Minutes of Meeting

Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 1 December 2016
Time	2.00pm

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 1 December 2016

Minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 1 December 2016

File No: I2016/1282

PRESENT:   Cr S Richardson, Cr C Coorey, Cr M Lyon and Cr S Ndiaye

Staff:   Peter Rees, Manager Utilities

            Michael Matthews, Manager Open Space and Resource Recovery

            Lloyd Isaacson, Team Leader Resource Recovery and Quarries

            Helen Waldron (Minute Taker)

Community:                                       Col Draper, David Fligelman, Madeleine Green

Observer:     Duncan Dey

Cr Richardson opened the meeting at 2.10 pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Phillip Holloway (Director, Infrastructure Services)

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

M Green declared an ongoing non-pecuniary interest in that she lives in the vicinity of the Myocum Resource Recovery Centre.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 2 June 2016 be confirmed.

(Richardson/Draper)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried..

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1             Strategic Business Plan Water Supply and Sewerage

File No:                        I2016/1205

Committee Recommendation:

That in relation to the Strategic Business Plan Water Supply and Sewerage Council notes:

          a.       that the Water, Waste and Sewer Committee was provided with an overview of                the Plan

          b.      that the Committee will workshop the Strategic Business Plan Water Supply and
                   Sewerage early in 2017

          c.       that the Plan will be presented to a Councillor Strategic Planning Workshop prior                     to the Committee workshopping it

(Lyon/Ndiaye)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2             Main Arm Recycled Water Scheme Expansion Possibilities

File No:                        I2016/1206

Committee Recommendation:

That Council notes the Committee discussed the Main Arm Recycled Water Scheme Expansion project.

(Coorey/Richardson)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3             Resource Recovery Current State of Play

File No:                        I2016/1256

Committee Recommendation:

That Council notes the Committee was provided with a presentation on current and recent Resource Recovery projects.

(Ndiaye/Green)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Actions:

1.           advertise for new membership at the first available date in the Council block advertising

2.           Peter Rees will send a pdf version of the Hydrosphere report to the Committee members

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 4.13 pm.