Minutes of Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 21 March 2024

Minutes of the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 21 March 2024

File No: I2024/400

PRESENT:

Councillors:	Cr C Coorey	Audio-visual
	Cr M Lyon	Audio-visual
	Cr S Ndiaye	Present
	Cr D Dey	Present
Staff:	Phil Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services)	Present
	Cameron Clark (Manager Utilities)	Present
	Craig Purdy (Asset Engineer)	Present
	Dominika Tomanek (Minute taker)	Present
Community	Elia Hauge	Present
	David Fligelman	Present
	Ben Fawcett	Present
	Bruce Clarke	Present

Cr Ndiaye (Chair) opened the meeting at 11:40 am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Attendance via AUDIO-VISUAL LINK:

Apologies:

There were no apologies.

Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary

Elia declared non-pecuniary interest. The nature of the interest being that In her role as a civil engineer at Greg Alderson Associates, she is working on a project related to one of Rous County Council’s assets (pipeline landslip remediation). Her organisation has been engaged by NSW Public Works, not by Rous County Council.

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.

Ben Fawcett declared a perceived non-pecuniary/pecuniary interest. The nature of the interest being that his residence is in close proximity to Laverty’s Gap and the WTP.

Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meetings

Report No. 3.1 Adoption of Minutes from Previous Meeting

File No: I2024/342

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee Meeting held on 16 November 2023 be confirmed. (Clarke/Fawcett)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

Question from Cr Ndiaye re Ocean shores Transfer project – Cameron provided update.

Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services

Report No. 4.1 IS Utilities Status Report - November 2023 - January 2024

File No: I2024/341

Committee Recommendation:

That the Committee:

1. Notes the report.

2. Committee receive more detailed info on times per ET assessment and on the impact of that on planning assessment time, and on how times can be reduced.

3. Committee receive a copy of the Incident Response Plan and information on responses in January and February 2024. (Ndiaye/Hauge)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Cr Coorey left the zoom at 12:11 pm.

Cr Coorey returned to the Chambers at 12:31 pm.

Report No. 4.2 Response to Questions - Future Water Strategy

File No: I2024/435

Committee Recommendation:

That the Committee:

1. Notes Council staff response to questions.

2. Includes Water Northern Rivers Alliance as a stakeholder.

3. Has a workshop early in the process where committee can express their views on res 23-120. (Coorey/Fligelman)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

For Information Only

Report No. 6.1 Utilities Digital Asset Management Plan (dAMP) Presentation

File No: I2024/386

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1:51 pm.

Venue	Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 21 March 2024
Time	11.30am