Minutes of a meeting of the Infrastructure Committee

Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

On Tuesday 2 June 2020, commencing at 9.05a.m.

Present:             Councillor B McGurk (Chairperson), Councillors Y Bowater, T Brand (via zoom), M Courtney, J Edgar, K Fulton (via zoom), M Lawrey (via zoom), R O'Neill-Stevens, G Noonan (via zoom), P Rainey (via zoom), and R Sanson (via zoom)

In Attendance:    Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Governance Adviser (E-J Ruthven)

Apologies :         Her Worship the Mayor and Councillor T Skinner

 

 

Karakia Timatanga

Committee members gave a karakia timatanga.

 

1.       Apologies

Resolved IC/2020/024
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.       Receives and accepts the apologies from Her Worship the Mayor and Councillor Skinner.
Edgar/Courtney                                                                        Carried

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

There was no change to the order of business.

3.       Interests

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

4.       Public Forum 

There was no public forum.

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      7 May 2020

Document number M9841, agenda pages 6 - 12 refer.

Resolved IC/2020/025
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held on 7 May 2020, as a true and correct record.
O'Neill-Stevens/Bowater                                                            Carried

    

6.       Chairperson's Report

Document number R17032, agenda page 13 refers.

Councillor McGurk presented the report.

Group Manager Infrastructure, Alec Louverdis, answered questions regarding the resource consent process and construction timeframes relating to the Maitai footpath widening project, and Council’s additional applications to the Provincial Growth Fund and the Crown ‘shovel ready’ projects fund.

Resolved IC/2020/026
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Receives the report Chairperson's Report (R17032).
McGurk/Edgar                                                                          Carried

 

7.       COVID-19 Implications for Infrastructure

Document number R17024, agenda pages 14 - 18 refer.

Manager Capital Projects, Lois Plum, presented the report and answered questions regarding the proposed construction timeframes for Provincial Growth Fund projects.

Manager Transport and Solid Waste, Marg Parfitt, and Group Manager Infrastructure, Alec Louverdis, answered further questions regarding drainage for, and future stages of, the Maitai Shared Path Widening Project, and the trial of a Barnes Dance crossing at the Trafalgar Street/Halifax Street intersection.

Attendance:  Councillor Rainey left the meeting at 9.21a.m.

Resolved IC/2020/027
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Receives the report COVID-19 Implications for Infrastructure (R17024).
Edgar/Fulton                                                                            Carried

 

8.       Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 2020/21 Business Plan

Document number R13697, agenda pages 19 - 39 refer.

General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill, Nathan Clark, presented the report.

Attendance:  Councillor Rainey returned to the meeting at 9.30a.m.

Resolved IC/2020/028
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.    Receives the report Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 2020/21 Business Plan (R13697) and its attachment (A2375131); and 2.    Receives the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 2020/21 Business Plan (A2375131).
Noonan/Courtney                                                                      Carried

       

9.       Exclusion of the Public

Resolved IC/2020/029
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.       Excludes the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting. 2.       The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:
Noonan/O'Neill-Stevens                                                             Carried

 

Item	General subject of each matter to be considered	Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter	Particular interests protected (where applicable)
1	Infrastructure Committee Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes -  7 May 2020	Section 48(1)(a) The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7.	The withholding of the information is necessary: ·    Section 7(2)(i)      To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

The meeting went into public excluded session at 9.31a.m. and resumed in public session at 9.33a.m.

The only business transacted in confidential session was to confirm the minutes. In accordance with the Local Government Official Information Meetings Act, no reason for withholding this information from the public exists therefore this business has been recorded in the open minutes.

10.     Confirmation of Confidential Minutes - 7 May 2020

Resolved IC/2020/030
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.       Confirms the minutes of part of the meeting of the Infrastructure Committee, held with the public excluded on 7 May 2020, as a true and correct record.
O'Neill-Stevens/McGurk                                                             Carried

11.     Re-admittance of the Public

Resolved IC/2020/031
	That the Infrastructure Committee 1.       Re-admits the public to the meeting.
Noonan/Bowater                                                                       Carried

 

 

 

Karakia whakamutunga

 

Committee members gave a karakia whakamutunga.

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 9.35a.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

 

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