Environmental Health service workload information

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Sean La Fontaine

Dear Kiama, The Council of the Municipality of,

Could you please provide the following workload information for Environmental Health covering the latest possible annual reporting period:

Number of Fixed Food premises (high, medium, low)

Number of Mobile Food businesses

Number of Temporary Food businesses

Number of Single Incident Investigations conducted

Number of Outbreaks investigated

Number of Food Complaints investigated
*NOTE - NSWFA have advised to obtain this information from Council

Number of Skin Penetration businesses

Number of Shared Accommodation premises

Number of Onsite Wastewater Permits Issued

Number of Onsite Wastewater inspections conducted

Number of Sewer overflows investigated

Number of Water Quality monitoring samples

Number of Pool Water samples

Number of Cooling Tower inspections/assessments

Number of Noise, Odour/Air, Asbestos, Clan Labs, Hoarding/Squalor complaints investigated

Number of Pest complaints investigated

Number of DA referral responses

Number of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks assessments/inspections conducted

Yours faithfully,

Sean La Fontaine

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Dear Sean

In response to your recent GIPA request for Environmental Health Service workload information I have attached the Food Regulation Partnership Reports submitted by Council for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. Please let me know if you have any questions or require additional information.

Kind regards

Sue Basa
Public Officer

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Sean La Fontaine

Dear Sue,

Thanks for the information provided.

Would it be possible to also obtain the following information over latest annual period:

Number of Skin Penetration premises inspected;
Number of Shared Accommodation premises inspected;

Number of Cooling Towers inspected/assessed;

Number of Noise Complaints investigated;

Number of Odour/Air Pollution complaints investigated;

Number of Asbestos complaints investigated;

Number of Clandestine Labs investigated;

Number of Pool samples taken;

Number of Water quality samples taken;

Number of Sewer overflow incidents investigated;

Number of DA referrals handled by Environmental Health; and

Number of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks inspected/assessed (if applicable).

Regards,

Sean

Yours sincerely,

Sean La Fontaine

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Dear Sean,

Please find the answers to your requested information for the 2017-18 financial year:

Number of Skin Penetration premises inspected; No tattooist or body piercing in the Kiama Municipality.

Number of Shared Accommodation premises inspected; No boarding houses in the Kiama Municipality. No inspections of shared accommodation.

Number of Cooling Towers inspected/assessed; Only 1 cooling tower in Kiama Municipality. It is sampled monthly.

Number of Noise Complaints investigated; 53

Number of Odour/Air Pollution complaints investigated; 28

Number of General Pollution complaints; 32

Number of Asbestos complaints investigated; 12

Number of Clandestine Labs investigated; Nil

Number of Pool samples taken; 192

Number of Water quality samples taken; 152

Number of Sewer overflow incidents investigated; 6

Number of DA referrals handled by Environmental Health; 51

Number of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks inspected/assessed (if applicable); Nil

Kind regards,

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Kiama Municipal Council
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Sean La Fontaine

Dear Council Mailbox,

Thanks for providing the information requested.

Yours sincerely,

Sean La Fontaine

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