Minutes of a meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

Held in the Council Chamber, Floor 2A, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

On Friday 12 March 2021, commencing at 1.06p.m.

 

Present:              Tasman District Councillor K Maling (Chairperson), Nelson City Councillors B McGurk, T Skinner (Deputy Chairperson), Tasman District Councillor T Tuffnell and Independent Member B Silcock

In Attendance:    Tasman District Council Engineering Services Manager (R Kirby), Nelson City Council Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill (N Clarke), Operations Manager Regional Services (B Nixon), Accountant (A Bishop) and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)

Apology:             Mr P Wilson

 

 

Adjournment of Meeting

Resolved NRSBU/2021/001

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.        Adjourns the meeting for 15 minutes, to reconvene at 1.22p.m.

Skinner/McGurk                                                                            Carried

 

           The meeting was reconvened at 1.22p.m.

 

1.              Apologies

 

 

Resolved NRSBU/2021/002

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.        Receives and accepts the apology from Mr P Wilson for attendance.

McGurk/Skinner                                                                  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      11 December 2020

Document number M15349, agenda pages 5 - 8 refer.

Resolved NRSBU/2021/003

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, held on 11 December 2020, as a true and correct record.

Tuffnell/Skinner                                                                            Carried

  

6.              Chairperson's Report

Tasman District Councillor Maling gave a verbal Chairperson’s report. He noted Frank Hippolite’s resignation from his role as iwi representative on the Board and that he had met with Tasman District Council’s and Nelson City Council’s respective Kaihautū to initiate the appointment of a new iwi representative.

Resolved NRSBU/2021/004

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.        Receives the Chairperson’s verbal report.

 

Skinner/Tuffnell                                                                            Carried

 

7.              Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Quarterly Report

Document number R22683, agenda pages 9 - 150 refer.

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

Mr Clarke answered questions about the Rabbit Island biosolid consent, a major pump failure at Beach Road, health and safety, the revised capital works programme 2021/22 including deferred items, odour complaints, contract renewals, and issues with inaccurate flow meters at Beach Road and Saxton Road catchments.  

Senior Accountant, Andrew Bishop, presented the financial part of the report and answered questions about communication with customers about year-end charges, benefits and interest rates.

Resolved NRSBU/2021/005

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.    Receives the report Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Quarterly Report (A2588005) (R22683) and its attachments (A2588684 and A2588602); and

2.    Approves the following two documents for presentation to Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council:

o   the updated draft Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 2021 – 2031 Activity Management Plan (A2588684); and

o   the draft Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 2021/2022 Business Plan (A2588602) which includes a revised capital works programme and associated operational cost reductions as requested by both Nelson City and Tasman District Councils.

 

Tuffnell/Skinner                                                                            Carried

 

Recommendation to Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council NRSBU/2021/006

 

That the Council

1.        Approves the 2021/2022 Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Business Plan (A2588602) for inclusion in their Long Term Plans; and

2.    Approves the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Activity Management Plan 2021-2031 (A2588684) for inclusion in their Long Term Plans.

Skinner/McGurk

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.12p.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

 

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