Minutes of Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 16 November 2023

Minutes of the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 16 November 2023

File No: I2023/1798

PRESENT:

Councillors:	Cr C Coorey	Apology
	Cr M Lyon	In person
	Cr S Ndiaye	Audio visual, joined at 9:45 am
	Cr D Dey	In person
Staff:	Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)	In person
	Cameron Clark (Manager Utilities)	In person
	Dominika Tomanek (Minute taker)	In person
Community	Elia Hauge	Audio-visual
	David Fligelman	In person
	Ben Fawcett	In person
	Bruce Clarke	In person

Visitors: Russell Mills, Flavia Steinauer, David deHaas (GHD)

Cr Lyon (Chair) opened the meeting at 9:19 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Cr Coorey

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

David Fligelman declared a perceived non-pecuniary/pecuniary interest. The nature of the interest being that his consulting company is currently engaged in development of a Potable Reuse Investigation Study for Rous County Council.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Report No. 3.1 Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meeting

File No: I2023/1717

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 17 August 2023 be confirmed.

(Lyon/Clarke)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

Cr Dey requested to include standing item in the future agendas called ‘Items for future discussion’.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1 Utilities Operational Plan Report

File No: I2023/1588

Committee Recommendation:

That the committee notes the report and may submit questions by email as there was no time to discuss the matter.

(Dey/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2 Ocean Shores STP Transfer to Bruns Valley Workshop Presentation

File No: I2023/1753

Committee Recommendation:

That Council:

1. Notes the presentation;

2. Recommends that:

a) Council notify the NSW EPA in response to their letter requesting Councils strategic direction being - Option 4R - Partial transfer to BVSTP, with wet weather Storage and minor upgrade; retain OSSTP (capacity limited, with load shedding and minor upgrade)

b) Council staff start project initiation stage for Option 4R - Partial transfer to BVSTP, with wet weather Storage and minor upgrade; retain OSSTP (capacity limited, with load shedding and minor upgrade).

(Lyon/Clarke)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

For Information Only

Report No. 6.1 Byron STP Condition 9 Additional Load - Quarterly Report

File No: I2023/1713

Report No. 6.2 Mullumbimby Inflow and Infiltration

File No: I2023/1765

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11:13 am.

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