Minutes of Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 2 March 2017

Minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 2 March 2017

File No: I2017/249

PRESENT: Cr S Ndiaye, Cr Richardson, Cr M Lyon (11.45)

Staff: Ken Gainger (General Manager)

Phil Warner (Acting Director, Infrastructure Services)

Peter Rees (Manager, Utilities)

Michael Matthews (Manager, Open Space and Resource Recovery)

Lloyd Isaacson (Team Leader, Resource Recoveries and Quarries)

Helen Waldron (Minute Taker)

Community: Col Draper, David Fligelman, Madeleine Green, Alan Dickens, Mary Gardner, Duncan Dey

Cr Richardson (Chair) opened the meeting at 11.35 and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Cr C Coorey

Phillip Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no new declarations of interest.

ELECTION OF CHAIR

Cr Richardson

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 1 December 2016 be confirmed.

(Green/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 Resource Recovery Current State of Play

File No: I2016/1256

Committee Recommendation:

That Council notes the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee was provided with a presentation on current and recent Resource Recovery projects.

(Dey/Green)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2 Ocean Shores to Brunswick Valley STP Transfer Feasibility Study

File No: I2017/244

Committee Recommendation:

1. That Council notes the report, including risks associated with Option 4 in Section 13 recommendations and that Council investigate the operational risks (as described under Item 5).

2. That the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee meet again prior to the scheduled meeting in June 2017.

(Dey/Dickens)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Member Green left the Chambers at 01:30 PM.

Report No. 4.3 Water and Sewer Strategic Business Plan Workshop

File No: I2017/246

Committee Recommendation:

That at the next meeting of the Water, Waste and Sewer Committee the following expenditure items be considered for addition to a revised Water and Sewer Strategic Business Plan:

i) overcome fundamental problems in the sewer connections and lines in Mullumbimby, Brunswick Heads and Byron Bay

ii) make reuse (eg agricultural irrigation) the primary means of disposal ahead of discharge to waterways

iii) bring in full-spectrum testing and treatment (including alkyl-phenols) of sewage

iv) consider minimising energy usage and the use of renewable energy

(Dey/Ndiaye)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1.40 pm.

Actions

1. update on Container Deposit Scheme to be provided at next meeting of Committee

2. look at information re BRRC on website and improve user friendliness

3. date of community engagement program re Strategy and Biohub program to be provided to Committee

4. meeting to be convened in one months time, as an extra meeting

5. request to go out to Committee members for agenda items

6. update on timeliness of members for committees and panels

Venue	Council Chambers, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 2 March 2017
Time	11.30am