Minutes of Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 30 July 2020

Minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 30 July 2020

File No: I2020/1094

PRESENT: Cr Richardson, Cr C Coorey

Staff: Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

Cameron Clark (Manager Utilities)

Dean Baulch (Principal Engineer System Planning)

Jason Stanley (System Planning Officer), online

Bryan Green (Water, Sewer system Environment Officer)

Pablo Orams (Integrated Water Management Officer), online

Julian Vivoli (Consultant, Utilities)

Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community: Col Draper, David Fligelman (online), Madeleine Green, Duncan Dey (online), Mary Gardner (online) and Ben Fawcett (online)

Cr Richardson (Chair) opened the meeting at 11:38 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Cr S Ndiaye

Cr M Lyon

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

Madelaine Green declared a non-pecuniary interest. The nature of the interest being that she resides next to Resource Recovery Centre.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 9 April 2020 be confirmed.

(Dey/Fawcett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 9 April 2020 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 28 May 2020.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Procedural Motion

Committee Recommendation:

That Council change the order of business to deal with Reports 4.4 first on the Agenda.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.4 Inflow and Infiltration - quarterly update

File No: I2020/1062

Committee Recommendation:

That Council note the report.

(Coorey/Dey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried Against: Col Draper.

Report No. 4.1 Minutes of Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 9 April 2020

File No: I2020/1073

Committee Recommendation:

That Committee note the report.

(Dey/Fawcett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2 Effects of water mining in Byron and surrounding shires on groundwater resources

File No: I2020/879

Committee Recommendation:

1. That Council note the report.

2. That Council introduce in next round of “housekeeping” for the LEP, a clause similar to Tweed Shire Council LEP clause 7.15 relating to groundwater extraction, but with no exception and no part (3).

3. That report be brought to next WWSC and Coastal Estuary Catchment Panel meetings outlining water resourcing both commercial and domestic.

(Coorey/Green)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3 Byron STP Condition 9. Additional Load - Quarterly report

File No: I2020/1011

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the Council note the report.

2. That Council add actual volumes reused to the quarterly report.

(Dey/Richardson)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.5 Nutrient Loading in the Belongil Update

File No: I2020/1078

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the Council note the update provided to resolution 20-243 in relation to nutrient loading in the Belongil catchment.

2. That Council consider amendment of Delivery Plan Action 1.5.2 to read "ensure our STPs meet or exceed EPA Licence conditions and don't negatively impact on their receiving environments".

(Dey/Coorey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:38 pm.

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 30 July 2020
Time	11.30am