Minutes of Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 18 August 2022

Minutes of the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 18 August 2022

File No: I2022/1077

PRESENT: Cr S Ndiaye, Cr D Dey, Cr M Lyon, (arrived at 9:15am)

Staff: Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

Cameron Clark (Manager Utilities)

Rachel Barnden (Minute Taker)

Shelley Flower (Minute Taker)

Chris Larkin (Manager Sustainable Development)

Chris Borg (Barker Ryan Stewart)

Community: Ben Fawcett, David Fligelman, Elia Hauge

Cr S Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting at 9:07am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Cr C Coorey.

Committee Recommendation:

That the committee appoint Cr S Ndiaye as Chair

(Lyon/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

Ben Fawcett declared a pecuniary/non-pecuniary interest. The nature of the interest being that his residence is close to Laverty’s Gap.

David Fligelman declared a pecuniary/non-pecuniary interest in Report 4.3. The nature of the interest being that he currently has a tender for potable reuse investigations under assessment by Rous Water.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Report No. 3.1 Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meeting

File No: I2022/960

Moved:

That the minutes of the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 21 April 2022 be confirmed.

(Ndiaye/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 21 April 2022 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 26 May 2022.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1 Committee Constitution

File No: I2022/957

Committee Recommendation:

That Council adopt the constitution E2021/148692 with the following amendments

Section 2 Purpose:

The purpose of the Committee is to:

a) develop policies and programs that address the water and sewer needs and aspirations of the Shire’s populations in a resilient and ecologically sustainable way;

b) develop strategies and advise on projects that minimise the environmental impacts (i) of extracting water, (ii) of returning sewage to receiving environments, and (iii) of treatment and processing for these purposes;

c) recommend strategies and plans to manage water and sewerage assets.

In Section 5 Membership:

Council appoints Advisory Committee members, thus conferring their responsibilities and rights as set out in this document.

In Section 11 Majority Decision:

A decision of the Committee is by majority of the voting members present at the time of the vote, including on-line presence.

In Section 16 Absence from Committee Meetings:

a) Has been absent from two consecutive meetings of the Committee without having given acceptable reasons for the member’s absence.

(Fawcett/Hauge)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Committee Recommendation:

That the Committee change the order of business Report 4.3 first, Report 4.2 last

(Ndiaye)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3 Safe and Secure Yield

File No: I2022/583

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the Committee notes that the attachment was omitted from this report.

2. That an extraordinary WSAC meeting is held to consider Hydrosphere’s Mullumbimby Water Supply Strategy (IWCM) Hydrosphere July 2022

(Lyon/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.4 West Byron STP Compliance Report

File No: I2022/947

Committee Recommendation:

That the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee:

a) Note the report and the attachments.

b) Note from the report in terms of Condition 9, that 2791ET (1.65ML/day) were connected between December 2002 and April 2022, and that reuse capacity is 3416ET (2.016ML/day), being the Melaleuca regeneration area, the West Byron STP onsite reuse and the urban reuse.

c) Note that further work on the recycled water applications is nearing completion and the committee receives a report at the next meeting.

d) The Operational Environmental Management Plan (OEMP) be updated and an application be made to amend the consent to reflect an updated OEMP.

(Fligelman/Fawcett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.5 STP Quarterly Operational Performance Report

File No: I2022/999

Committee Recommendation:

That Council note the report.

(Ndiaye/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.6 Byron STP Condition 9 Additional Load - Quarterly Report

File No: I2022/955

Committee Recommendation:

That Council:

a) Note the report; and

b) That the quarterly reporting become annual (financial year) reporting.

(Fawcett/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2 Utilities Overview

File No: I2022/653

Committee Recommendation:

That the item be moved to the next meeting

(Ndiaye/Fawcett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11:05am.

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 18 August 2022
Time	9.00am