Minutes of Meeting

Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 10 October 2019
Time	2.00pm

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 10 October 2019

Minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 10 October 2019

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PRESENT:   Cr M Lyon and Cr S Ndiaye

Staff:   Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

            Cameron Clark (Manager Utilities)

            Bryan Green (Water Sewer Systems Environment Officer)

            Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community:                 Col Draper, David Fligelman, Duncan Dey, and Ben Fawcett

Visitors: Katrina Curran (Australian Wetlands Consulting), Julian Vivoli (Willow & Sparrow Engineering)

Cr Lyon (Chair) opened the meeting at 2:08 pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Mary Gardner

Madeleine Green

Cr Richardson

Cr C Coorey

Procedural Motion

Committee Recommendation:

That Mary Gardener  be granted a leave of absence .

(Dey/Draper)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 13 June 2019 and Extraordinary Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 29 August 2019 be confirmed.

(Dey/Ndiaye)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried .

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 29 August 2019 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 26 September 2019.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Procedural Motion

Committee Recommendation:

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

(Lyon/Ndiaye)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.1             Inflow and Infiltration

File No:                        I2019/1511

Committee Recommendation:

That Council note the Report and note the progress on the Inflow and Infiltration Reduction Program.

(Lyon/Fawcett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2             Byron Bay Integrated Management Reserve Update

File No:                        I2019/1588

Committee Recommendation:

1. That Council note the report

2. That Council acknowledge that Wetland cells at Byron Bay STP are lined as follows:

a) Cells D, E, and I are lined;

b) Cell H behaves as if its lined; and

c) F and G are not lined

3. That Council contact relevant State authorities and Byron Bay Historical Society to search their archive for reports on the Sand mining activities around Byron Bay and Suffolk Park and especially near Byron Bay STP

4. When this information has been assembled, Council consider a site visit for committee members.

5. That listing for Byron Bay STP Catchment of sewage load resulting from Development Consents after 9 December 2002 (or similar) be brought to the next WWSAC

6. That Council note that Byron Bay STP capacity was reassessed in recent years

7. That Council note that when ADWF reaches 80% of plant capacity (assessed in 2002 as 6.95 ML/day) Condition 6 requires action by Council.

(Dey/Ndiaye)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Action:

1. That 2 STP loads from 2002 be sent to committee members ASAP.

Development consents

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 4:05 pm.