EMPLOYEE EXCELLENCE AWARDS We introduced our Employee Innovation Awards in 2003 as a way of encouraging staff to find better ways of doing things in the workplace. The awards are hosted annually and have grown in popularity with an increase in the number and quality of submissions.
As an organisation, we value excellence, and fundamental to achieving that is fostering enquiry, innovation and creativity with a focus on continuous improvement. These awards acknowledge those who have excelled in this area. Announced in March 2015, the 2014 winners were:
We marked the 10th anniversary of the awards in 2014 and changed the name of the awards and some categories changed this year based on staff feedback.
Corporate Innovation Award Projects
Team members
WINNER: Logan Safety Camera Monitoring Room redevelopment project
Keely Bell, Michelle Griffin, Paul Taudevin, Dianne Ezzy, Allan Wilson, Jennifer Fredericks, Lars Waalder, Nigel Brown, Jane Frawley, Lachlan Gordon
This project incorporated the redesign of Council’s existing safety camera monitoring room to create a state-of-the-art facility that will service Council’s needs both now and well into the future. The monitoring room is in operation 24 hours a day and includes 59 camera feeds. RUNNER-UP: Use of drones for volumetric landfill survey Council conducts volumetric surveys of tipping areas at the Browns Plains Landfill on a quarterly basis to determine filling rates for future planning and tip life as well as ensuring filling is being performed to design. Historically, this had been completed using traditional field survey techniques.
Michael Asnicar, Richard Oakley, Ewen Sneddon, Robert Nantes, Scott Grattan
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s or drones) was trialled this year with excellent outcomes. The cost for the alternative drone survey was comparable, but met and exceeded the area and accuracy obtained by field surveyors. Landfill operations were able to continue uninterrupted as well. SPECIAL MENTION: Bushfire plan modelling assessment tool A decision-aid spatial model was developed to better manage bushfire risk in environmental parks. The model prioritised 580 burn blocks within 209 environmental parks across the city. The tool will provide cost savings and helps minimise the public safety fire risk by enabling more controlled burns to be conducted each year in the highest priority areas.
Rodney Adam, Lee-Anne Veage, Fatih Dur, Darrell Kraehenbeuhl, James Napier
Customer Service Innovation Award Projects
Team members
WINNER: Logan City Council Stormwater Quality Offsets Policy
Daniel Carrick, Tom Stanson, Anna Markula, Nosheem Hanif, Trevor Kanapi, Cheryl Pollitt, Derek Lawrie, James O’Brien, Fiona Perry, Tracey Arthurson, Zabeitha Khan
The stormwater quality offset scheme and policy was developed to provide an additional option for developers in complying with their water quality requirements under the Sustainable Planning Act, while still achieving the same or better environmental outcomes. RUNNER-UP: Digital literacy initiative for young people Four new programs were introduced at Logan’s libraries to promote digital literacy in the local community, particularly with young people. These programs relate to computer coding and programming, Minecraft and Lego robotics.
Bradley Nitins, Jennifer Hall, Darshan Balasuriyar, Ashley Strelcs, Daniel Park, Aaron Radford, Amanda Platt, Rowena Wilmott, Laney Robinson, Bryony Jensen
LOGAN CITY COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2014/2015
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