2012 Yirara College visit 15 LLL

22-Nov-2012 Gap Afterschool Care Program - Christmas badge making 35 LLL

23-Nov-2012 Baby Rhyme Time - program 30 LLL 08-Nov-2012 Yirara College visit 15 LLL 08-Nov-2012 Gap Afterschool Care Program - Treasure Trail 35 LLL 27-Nov-2012 Storytime - Trucks, building theme 27 LLL 28-Nov-2012 Stories in the Park - Desert Park 0 LLL 28-Nov-2012 Territory Parents Support Program 18 LLL 29-Nov-2012 Yirara College visit 6 LLL 30-Nov-2012 Baby Rhyme Time - program 38 16 LLL

Total ',Proganns offered 19 •Total `paiticipints 568

3 Birgit Nielsen ACTING MANAGER LIBRARY SERVICES

ATTACHMENT E

REPORT



AUTHOR: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT UNIT

SUBJECT: REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2012

This report provides an update of current projects, programs and events of the Community Development Unit

COMMUNITY PROJECTS OFFICER — FRAN STOOPS

1. NIGHT MARKETS • Last night market took place on 15 November. Originally had approx 80 stalls

but final count was 63. General feel was that it was a quiet market probably due to the hot weather.

• Night Market dates for 2013 have been uploaded to the ASTC market pages and community calendar. Dates are: 22 August, 12 September, 17 October and 14 November.

2. CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL • Posters along with information to businesses re road closure distributed. All

marketing and media for TV, Advocate and radio complete. Human resources - briefings arranged for next week with Rangers and other relevant staff. Traffic Management Plan finalised.

• Program available in the Community Calendar. • Stallholders confirmed 91, plus DesArt are joining this year with 15

organisations confirmed at present. • Installation for stars, gobos and banners on 30/11/2012. • Air Charter Service tower lights switched on 14/12/12; switched off 3/1/2013

to coincide with Christmas tree lights. Risk assessment will be finalised closer to the date.

3. CHRISTMAS TREE • Traffic Management Plans finalised. Electrics tagged and tested. • Road closure ad in Advocate 4/12/12. • Installation of tree 10112112. • Removal of tree 3/1/2013.

4. GENERAL COMMUNITY EVENTS/IN KIND SUPPORT • International Day of People with Disability/Mayoral Awards — working with

Community Development Officer. • Carols by Candlelight — December 9 — sponsorship approved, approved

permit forwarded. Anzac Keys arranged, Mayor to attend. • 2013 events/in kind support calendar compiled. • Australia Day — attending meetings and organising scope of works.

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• Alice Show — applications submitted for ASTC show shed and Ranger stall in Greatorex Building.

• In discussions with Multicultural Service re Harmony Day on the Council Lawns mid April.

• Speaking with Festival Director of Colourfest Film Festival to bring Multicultural short films up for the event.

• Pets on Parade — liaising with Ranger department re general advice, traffic management, scope of works, risk management etc.

• Sitting on steering committee for the Mbantua Cultural Festival to be held either end of September or Mid October 2013.

• Town Crier Conference to be held from 22 -25 August. First night market has been moved to accommodate the conference — program to be discussed and determined.

5. OTHER/ONGOING • Finalising plaque with Community Gardens re Paramhans Swami

Maheshwarananda world peace tour visit on 27 April 2011. • Healthy Communities — Assisting Heart Foundation walks and Healthy

Communities reception Friday 16 November. • Speaking with Murray Stewart re running event Desert Sports Foundation is

interested in holding n August.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPEMNT OFFICER — MITCH CAMERON

1. SENIORS

Alice Springs 50 Plus Community Centre Management Committee • The Committee had a meeting on 20th November. Activities that take place at

the Centre are displayed at the entrance to the Community Centre.

Seniors Coordinating Committee (SCC) • A meeting of the Seniors Coordinating Committee was held on 21st

November. The next meeting will be held on 20th February. • A sub group has been established to work on a Survey to identify the interest

for self funded retirees in Alice Springs. The first meeting was held on the 27th November.

2. YOUTH

Youth Council • Youth Council (YC) meetings have been held on 1st November & 22nd

November. • 2013 Youth Council applications and information packs are being prepared. • A Grant application has been prepared to hold a Movie Marathon during the

2013 National Youth Week. National Youth Week occurs from 5th April to 14th April 2013. If successful the Movie Marathon concept will provide the 2013 Youth Council with a project to work towards upon commencement in the program.

Youth Desert Leadership Program • CDO attended the Youth Desert Leadership Graduation Ceremony on

November 23rd as a representative for Council. • CDO advised participants about the 2013 Youth Council and provided

participants of the YDL program with an information pack and application forms for the Youth Council.

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4. MAYORAL AWARDS • The Award Ceremony will be held on the International Day of Persons with a

Disability on Monday 3 December. The event will be held in the Function Room (not Andy McNeill Room as per previous months report).

• Four nominations have been received for the Noteworthy category & four nominations for the champion category. Certificates will be awarded to the finalists and trophies for the winners.

• Guest Speaker on the day will be 11 time paralympian & 9 time gold medallist Elizabeth 'Libby' Kosmala.

5. COMMUNITY GRANTS • Community Grants for 2013 will open on Friday 1st February and will close on

Friday 1st March. This will be the only round of funding for 2013.

6. OTHER • Led Heart Foundation walking sessions on 3rd November, 17th November &

24th November. • Youth Council 1st & 22nd November meetings. • Met with COTA NT CEO Robyn Lesley on 9th November. • Assisted at the Celebration of Healthy Outcomes held on November 16th. • Conducted Pool Cool down Session - Cricket 28th November.

HEALTHY COMMUNITIES COORDINATOR — LUCINDA COOBS

I. TOWN CAMPS • Healthy Communities Initiative commenced physical activity programs for

residents at Larapinta Valley, Hidden Valley & Karnte Town Camps in October.

• Participation has slowly increased. The physical activity sessions are occurring on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays including Aquatics, Heartmoves and Zumba. Averages of five Town Camp residents attend each session and our main participation is currently from Women.

2. AQUATICS CLASSES • The Healthy Communities Initiative class numbers for Aquatics are still

averaging 20-30 participants per class. There is an increased uptake of participation from males.

3. STAFF LIFT FOR LIFE CLASSES • A celebration of health outcomes was enjoyed at the Thai Room on 23 rd

November for participants in the Alice Springs Town Council staff physical activity sessions.

4. TRAINING • HCC participated in the Contact Officer training as a representative for the

Civic Centre on 22`td October.

5. HEART FOUNDATION WALKING & HEALTHY BREAKFASTS • The Heart Foundation Walking group has maintained participation above forty

consistently for the month of November.

6. MARKETING • HCC prepared a page for the Alice Springs Town Council Annual Calendar.

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• A feature page celebrating the achievements of health through participation in the Active in Alice programs appeared in the Centralian Advocate on 30 th

November.

7. END OF FINANCIAL YEAR REPORT • The Healthy Communities Initiative audited financials were submitted in an

End of Financial Year Report to the Department of Health & Ageing on 28 th

November.

8. CELEBRATION OF HEALTH OUTCOMES • Alice Springs Town Council's Active in Alice program has successfully

engaged thousands of Alice Springs residents in physical activity opportunities free of charge since October 2011.

• A celebration of Health Outcomes was enjoyed by over 200 people on Friday 16th November. The Celebration was held in the Alice Springs Town Council Function Room and included testimonials from Medical Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, Service Providers and Participants involved in the Healthy Communities Initiative.

9. A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE ACTIVE IN ALICE ACHIEVEMENTS in 2012 • Active in Alice has been successful in achieving a collaborative approach to

physical activity programs with Allied Health Professionals and Fitness Professionals working together to achieve health outcomes'

• The Healthy Communities Initiative - a three-year project, fully-funded by the Australian Government's Department of Health & Ageing aims to:

— reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity within target populations of Alice Springs by maximizing the number of adults engaged in healthy lifestyle programs,

— target adults with, or at risk of developing chronic disease.

• Alice Springs Town Council has subsidised education and training for fitness professionals hence broadening the physical activity programs available to people with chronic illness.

• Since the inception of the Healthy Communities Initiative, Alice Springs Town Council has provided the following programs to the Alice Springs Community.

— Heartmoves by the National Heart Foundation held at the YMCA, Gap Youth Centre and several Town Camps

— Lift for Life by Fitness Australia & Baker IDI held at YMCA, Alice Springs Town Council, Alice Springs Physiotherapy, Get Physical and the 50 plus centre

— Aquatic Programs held at the Alice Springs Aquatic & Leisure Centre delivered by CASA Leisure and Essential Fitness

— Heart Foundation Walking at Alice Springs Town Council

— Yoga for Breast Cancer at Alice Springs Physiotherapy

— Women's Footy Fitness with AFLNT held at Traeger Park

— One off community events such as fun runs, chronic disease awareness, presentations and nutritional education

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COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER — LEON TRIPP

1. PUBLIC ART

Library Pathway • The paper stencilled pathway from Gregory Terrace to the new Library

entrance was installed on 16 November. The stencilling was successful and represents the first stage in the artistic treatment of the pathway.

• The second stage will be collecting A4 size shapes developed in Library facilitated workshops that will be laid on the paper stencils and sprayed over with a water resisting product. The end result will be realised when the pathway becomes wet and the shapes 'magically' appear.

Waste Management Facility • Eight Expressions of Interest (EOI) were received for Public Art commissions

at the Waste Management Facility. • The PAAC selected 3 submissions to proceed to the next stage of the

commissioning process which will see their concept design developed into a contract ready product.

Todd Mall / Parsons St Redevelopment • There were 9 E0I's received for the 5 proposed commissions for the Todd

Mall / Parsons St redevelopment. Eight artists will be engaged to develop designs for the Mosaic Seats, Aerial Light Sculpture, Shade Structure Canopies, Steel Bench Seats and Interpretation.

• Artists will be required to have their designs ready to present to the 6 February 2013 PAAC Meeting.

2. BRAITLING NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE EXPANSIONS • Plans and the 'Order of Cost' for the Braitling Neighbourhood Centre were

received from Sue Dugdale and Associates and a request for funding has been lodged with DEEWR. The request will be forwarded to the Federal Minister for Early Childhood and Childcare Kate Ellis for a decision.

• The proposed expansion would create 10 new places for the under 2's lifting the Centres intake for this cohort from 10 to 20 places, addressing the critical shortage of places for this age group currently being experienced in Alice Springs.

• An extra 15 places in total would be created across the Centre with the resultant intake increase from 42 to 57 places, positioning the Centre well to be more financially sustainable into the future.

3. SUMMER SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM • The Summer School Holiday Program has now been finalised and will be put

on to the ASIC Events Calendar. • The program was developed through the collaboration of 13 organisations

and aims to provide regular activities for young people through the summer. • Youth Hub have employed a coordinator dedicated to the management of the

program and the Community Development Unit have contributed arts and craft activities as well as providing the cinema package for a number of movie nights.

4. RESETTING THE RELATIONSHIPS — LIQUOR LICENSEE ROUNDTABLE • Council received $100,000 funding from the Alice Springs Transformation

Plan (FaHCSIA) to engage the Allen Consulting Group to facilitate a Liquor Licensee Roundtable in late November 2012.

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• Due to difficulty in getting representation from the Town Camps to attend the roundtable at this time of year, the date for the roundtable has been moved to February/March 2013. The ultimate objective of this project is:

`...to build and strengthen the relationship between town camp residents and liquor licensees in Alice Springs, to encourage them to work cooperatively towards viable measures that support the objectives of the Stronger Futures legislation through reducing takeaway alcohol and its impact on the Alice Springs town camps'

• The Report for phase 1 of the project 'Stakeholders insights' is still in draft form but is expected to be finalised soon.

5. OTHER • TCA Mountain Bike Strategy. • Resetting the Relationships Provider Meeting. • ASTC Youth Council. • PAAC. • Event Coordination meeting.

Leon Tripp COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

ATTACHMENT F

REPORT



AUTHOR: MANAGER IT / BUSINESS ANALYST

SUBJECT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES FOR NOVEMBER 2012

This report provides an update of current Information Technology projects, programs and events.

• EDMS upgrade has been placed on hold whilst difficulties with data conversion encountered at other councils have been resolved.

• Migration/upgrades to Library public access backend infrastructure largely complete.

• Replacement Library public access pc's are being rolled out.

• Mall wifi —Operator of the Smith Street Mall in Darwin declined to quote due to staffing issues. Pricing being sought for installation of network infrastructure. Once a design is finalised we will be in a position to brief potential operators of the data component.

Website statistics (attached) from the public site for the month of September 2012 and preceding 12 months showing:

• Total visits

• Total new visits

• Landing page (page the visitor entered the site on)

Chris Dance MANAGER IT I BUSINESS ANALYST

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ASTC REPORTING Nov 1, 2011- Nov 30, 2012

C % of visits: 100.00%

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Metric Group

• Visits

January 2012

April 2012

July 2012

October 2012

Visits

New Visits

276,420 % of Total: 100.00% (276,420)

Landing Page

120,716 % of Total: 100.00% (120,716)

Visits New Visits

1. / 83,857 41,194

2. /events 53,604 3,767

3. /library 10,846 1,591

4. /employment/index 5,388 1,800

5. /alice-springs-community/swimming-centre 4,653 2,293

6. /alice-springs/climate 4,201 3,111

7. /alice-springs/history 3,666 2,775

8. /tourism/tourism 3,645 2,314

9. /alice-springs-community/indigenous 3,001 2,115

10. /alice-springs-town-councii/get-a-life 2,542 1,396

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Visits

New Visits

19,528 % of Total 100.00% (19,528)

Landing Page

9,111 % of Total: 100.00% (9,111)

Visits NewVisits

1. / 5,394 2,877

2. /events 2,657 234

3. /employment/index 667 179

4. /library 569 132

5. /a lice-springs/climate 389 266

6. /alice-springs-community/swimming-centre 337 160

7. /alice-springs-community/indigenous 318 218

8. /alice-springs/h isto ry 302 205

9. /tourism/tourism 298 180

10. /alice-springsnocation 208 145

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