Council Agenda - Kangaroo Island Council - SA.Gov.au

Grants
9. Emily Larcombe has been appointed Grants Officer and commenced work 17 June
2013, her position is one day per week.
10. A free grant writing workshop was organised for the Community on 24 June 2013.
The facilitator also offered one-on-one mentoring sessions for interested parties.
The workshop was attended by 27 people with a mix of sporting groups, progress
associations and private interests. Five groups stayed for the one-on-one
mentoring sessions.
Community Passenger Network (CPN)
11. Anne Ellson, Council’s CPN Officer has taken 12 months maternity leave and Emily
Larcombe has been appointed CPN Officer and commenced work 17 June 2013,
her position is for two days per week.
12. For May 2013 the CPN Network:
a. 2 group bookings and 1 individual booking (social);
b. Monthly medical report submitted.
Customer Service
13. For June 2013 Customer Service:
a. Processed 913 receipts;
b. Processed 394 items of outgoing mail;
c. Processed 61 external customer requests via email; and
d. Lodged 81 notifications for Council.
Library
14. The Library held an open day on 10 June 2013. The open day was well attended
by the Community and was an opportunity for the Library to show the Community
(library members and non-members) services that are available to them.
15. For June 2013 the Library:
a. Processed (issued) 2673 items; including 153 renewals
b. Processed 2461 returned items;
c. Processed 266 computer bookings; (208 members/58 non members);
d. Processed 14 new membership applications, a total of 3120 members;
e. 45 members have registered to use Overdrive, the free e-book program
available for members (12 new members for the month of June); and
f. Held four story time session in the Library attended by 58 children;
g. 107 users used wireless for month of June.
Records
16. For June the Records Department:
a. Processed 306 customer email and fax enquiries;
b. Processed 631 incoming mail/records; and
c. Processed 60 over the counter documents.
Cemeteries
17. The CEM Department is compiling all burials/memorials/columbarium and lease
information from the burial/lease books to add to the Cemetery Module.
Youth
18. From 11-14 June 2013, over 150 KICE students aged from twelve to eighteen
participated in Red Cross Youth Health and Wellbeing Program, held at the
Kingscote Town Hall. In collaboration with KICE, the Youth Advisory Committee
provided the ‘Talk Out Loud Mental Health Awareness Course’ with Year 8 and 9
students and ‘Save-A-Mate Alcohol and Other Drugs Emergency Course’ for the
senior years students.
19. Nominations for the Young Achiever Award, closing 5 July 2013, are currently open.
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