Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee
Meeting Minutes
13 September 2018
Minutes of the Water,
Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 13
September 2018
File No: I2018/1719
PRESENT: Cr
Richardson, Cr C Coorey, Cr M Lyon and Cr S Ndiaye
Staff: Phillip
Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)
Peter
Rees (Managers Utilities)
James
Flockton (Drainage & Flood Engineer)
Jason
Stanley (System Planning Officer)
Dominika
Tomanek (Minute Taker)
Community: Col
Draper, Duncan Dey, Mark Tidswell, Ben Fawcett and David Fligelman
Visitor: Damion
Cavanagh, BMT WBM
Cr Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting at 11:34
am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung
Country.
Apologies:
Madeleine Green, Mary Gardner
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of
interest.
Adoption
of Minutes from Previous Meetings
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Committee
Recommendation:
That the minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory
Committee Meeting held on 31 May 2018 be confirmed.
(Richardson/Dey)
The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.
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Note: The minutes
of the meeting held on 31 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted
by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 21 June 2018
Business Arising from Previous Minutes
There was no business arising
from previous minutes.
Staff Reports -
Infrastructure Services
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Note:
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That the Committee change the order of
business to deal with Reports 4.1, 4.6, 4.4, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, next on the
Agenda.
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Report No. 4.1 Water
Sensitive Urban Design Strategy
File No: I2018/956
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Committee Recommendation:
1.
That the committee note the report and commend Council for undertaking
this initiative.
2.
That staff circulate questions from the presentation and Committee provide
feedback within 2 weeks.
3.
That the committee will have a workshop to discuss questions in the
end of October 2018 .
(Ndiaye/Lyon)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.2 Telecommunications
Installations on Reservoirs
File No: I2018/1159
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council welcome the study to our shire.
(Dey/Fligelman)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.3 Rous
Regional Water Supply Agreement Liaison Committee Meeting 28 August 2018
Agenda and Business papers
File No: I2018/1298
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council circulate the business papers for the Rous Regional Water Supply Agreement Liaison Committee to
members of the WWSC when received.
(Dey/Lyon)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.4 Mullumbimby
Inflow and Infiltration update
File No: I2018/1660
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council move ahead with the Inflow and Infiltration project
as originally conceived for a small cluster of properties in Mullumbimby to
quantify the benefit of a pressure sewer system and ensure that the results
of the trial are not confounded by other activities.
(Dey/Coorey)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.5 Nutrient
Loading in the Belongil
File No: I2018/1704
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Committee Recommendation:
1.
That Council note that consent conditions in clause 11 of the approval
under Council Resolution 02-1329 have been exceeded for short periods during
the past 15 months.
2.
That Council determine a new methodology to calculate nutrient
discharge into the Belongil to satisfy both Council Resolution 02-1329 and
the Recycled Water Management Strategy 2017-27
3.
That Council consider measures for overcoming these exceedances.
(Dey/Coorey)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.6 Items
for the Committee Requested by Mark Tidswell
File No: I2018/1715
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Committee Recommendation:
That Council note the Committee discussed the item on 13
September 2018 in relation to flooding at Melaleuca Drive and a Notice of
Motion is on the Agenda for the next scheduled Council Meeting on 20
September 2018.
(Dey/Ndiaye)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Cr Richardson left the meeting at 12:35 PM.
There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:32
pm.
