Minutes of Meeting

Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 1 November 2018
Time	11.30am

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes

1 November 2018

Minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 1 November 2018

File No: I2018/2022

PRESENT:   Cr Richardson, Cr M Lyon and Cr S Ndiaye

Staff:   Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

            Dean Baulch (Acting Manager Utilities)

            Jason Stanley (Systems Planning Officer)

            Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community:          Madeleine Green, Duncan Dey, Mark Tidswell, and Ben Fawcett

Cr Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting at 11:36 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Cr Coorey

David Fligelman

Col Draper

Mary Gardner

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 13 September 2018 be confirmed.

2. The minutes of the meeting held on 13 September 2018 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted unchanged by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 18 October 2018.

                                                                                                         (Dey/Lyon)

3. 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 - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1             Effects of water mining in Byron and surrounding shires on groundwater resources

File No:                        I2018/1920

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the committee note the report.

2. That Council request information from surrounding shires, Rous County Council, Southern Cross University and DOI on:

a) Current water extraction quantities and locations

b) Research on short term and long term impacts of these activities on aquifers and ground water resources.

(Lyon/Green)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2             Inflow and Infiltration Update

File No:                        I2018/1957

Committee Recommendation:

1. That  the Committee note the report.

2.  That the Inflow and Infiltration staff ensure that there is communication plan established for the project.

3.  That staff investigate the potential compliance aspects around Inflow and Infiltration defects.

(Dey/Ndiaye)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3             Minutes of 13 September 2018 meeting - Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee

File No:                        I2018/2020

Committee Recommendation:

That the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee note the minutes of 13 September 2018 meeting which were reported to 18 October 2018 Council meeting.

(Dey/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Business Arising

That the committee write to Peter Rees thanking him for his 16 years of service to both council and the community and wish him all the best for the future.

(Ndiaye /Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 12:40 pm