Minutes of Meeting

Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee Meeting

Venue	Council Chambers, Station Street, Mullumbimby
Date	Thursday, 28 January 2021
Time	11.30am

I2021/77

                                                                                                                             Distributed 21/01/21

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL

Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes      28 January 2021

Minutes of the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, 28 January 2021

File No: I2021/77

PRESENT: Cr S Richardson, Cr M Lyon

Staff:  Shannon Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy)

            Julia Curry (Sustainability Officer)

            Hayley Briggs (Sustainability Officer)

          Rachel Thatcher (Sustainability Officer)

            Cameron Clark (Manager Utilties)

            Deborah Stafford (Manager Social & Cultural Planning)

Community:                                                                                                                      

                     Chris Sanderson

                     Katrina Shields (ZEB representative)

                     Anthony Pangallo

                     Luke McConell

                     Matt Kendall (Resilient Byron)

Cr Richardson (Chair) opened the meeting at 11.44am and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.

Apologies:

Sharyn French (Manager Environmental and Economic Planning)

Cr S Ndiaye

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 12 November 2020 Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee meeting

File No:                       I2021/55

Committee Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee Meeting held on 12 November 2020 be confirmed.

(Shields/Sanderson)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Note: The minutes of the meeting held on 12 November 2020 were noted, and the Committee Recommendations adopted by Council, at the Ordinary Meeting held on 17 December 2020.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

There was no business arising from previous minutes.

Staff Reports - Sustainable Environment and Economy

Report No. 4.1           Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Projects - Update Report

File No:                       I2021/32

Committee Recommendation:

1.   That the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee note the report on key projects.

(Richardson/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.2           Updates from Zero Emissions Byron and COREM

File No:                       I2021/45

Committee Recommendation:

That the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee note the updates from Zero Emissions Byron and COREM.

(Richardson/Lyon)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

Report No. 4.3           Climate resilience framework update

File No:                       I2021/89

Committee Recommendation:

That the Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee note this report.

(Pangallo/Sanderson)

The recommendation was put to the vote and declared carried.

There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1.38pm.