Minutes of Meeting

Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 20 October 2022
Time	9.00am

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 20 October 2022

Minutes of the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 20 October 2022

File No: I2022/1486

PRESENT: Cr M Lyon, Cr S Ndiaye, Cr D Dey

Staff:  Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

            Cameron Clark (Acting Manager Works)

            Tim Connors (Team Leader Environmental Heath)

            Michael Bingham (Environmental Health Officer)

            Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community:             Ben Fawcett, David Fligelman, Elia Hauge, Bruce Clarke

Cr Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting at 9:11 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Jason Stanley (Acting Manager Utilities)

Cr C Coorey

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

David F declared a pecuniary/non-pecuniary interest.  The nature of the interest being that 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:                       I2022/1464

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 28 September 2022 be confirmed.

(Lyon/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 4.1           Review of Council's Onsite Sewage Management Strategy 2001 and Onsite Sewage Management Guidelines 2004

File No:                       I2022/934

Committee Recommendation:

1.      That Council notes that staff are preparing new Onsite Sewage Management Strategy and Onsite Sewage Management Guidelines with the view to putting them on public exhibition;

2.      That that committee requests that staff take onboard feedback and also consider the following further amendments to the documents;

a) a commitment to evapo- transpiration methods, or better beneficial reuse;

b) approach for systems bigger than 10 EP, and for commercial uses;

c) clear pathways in relation to multiple occupancy, community title and dual occupancy.

(Ndiaye/Fligelman)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.2           Management of Bamboo at Bangalow STP

File No:                       I2022/1285

Committee Recommendation:

That Council:

a) seeks the highest value outcome for the bamboo; and

b) prepares a Master Plan for the Bangalow STP lands.

(Lyon/Fawcett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3           Utilities Overview

File No:                       I2022/1331

Committee Recommendation:

That Council notes the presentation.

(Lyon/Ndiaye)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11:16am.