Minutes of Extraordinary Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Extraordinary Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 29 August 2019

Minutes of the Extraordinary Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 29 August 2019

File No: I2019/1288

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

Staff: Michael Matthews (Manager Open Spaces)

Cameron Clark (Manager Utilities)

Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Bryan Green (Water Sewer Systems Environment Officer)

Claudio Germany (Assistant Environment Officer)

Lucy Wilson (Resource Recovery Projects and Education Officer)

Community: Col Draper, Duncan Dey, and Ben Fawcett

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

Cr Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting at 9:15 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Madeleine Green

David Fligelman

Mary Gardner

Phil Warner (Acting Director Infrastructure Services)

Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

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 be confirmed.

(Coorey/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 13 June 2019 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 27 June 2019.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1 Inflow and Infiltration update

File No: I2019/1057

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the Council note the report.

2. That document Mullumbimby WSUD Option Analysis will be circulated to the committee prior to a presentation at the next WWSC meeting.

(Lyon/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2 Byron Bay Integrated Water Management Reserve Update (ex Murthagh Report)

File No: I2019/1058

Committee Recommendation:

1. That Council receive further information from Committee members before undertaking further investigation related to the Sandmining Path near Byron Bay STP.

2. That Council monitor phosphorus level in the soil of the Wetland area in order to monitor sequestration and the approach towards sorption capacity of phosphorus over future years.

3. That up to date data collected on acid sulfate soil performance with the 24 ha Wetland be circulated to committee members.

4. That Council receive a report in 2019 via its WWS Committee on fulfilment or not of Condition 9 of its DA approval (in 2002) for the Byron Bay STP.

(Dey/Draper)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3 Towards Zero - Byron Shire's Draft Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy

File No: I2019/1059

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the Water Waste and Sewer Committee note the presentation.

2. That the presentation be forwarded to SERAC Committee.

3. That Council provide examples to the local community of its own sustainable / ethical procurement, e.g. where Council has reduced its waste to landfill (Appendix A, Objective C6 in Byron Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy - Technical Report 20 February 2019).

4. That Council support initiatives that reduce packaging on commercially available products.

(Dey/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11:20 am.

Venue	Council Chamber, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 29 August 2019
Time	9am