Minutes of Climate Change and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Climate Change and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 16 March 2023

Minutes of the Climate Change and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 16 March 2023

File No: I2023/364

PRESENT: Cr Sarah Ndiaye, Cr Duncan Dey, Cr Asren Pugh (left at 10:16am), Cr Mark Swivel (left at 9:15am returned at 9:44am)

Staff: Sharyn French (Manager Environmental and Economic Planning)

Julia Adams (Sustainability Team Leader)

Danielle Hanigan (Manager Resource Recovery)

Sarah Child (Resource Recovery Strategy and Engagement Officer)

Community: Madeleine Green

Sasha Mainsbridge

Cr Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting at 9:08am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Attendance via AUDIO-VISUAL LINK: Fleur Brown (left at 10:30am), Bronwyn Elliott (left at 10:15am)

Apologies: Shannon Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy)

Daniel McCoy (Sustainability Officer, Utilities)

Luke McConell

Katrina Shields (ZEB representative)

John Taberner (Enova Community Energy Ltd)

Jean Renouf (Plan C)

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

Madeleine Green declared a non-pecuniary interest. The nature of the interest being that Madeleine lives 2kms from the Resource Recovery Centre.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Report No. 3.1 Confirmation of minutes of the Climate Change and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee held on 17 November 2022

File No: I2023/86

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Climate Change and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee Meeting held on 17 November 2022 be confirmed.

(Green/Ndiaye)

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 - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 4.1 Meeting Schedule for 2023 Climate Change and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee

File No: I2023/84

Committee Recommendation:

1. That the Climate Change and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee notes the scheduled meeting dates and times for 2023.

2. That the Climate Change and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee advise of any agenda items for future meetings.

3. That the following items be put onto the agenda for our next committee meeting.

a) To get a report on the formal relationship between our Shire and the group of Shires.

b) A report on our current waste strategies in relation to incineration as a Shire and within the group.

c) A status report on the proposed waste to energy plant at Casino including the positions of the other councils within North East waste and the State Government post-election.

d) To consider a motion of no support for an incinerator (waste to energy) project in the region. (Ndiaye/Pugh)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2 Resource Recovery Project Updates

File No: I2023/158

Committee Recommendation:

That the Climate Change and Resource Recovery Advisory Committee notes the report.

(Swivel/Green)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3 Annual Emissions Inventory for Council Operations

File No: I2023/159

Fleur Brown left the meeting at 10:30am therefore quorum was lost. The remaining committee members noted the report.

Committee Recommendation:

That the Climate Change and Resources Recovery Advisory Committee notes the report.

(Green/Swivel)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 10:40am.

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 16 March 2023
Time	9.00am