Annual Report - City of Bayswater

Waste transfer station, BayswaterEnvironmentalHealthWaste managementDuring 2009-10, the City ofBayswater was awarded a $50,000grant from the Waste Authority’sStrategic Waste Initiatives Schemeto review green waste recyclingpractices and the barriers thatresidents may have in recyclinggreen waste materials in their browntop bins. Over 4,500 tonnes ofgreen waste was recycled throughthe City’s green waste system,which was used by the EMRC toproduce high quality soil improverand mulch for the City’s parks andgardens and private sale.Emergency managementThe City of Bayswater LocalEmergency ManagementCommittee met every three monthsto consider ways to make thecommunity a safer place in theevent of an emergency such as afire, flood, pandemic or major storm.Following the threat of the H1N1swine flu pandemic, the Citydeveloped the first stage of aBusiness Continuity Plan andhosted a community informationforum on epidemics in April 2010.The forum covered the threatposed by pandemics, the role ofthe Department of Health, the City’simmunisation program and what thecommunity can do to protect itself.Immunisation program– 2009-10Approximately 1,130 childrenwere vaccinated in 2009-10, thisrepresents a ten per cent increaseover the previous financial year.The general trend suggested thatthe number of parents supportingthe City’s immunisation clinicsremained high.The City also continued to provideschool vaccinations for thechildren aged 12, (Hepatitis B andDiphtheria, Tetanus and WhoopingCough, Chicken Pox andCervical Cancer).Food legislationIn October 2009, the Food Act 2008was introduced in Western Australia.The Act is now the principal pieceof legislation regulating the sale andpreparation of food in WA. The Actsets out food safety requirementsoutlined in the Australia NewZealand Food Standards Code. Thismeans a food business in the CityCity of Bayswater Hostel, kitchen facilityof Bayswater must meet the samerequirements as a food businessoperating anywhere else in Australia.Food surveillanceThe City of Bayswater’sEnvironmental Health Sectionmonitors food business activitieswithin the City, to ensure compliancewith the Food Act 2008 andAustralia New Zealand FoodStandards Code.The City monitors around 320food premises and undertakes upto four inspections of all high riskfood premises each year. During2009-10, with the introduction ofthe Food Act 2008, a new foodsampling scheme was developedrequiring each Local Authority toconduct routine sampling of allfood manufacturers within theirown jurisdiction. A total of 59food samples were collected andsubmitted for analysis and complaintinvestigation, and five requiredfollow-up action.city of bayswater annual report 2009-1019