Two Logan City Council projects have been recognised at the prestigious Local Government Managers Australia (LGMA) Queensland 2019 Awards for Excellence.
Logan’s Carbon Reduction Strategy and Action Plan which provides Council’s commitment to becoming a carbon neutral and green city on the Sustainability category.
Council’s Disaster Management Team took out the Community Shaping category for a program which ensures local disaster management information is accessible and inclusive for all members of the community.
Logan City Council made six submissions to the judging panel and had three finalists.
Logan City Council Acting CEO Silvio Trinca congratulated everyone involved in the two award-winning programs along with those who made submissions to the judges.
“These awards of excellence are just another example of the quality services Council is delivering every day to our community,” Mr Trinca said.
Council’s Carbon Strategy and Action plan provides a framework and identifies actions to enable the city’s green vision to become a reality.
The goal to be carbon neutral by 2022 is being supported through the reduction of carbon emissions that occur as a result of Council’s operations, implementation of innovative renewable energy technologies such as solar power and the delivery of carbon offsets.
Council’s Disaster Management Team won its award for excellence for a program called Speaking their language to build disaster resilience.
Under the program, resources were developed by Council in partnership with the community to enable people living with disability and those from different cultural backgrounds to understand the risks associated with disasters.
The messages and images used in the ‘Get Ready for Natural Disasters’ booklet were simplified and workshopped with people from different cultural backgrounds to make them easy to understand.
“Everyone deserves to feel safe but in a city as diverse as ours, sometimes our message gets lost in translation or simply goes unheard,” Mr Trinca said.
“These resources have been carefully designed to ensure that the information is straightforward but also effective when it comes to helping people prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters.”
