Extraordinary Water,
Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 21 December 2017
Minutes of the Extraordinary
Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday,
21 December 2017
File No: I2017/2072
PRESENT: Cr
S Richardson, Cr C Coorey, Cr M Lyon
Staff: Phil
Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)
Peter
Rees (Manager Utilities)
Michael
Matthews (Manager Open Spaces and Resource Recovery)
Bryan
Green (Water Sewer Systems Environment Officer)
Dominika
Tomanek (Minute Taker)
Community: Col
Draper, David Fligelman, Madeleine Green, Duncan Dey, Alan Dickens, Mary
Gardener
Cr Coorey (Chair) opened the meeting at 9:36
am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Cr S Ndiaye
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
Madeleine Green declared a non-pecuniary interest. The
nature of the interest being that she lives near the Resource Recovery Centre.
Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Meetings
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Committee
Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory
Committee Meeting held on 10 October 2017 be confirmed. (Lyon/Dey)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Note: The
minutes of the meeting held on 10 October 2017 were noted, and the Committee
Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 26 October
2017.
Business Arising from Previous Minutes
There was no business arising
from previous minutes.
Staff Reports -
Infrastructure Services
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Procedural Motion
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That the Committee change the order of
business to deal with Reports 4.4, 4.3, 4.8, 4.6, 4.5, 4.9, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.7 next
on the Agenda. (Coorey/Dey)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Report
No. 4.4 Byron
Resource Recovery Master Plan
File No: I2017/1818
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council endorse the Byron Resource Recovery Centre
Master Plan and ensure that space for relocated tip shop is sufficient for
any growth that could occur in upcoming decades. (Dey/Coorey)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.3 Ocean
Shores Sewage Treatment Plant Exceedances - January 2017 to October 2017
File No: I2017/1811
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Committee note the report and for the next
meeting Committee receive layout diagrams of the shire’s 4 STPs
indicating licensing and monitoring locations. (Dey/Dickens)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.8 Items
For the Committee Requested by Duncan Dey
File No: I2017/1979
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Committee note the report. (Dey/Dickens)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.6 Byron
Shire Recycled Water Schemes - Murtagh Report Discussion
File No: I2017/1959
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Committee note the report. (Dey/Dickens)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.5 Mullumbimby
Inflow and Infiltration - History and Future
File No: I2017/1820
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council commence a Mullumbimby Sewerage System Inflow
and Infiltration Programme as a part of the sewer fund capital programme and
that the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee receive an update on each
quarterly meeting. (Coorey/Lyon)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.9 Current
and Future Capacity of Bangalow STP - Response to Resolution 17-502
File No: I2017/2003
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Committee Recommendation:
That in relation to the report prepared under Resolution
17-502, Council should also consider at least the following additional
matters:
a) Estimates of
sewer flow made by developers at time of application are inherently low. The
estimates of flow from this development as it may stand in 10 years time
should be made independently.
b) Satisfying the EPA
licence requirements does not equate to protecting the environment. There are
now many more factors to be consider for the impact on receiving environment.
This include pharmaceuticals, viruses, medical and recreational drugs,
hormone treatment, etc.
c) If STP upgrades are
brought forward for a development then the extra cost of bringing then
forward should be passed on to the developer.
d) A
detailed risk assessment is needed of the pre-treatment system,
including the likely dynamics of its loading and effluent quality, and its
potential impacts on the performance of the Bangalow STP, and suitable
mitigations identified.
(Fligelman/Dey)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.1 Byron
Shire Effluent Management Strategy 2017-27 Comments for Discussion
File No: I2017/1809
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Committee have an extraordinary meeting to
workshop the strategy in the first quarter 2018. (Dey/Lyon)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.2 Integrated
Water Cycle Management Plan 2017 Review
File No: I2017/1810
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Committee have an extraordinary meeting to
workshop the Integrated Water Cycle Management Plan 2017 Review. (Dey/Lyon)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.7 Odour
Control Actions
File No: I2017/1964
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Committee discussed the report and the Committee members provide comments and
questions to be discussed during an extraordinary meeting. (Dey/Lyon)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 12:10
pm.
