The Infrastructure Committee is responsible for matters relating to construction and maintenance, project management, plant and fleet, and transport and drainage. All Councillors are members of the committee.

The Committee meets on the second Tuesday of each month immediately following the Water and Waste Committee Meeting, in Council Chambers, First Floor, City Hall, 541 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba.

Committee meetings are open to the public.

The notice of meeting, table of contents and agenda items (excluding confidential items) are available on this website on the Friday evening prior to the Meeting.

To access committee meeting reports past the year supplied below, please contact us.

 

The meeting schedule can be found in our 'Council meeting structure & meeting schedule' article.

His Worship the Mayor, Councillor Geoff McDonald (acting Chair)
Councillor Bill Cahill 
Councillor Edwina Farquhar
Councillor Gary Gardner
Councillor Tim McMahon
Councillor Trevor Manteufel
Councillor James O’Shea
Councillor Kerry Shine 
Councillor Carol Taylor
Councillor Melissa Taylor
Councillor Rebecca Vonhoff

Scope
The Infrastructure Committee will be a standing committee of Council and these Terms of Reference will provide guidance for the matters that are to be referred to and considered by the Committee.

Aim
To consider matters relating to the Infrastructure needs and operations of Council and make recommendations to Council on an ongoing basis.

Role
The Committee's role is to provide ongoing leadership and deal with particular aspects of the Council's Infrastructure business, giving detailed deliberation to these matters, before making recommendations to Council.

Responsibilities
The Committee's responsibilities include:

  Construction and Maintenance 

  • Roads - capital & operational 
  • Drainage - capital & operational 
  • Flood Mitigation 
  • Footpaths 
  • Bikeways
  • Quarries
  • Private works including Department of Transport and Main Roads

  Project Management 

  • Project management through project business case, initiation, planning, execution and finalisation
  • Roads (capital) 
  • Drainage (capital) 
  • Footpaths and Bikeways - (capital)
  • Building and community works (capital)
  • Waste Services (capital)
  • Project Management Office - operational

  Fleet and Logistics 

  • Fleet  operations, capital & management 
  • Equipment  operations, capital & management
  • Mechanical maintenance management including servicing, repairs & fabrication services 
  • Fleet asset management 
  • Fleet logistics operations

  Transport and Drainage 

  • Transport and drainage infrastructure planning
  • Strategic asset management
  • Design and survey
  • Transport and drainage operations
  • Infrastructure technology 
  • Parking capital & operations
  • Traffic lights - capital & operations
  • Street lighting
  • Aerodrome - capital & operations
  • Flood mitigation and warning systems - capital & operations 
  • Road corridor operations

Membership
Membership of the Committee is to include all Councillors.

Quorum
A quorum of the Committee is a majority of its members (i.e. 6).

Meeting frequency
Unless otherwise determined, the Committee will meet on the second Tuesday of each month immediately following the Water and Waste Committee meeting, in the Council Chambers, First Floor, 541 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba.

Reporting requirements
The Committee is required to keep minutes of its meetings pursuant to section 254F of Local Government Regulation 2012.

Review of terms of reference
These terms of reference are to be reviewed from time to time, as necessary.

 

Agendas and minutes

We are in the process of changing the way we manage Council meeting agendas and minutes. While this change is being made documents can be found in two locations:

  1. After 15 September 2022 - Located in frame below, at toowoomba.civicclerk.com.au or via YouTube.
  2. Before 15 September 2022 - Refer to the list at the bottom of this page.

 

1. Agendas and minutes after 15 September 2022

Instructions: Find the relevant meeting in the list below. Select it to view all associated files, or use the links in the Files columns to view any available agendas, packets or minutes. The video icon in the Media column will launch the video.

Live Stream videos of Committee, Ordinary and Special meetings of Council commencing 23 April 2020 can be viewed on YouTube.

 

 

2. Minutes before 15 September 2022

Infrastructure Committee - 9 August 2022 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 12 July 2022 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 14 June 2022 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 10 May 2022 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 12 April 2022 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 8 March 2022 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 8 February 2022 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 7 December 2021 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 9 November 2021 - Report

Toowoomba Regional Council Submission G2H draft EIS 25102021

Infrastructure Committee - 12 October 2021 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 14 September 2021 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 10 August 2021 - Report

Infrastructure Committee - 13 July 2021 - Report