Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee
Meeting Minutes
31 January 2019
Minutes of the Water,
Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 31
January 2019
File No: I2019/99
PRESENT: Cr M Lyon and Cr S Ndiaye, Cr C Coorey
Staff: Michael
Matthews (Manager Open Spaces and resource Recovery)
Jason
Stanley (Acting Manager Utilities)
Lloyd
Isaacson (Team Leader Resource Recovery and Quarry)
Bryan
Green (Water Sewer Systems Environment Officer)
Claudio
Germany (Assistant Environment Officer)
Dominika
Tomanek (Minute Taker)
Community: Madeleine
Green, Mark Tidswell, and Ben Fawcett, Col Draper, Mary Gardner, Duncan Dey, David
Fligelman
Cr Ndiaye
(Chair) opened the meeting at 11:35 am and acknowledged that the
meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
Madeleine Green declared a non-pecuniary interest. The
nature of the interest being that she resides next to the tip.
Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Meetings
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Committee
Recommendation:
1. That the
minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 1
November 2018 be confirmed.
2. The minutes of
the meeting held on 1 November 2018 were noted, and the Committee
Recommendations adopted by Council without changes, at the Ordinary Meeting
held on 22 December 2018.
(Tidswell/Fawcett)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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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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Committee
Recommendation:
That Council change the order of business to deal with
Reports 4.5; 4.7; 4.6; 4.1; 4.2; 4.4 and 4.3 next on the Agenda.
(Ndiaye/Lyon)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.5 The
remediation & rehabilitation of the Myocum Quarry Landfill
File No: I2019/17
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Committee Recommendation:
That WWSC receive further information on the status and
obligations of rehabilitation on Council’s quarry and other quarries.
(Green/Fligelman)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.7 Illegal
Dumping and Litter Education and Enforcement Plan
File No: I2019/66
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council endorse the implementation of the Illegal
Dumping and Litter Education and Enforcement Plan 2019.
(Lyon/Fawcett)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.6 Make
the Switch Program - Six Month Report
File No: I2019/59
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Council note the December 2018 - Six Month
progress report for the Plastic Free Byron Make the Switch program and
communicate successes to key stakeholders.
(Coorey/Ndiaye)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.1 Murtagh
Wetlands Report Update
File No: I2019/10
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Committee Recommendation:
Recommendations
1.
That Council note the report State and performance of Byron Bay STP
Constructed Wetlands and 24 Ha (E2019/4107)
and undertake the recommendations of the report.
2.
That Council also consider monitoring phosphorus level in the soil of
the Wetland area in order to monitor sequestration of phosphorus over future
years.
3.
That Council note the report Belongil Water Cycle Study, Scoping
Brief -BSC E2019/3137 and undertake the recommendations of the report
4.
That Council note the report Sandmining drain/track status and
impact on Belongil catchment E2019/3138 and undertake the recommendations
of the report
5.
That Council undertake piezometric monitoring along the track in
preparation for in depth hydrological studies to determine the possible role
or impact of the mining drain in the upper Belongil catchment.
(Dey/Coorey)
The
recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.2 Mullumbimby
Inflow and Infiltration Update
File No: I2019/11
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Committee note the report
(Dey/Ndiaye)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.4 Update
on alternate flow path for treated effluent from West Byron STP
File No: I2019/14
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Committee Recommendation:
1. That Council consider further
options for the Additional Flow Path due to the fact that the one
currently being considered (Option 2) cannot be used during moderate to heavy
rainfall periods.
2. That the options could include
(but not limited to) the creation of biodiversity stewardship sites on
private property, seeking contributions from developments to strategic
environmental repair in locations confirmed as the highest priority for the
catchment, an environmental levy and grant funding.
(Dey/Lyon)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried. Col
against
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Report No. 4.3 Items
Requested by Duncan Dey
File No: I2019/12
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RECOMMENDATION:
That Council note that the
Committee meeting ran over time and the this item
has been not discussed and have been referred to a meeting of this Committee
as the first item in the Agenda.
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No. 4.8 New Item: Frequency
of the WWSC meetings.
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council consider holding
a minimum of 5 committee meetings per year.
(Dey/Green)
The recommendation was put
to the vote and declared carried
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:56pm.
