Notice of the ordinary meeting of the

 

Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit

Tira ā-Rohe Pakihi Ruapara o Whakatū,

o Te Tai o Aorere

Agenda

Rārangi take

                   Chair               Nelson City Cr Judene Edgar

                   Deputy Chair   Tasman District Cr Trindi Walker

                    Members         Tasman District Cr Stuart Bryant

Nelson City Cr Kate Fulton

                       Andrew Stephens (Iwi Representative)

 

 

 

Pat Dougherty

Quorum: 3                                                                           Chief Executive

 

 

Nelson City Council Disclaimer

Please note that the contents of these Council and Committee Agendas have yet to be considered by Council and officer recommendations may be altered or changed by the Council in the process of making the formal Council decision.

 

The Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit (NTRLBU) is a joint committee of Nelson City and Tasman District Councils.  The NTRLBU is governed by a Terms of Reference (A1983272).

Areas of Responsibility

·            Matters relating to the operation and use of the York Valley and Eves Valley landfills as regional landfill facilities, and the timing of their use.

Powers to Decide

·            Setting of fees and charges for waste disposal at the regional landfill facilities by 30 June each year; including the power to apply discounted fees and charges for the disposal of waste in bulk; and to determine other circumstances where discounted fees and charges may be applied.

·             Decisions to accept (or not accept) waste that is generated outside the Nelson-Tasman region.

Power to Recommend to Councils:

·            Any other matters under the area of responsibility of the Business Unit

 

·            All recommendations to Council will be subject to adoption of an equivalent resolution by the other Council, unless it is a matter specific to one Council only.

Quorum:

·            The Memorandum of Understanding governing the NTRLBU allows for either four or five members to be appointed.  The quorum at a meeting is either two (if four members are appointed), or three (if five members are appointed), including at least one from each local authority.

Procedure:

·                The Standing Orders of the Council providing administration to the committee shall be applied at each meeting

 

·                The Chairperson will not have a casting vote

·                Copies of minutes of meetings of the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit will be retained by each Council for record keeping purposes

 

13 March 2020

 

Page No.

 

1.       Apologies

Nil

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

3.       Interests

3.1      Updates to the Interests Register

3.2      Identify any conflicts of interest in the agenda

4.       Public Forum

5.       Confirmation of Minutes                                5-7

5.1      13 December 2019

Recommendation

That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit, held on 13 December 2019, as a true and correct record.

  

6.       Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Acting General Manager’s Update            8 - 15

Document number R15884

Recommendation

That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 1.    Receives the report Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Acting General Manager’s Update (R15884).

 

7.       Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Revised Business Plan 2020/2021         16 - 31

Document number R15890

Recommendation

That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 1.    Receives the report Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Revised Business Plan 2020/2021 (R15890) and its attachment (A2355972); and 2.    Approves the revised Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Business Plan 2020/2021 (A2355972).

       

Recommendation to Nelson City and Tasman District Councils

That the Nelson City and Tasman District Councils

1.       Accept the revised Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Business Plan 2020/2021 (A2355972).

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit

Held in the Council Chamber, Tasman District Council, 189 Queen Street, Richmond

On Friday 13 December 2019, commencing at 9.30a.m.

Present:             Nelson City Councillor J Edgar (Chairperson), Tasman District Councillors S Bryant and T Walker (Deputy Chairperson)

In Attendance:    Acting General Manager Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit (D Clifford), Tasman District Council Engineering Services Manager (R Kirby) and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)

Apologies:          Mr A Stephens (Iwi Representative);

                         Nelson City Councillor K Fulton subsequently tendered an apology

1.       Appointment of Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson (agenda item 5)

Document number R13691, agenda page 5 refers.

Tasman District Council Engineering Manager, R Kirby, opened the meeting and called for nominations for the two vacancies.

 

Resolved RLBU/2019/001
	That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 1.    Appoints Nelson City Councillor Judene Edgar as Chairperson of the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit for the triennium 2019-2022; and
Bryant/Walker                                                                          Carried
Resolved RLBU/2019/002
2.    Appoints Tasman District Councillor Trindi Walker as        Deputy Chairperson of the Nelson Tasman Regional        Landfill Business Unit for the triennium 2019-2022.
Edgar/Bryant                                                                           Carried

Nelson City Councillor Edgar assumed the Chair for the remainder of the meeting.

2.       Apologies (agenda item 1)

Resolved RLBU/2019/003
	That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Receives and accepts the apology from Mr A Stephens.
Bryant/Walker                                                                          Carried

 

3.       Confirmation of Order of Business (agenda item 2)

           There was no further change to the order of business.

4.       Interests (agenda item 3)

There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.

5.       Public Forum (agenda item 4)

There was no public forum.

6.       Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit General Manager Update

Document number R13695, agenda pages 6 - 35 refer.

Acting General Manager Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit (NTRLBU), Don Clifford, presented the report.

Mr Clifford answered questions about a sink hole at York Valley landfill and the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), noting that an application to reduce the ETS levy was being prepared for submission by 31 January 2020. The Board was in support of the application.

The Government consultation “Reducing waste: a more effective landfill levy consultation document” was discussed and it was agreed that due to the 3 February 2020 closing date, the draft would be reviewed by the respective Chairs of the NTRLBU, the Nelson City Infrastructure Committee and the Tasman District Operations Committee. 

The meeting was adjourned from 10.57a.m. to 11.17 a.m.

Mr Clifford tabled revision 4 of the draft NTRLBU Business Plan 2020/21 (A2320013), which superseded revision 3, which was attached to agenda item 6.

The Board reviewed the Long Term Objectives and Performance Measures in section 7 of the business plan and provided feedback including SMART measures. A recommendation was added requesting a revised Business Plan to be brought back to the next meeting, and the recommendation to the Councils was removed.

Resolved RLBU/2019/004
	That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit   1.      Receives the report Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit General Manager Update (R13695) and its attachments (A2313830, A2313829 and A2313868); and   2.      Requests a further updated Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Business Plan 2020/21 with inclusion of feedback regarding long term objectives and Key Performance Measures as provided by the Board at the 13 December 2019 meeting to be brought back to the first Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit meeting in 2020.
Bryant/Walker                                                                          Carried
Attachments 1    A2320013 - Tabled document - Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Draft Business Plan 2020/21 Revision 4

       

There being no further business the meeting ended at 11.57a.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

                                                   Chairperson              Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Joint Committee 13 March 2020

1.       Purpose of Report 

1.1      To seek approval from the Committee and both Councils of the revised Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Business Plan 2020/2021.

2.       Report Summary

2.1      The Draft Business Plan 2020/2021 was issued to the Committee and both Councils for comment.

2.2      The Business Plan has now been revised after consideration of comments received.

2.3      Approval of the revised (final) Business Plan 2020/2021 is now sought.

3.       Recommendation

 

That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 1.   Receives the report Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Revised Business Plan 2020/2021 (R15890) and its attachment (A2355972); and 2.   Approves the revised Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Business Plan 2020/2021 (A2366972). Recommends that the Nelson City and Tasman District Councils 1.  Accept the revised Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Business Plan 2020/2021 (A2355972).

 

 

4.       Business Plan

4.1          The Terms of Reference states that:

4.1.1   The Business Plan should state the activities and intentions of the NTRLBU.  It shall outline how those activities relate to the objectives of the NTRLBU as documented in the current strategic plan, the financial forecasts for the following three years, the performance targets for the coming year and any variations to fees and charges proposed for that financial year.

4.1.2      A draft of the Business Plan for the coming year shall be presented to the councils annually by 31 October.

4.1.3      After the councils have had an opportunity to discuss and comment on the draft Business Plan the NTRLBU shall finalise the Business Plan, incorporating any changes agreed between the councils and the NTRLBU and present the final Business Plan to the councils by 31 May for inclusion in each council’s draft Annual Plan.

4.1.4      Any changes to the draft Business Plan arising out of consultation on the draft Annual Plan shall require joint agreement of the two councils.

4.2      The draft 2020/2021 Business Plan, as approved by the Committee at the September 2019 meeting, was issued to both Councils.

4.3      Subsequent feedback from Nelson City Council and the Committee has been incorporated. There was no feedback from Tasman District Council.

4.4      Committee approval of the final 2020/2021 Business Plan (rev 5) is now sought (Attachment 1, A2355972)

 

Don Clifford, Acting General Manager NTRLBU

 

Attachment

 

1.             A2355972 – Nelson Tasman Regional Business Unit Business Plan 2020/21 (Rev 5)