Minutes of Meeting
Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting
Venue |
Conference Room, Station Street, Mullumbimby |
Date |
Thursday, 20 February 2025 |
Time |
9:00 AM |
BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL
Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 20 February 2025
Minutes of the Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 20 February 2025
File No: I2025/199
PRESENT:
Councillors: |
Cr M Lyon |
Present |
Cr E Hauge |
Present |
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Cr Kay |
Apologies |
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Cr D Warth |
Present |
Staff: |
Phillip Holloway (Director Infrastructure Services) |
Present |
Samuel Frumpui (Manager Works) |
Present |
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Euan Rose (Infrastructure Planning Coordinator) |
Present |
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Josh Wilde (Flood and Drainage Engineer Consultant) |
Present |
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Heather Sills (Manager Corporate Services) |
Present |
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Amber Evans Crane (Corporate Planning & Improvement Officer) |
Present |
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Chloe Woods (Minute Taker) |
Present |
Invited members: |
Scott Moffett (Dept of Planning and Environment) |
Zoom |
Community: |
Duncan Dey |
Present |
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Matthew Lambourne |
Present |
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Robert Crossley |
Absent |
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Catherine Lane |
Present |
Cr Hauge (Chair) opened the meeting at 9:05am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Cr Hauge was appointed as chair of the Floodplain Management Advisory Committee.
Attendance via AUDIO-VISUAL LINK:
Steve Moffat attended via audio visual link.
An apology was received from Cr Delta Kay.
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of interest.
Minutes from Previous Meetings
Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 12 July 2024 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 13 February 2025.
Business Arising from Previous Minutes
There was no business arising from previous minutes.
Staff Reports - Corporate and Community Services
Report No. 4.1 Integrated Planning and Reporting File No: I2025/128
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That the Floodplain Risk Management Advisory Committee: 1. Notes Council’s Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework 2. Discusses at our May meeting the priorities for the 2025 – 2029 Delivery Program (Hauge/Dey) The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried. |
Heather Sills and Amber Evans Cranes left the meeting at 9:33am and did not return.
Staff Reports - Infrastructure Services
Cr Lyon left the meeting at 10:02 am and returned to the meeting at 10:04 am.
Report No. 4.4 Recommended Flood Grant Applications in May 2025 subject to budget allocation File No: I2025/102
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The Floodplain Management Advisory Committee recommend: 1. That Council endorse funding Councils component and applying for grant funding through the NSW DCCEEW Floodplain Management Program for the following two (2) projects: 1.1 North Byron Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan, and 1.2 Bangalow Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan. 2. That Council undertake appropriate community engagement. (Lambourne/Warth) The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried. |