BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 1 March 2018

 

 

Minutes of Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

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Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

 

 

 

Venue

Council Chamber, Station Street, Mullumbimby

Date

Thursday, 1 March 2018

Time

11.30am

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 1 March 2018

File No: I2018/351

 

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

 

Staff:   Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

            Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

            Peter Rees (Manager Utilities)

            Lloyd Issacson (Team Leader Resource Recovery and Quarry)

            James Brickley (Manager Finance)

           

Community:                Col Draper, Madeleine Green, Duncan Dey, David Fligelman

 

Visitors: Tim Houchgrebe, Mark Tidswell

 

Cr Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting at 11:47 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

 

Apologies:

 

Cr Richardson, Mary Gardner and Alan Dickens

 

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

 

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 10 October 2017 and Extraordinary Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 21 December 2017 be confirmed.

(Dey/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

 

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.

 

The minutes of the extraordinary meeting held on 21 December 2017 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 1 February 2018.

 

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

 

The workshop to discuss Byron Shire Effluent Management Strategy 2017-27 was held on 23 February 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Procedural Motion

Committee Recommendation:

That the Committee change the order of business to deal with Reports 4.2, 4.3 and 4.1 next on the Agenda.

(Lyon/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

 

Report No. 4.2             Belongil Swamp Drainage Union Report to Council

File No:                        I2018/228

 

Committee Recommendation:

1.         That Council supports the Belongil Swamp Drainage Union’s submission to DA 10.2017.661.1

 

2.         That Council recognises that Under the Water Management Act ( Part 3 S214&215) a new subdivision is not entitled to be connected to a Private Drainage Board:

 

‘If a holding is subdivided, a new holding resulting from the subdivision is not entitled to be connected to a PDBs drainage works until a date determined by the board’.

 

And further states that:

 

“All works to be constructed must be constructed in accordance with the approval in writing  of the board in respect of location, design, form, dimensions and construction”.

 

3.         That Council ask that any decision on the DA (and any other DA’s in this catchment) be deferred until critical information regarding the impact of development on the catchment’s hydrology is fully investigated.

 

4.         That Council refer issues in relation to Belongil Creek flowing into the Marine Park and to flooding in the ICOLL, erosion and environmental issues to relevant Council committees and/or panels.

(Dey/Ndiaye)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

 

 

Report No. 4.3             Review of Rural Waste Service Options

File No:                        I2018/229

 

Committee Recommendation:

1.         That Council approve the introduction of a Rural 140L fortnightly landfill bin service option, with the provision of a Council subsidised compost bin, kitchen caddy and education pack for residents that take up the Rural service.

 

2.         That Council apply rural domestic waste charges on each parcel of rateable land for which a service is available at commencement of the 2018/19 financial year.

 

3.         That existing data on bins that have fallen over in rural areas be presented to the next quarterly meeting of the committee.

 

4.         That Federal village zone be included in the urban 3 bin service.

(Coorey/Green)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried

 

Mr Dey left the Chambers at 1.06pm and returned at 1.07pm.

 

 

Report No. 4.1             Ocean Shores Sewage Transfer Risk Assessment

File No:                        I2017/1821

 

Committee Recommendation:

The Committee have a workshop to further consider Ocean Shore Sewage Transfer Risk Assessment including:

 

a)    An up-to-date assessment of the capacity of the OS STP

 

b)    Sensitivity of whole-of-life cost assessment of options for BVSTP and OSSTP to reduced augmentation requirements at OS STP

 

c)    Projection of comparative nutrient loads to the Brunswick River and under the Option 4 and Option 1 scenarios                                                                                                                               

(Lyon/Coorey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Mr Dey was not present for the vote.

 

Cr Ndiaye left the Chambers at 1.15pm and returned at 1.16pm.

Cr Coorey left the Chambers at 1.33pm and returned at 1.36pm.

Mr Dey left the Chambers at 1.33pm and did not return to the meeting.

 

 

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:59 pm.