Minutes of Meeting

Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 28 January 2021
Time	2.00pm

I2021/84

                                                                                                                             Distributed 21/01/21

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting Minutes 28 January 2021

Minutes of the Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 28 January 2021

File No: I2021/84

PRESENT:

Councillors:                              Cr Lyon and Cr Richardson, Cr Hunter (2.30pm)

Staff:                                           Scott Moffett  (Flood and Drainage Engineer) 

                                                    James Flockton (Infrastructure Planning Coordinator)

                                                    Evan Elford (Works Manager)                                                  

                                                    Shelley Flower (Minute Taker)

Invited Members:                      Peter Mair (SES), Martin Rose (DPI&E), Caroline Ortel (DPI&E), Andrew Page (Cape Byron Marine Park)

Community:                              Duncan Dey, Matthew Lambourne, Robyn Bolden, Rebecca Brewin

Visitors:                                      Chad Ellis (SES), Karl Allen

Cr Lyon (Chair) opened the meeting at 2.09pm and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Toong Chin (DPI&E)  

Cr J Hackett

Steve Keefe – resigned  

Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

There were no declarations of interest.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Report No. 3.1           Adoption of Minutes from Previous Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting

File No:                       I2021/35

RECOMMENDATION:

That the minutes of the Byron Shire Floodplain Risk Management Committee Meeting held on 29 October 2020 be confirmed.

(Richardson/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 29 October 2020 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 26 November 2020.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1           Incident Management System Trial Event - East Coast Low - 11 December 2020

File No:                       I2021/6

RECOMMENDATION:

That Council recognise the value of testing of the new Incident Management System (IMS) in its first month of operation (East Coast Low starting on 11 December 2020) and recognise system improvements made during the event, as presented in document E2021/4075.

(Dey/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 3.55pm.