Minutes of Meeting

Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 19 February 2015
Time	9.00am

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 19 February 2015

Minutes of the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 19 February 2015

File No: I2015/51

PRESENT:   Cr S Richardson (Mayor), Cr R Wanchap, Cr Alan Hunter

Staff:            Sharyn French

                     Kim Mallee

                     Angus Underwood

                     Michelle Chapman (minute taker until 9.30)

Community

Members:     Donovan Adcock, Andy Baker, Samala Heart, Joanna Immig, Luke McConnell, James Mayson, Kate Smillie, Peter Westheimer

Non-voting

Community

Members:     Chris Sanderson

Cr  Richardson opened the meeting at 9.03am  and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

That the apology from Dale Fallon be accepted.

Absent: Carole Gamble

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Minutes from 11 September 2014 meeting were reported to 9 October 2014 Ordinary meeting resulting in resolutions 14-481.

There was no quorum for the 6 November 2014 meeting.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.  

Staff Reports - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 5.1             Amended Draft Environmental Levy Implementation Policy

File No:                        I2015/3

Committee Recommendation 5.1:

That the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee recommend to Council that the draft Environmental Levy Implementation Policy (#E2014/61683) be publicly exhibited for a period of 28 days and that in the event that no submissions are received on the Environmental Levy Implementation Policy it be adopted.

(Wanchap/Westheimer)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 5.2             Byron Shire Low Carbon Strategy

File No:                        I2015/5

Committee Recommendation 5.2:

That the Biodiversity and Sustainability Advisory Committee note the adoption of the Byron Shire Low Carbon Strategy.

(Hunter/Heart)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Actions:

· Greenhouse gas emissions status report to be provided to Committee.

· Data spreadsheets of State of the Environment report to next Committee meeting.

Report No. 5.3             Environmental Levy Budget Update

File No:                        I2015/7

Committee Recommendation 5.3:

That the Biodiversity and Sustainability Committee note this report.

(Smillie/McConnell)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

General Business:

· The Committee requested additional meeting dates to be scheduled.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11.05am.