Minutes of Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 29 October 2020

Minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 29 October 2020

File No: I2020/1237

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

Staff: Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

Cameron Clark (Manager Utilities)

Michael Matthews (Manager Open Space & Resource Recovery)

Danielle Hanigan (Team Leader Resource Recovery)

Dean Baulch (Principal Engineer Systems Planning)

Pablo Orams (Integrated Water Management Officer)

Chris Larkin (Manager Sustainable Development)

Shannon Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy)

Julian Vivoli (Consultant, Utilities)

Dominika Tomanek (Minute Taker)

Community: David Fligelman (30min late), Madeleine Green, Duncan Dey, and Ben Fawcett (online)

Cr Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting at 11:35 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Col Draper – absent

Mary Gardner

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

Madelaine Green declared a non-pecuniary interest. The nature of the interest being that she resides 1 km away from Resource Recovery Centre.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Report No. 3.1 Adoption of Minutes from 30 July 2020 Meeting

File No: I2020/1181

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Water, Waste and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 30 July 2020 be confirmed.

(Green/Coorey)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 30 July 2020 were noted, and the Committee and Management Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 27 August 2020.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Change order of business

That Committee changed the order of business to deal with Reports 4.2, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5 and 4.4 next on the Agenda.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1 Byron STP Condition 9. Additional Load - Quarterly Report

File No: I2020/1125

Committee Recommendation:

That Council note the report.

(Dey/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2 2020 Household Kerbside waste Composition Audit

File No: I2020/1524

Committee Recommendation:

That Council:

1. note the report.

2. hold a forum with the recycling/upcycling/reusing groups.

3. investigate the possibility of auditing registered short term holiday letting dwellings.

4. share the findings and promote good recycling practices in our community, schools and businesses.

(Ndiaye/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3 Framework for guiding the strategic direction of (recycled) water management

File No: I2020/1573

Committee Recommendation:

That Council:

1. note the report.

2. further develop the proposed framework and assess the requirements for its practical implementation.

(Dey/Green)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.4 Inflow and Infiltration - quarterly update

File No: I2020/1583

Committee Recommendation:

That Council note the report.

(Dey/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.5 Commercial and domestic water resourcing

File No: I2020/1584

Committee Recommendation:

That Council receive a report on a possible LEP amendment to introduce a clause to limit water extraction for commercial purposes.

(Dey/Green)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:53 pm.

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 29 October 2020
Time	11.30am